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Weston College is an award-winning college of further and higher education in Weston-super-Mare. It provides education and vocational training to nearly 30,000 learners across the country.
We put the learner first and are entrepreneurial in our approach and innovative in our thinking. As a college, we are ambitious and aspirational and are responsive to the needs of students, staff, businesses, and the community.
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Weston College is proud to be supporting Love our Colleges, part of Colleges Week which is running from today (Monday 17th October) to Friday 21st October.
Love Our Colleges gives us a chance to celebrate and shout about all the brilliant things that happen at Weston College, day in and day out to build our community, boost businesses, and support learners to create their brighter future. It also illustrates the need for investment in the Further Education sector.
Weston College is one of the fastest-growing Further and Higher Education colleges in the UK, offering more than 800 full and part-time academic, work-related and leisure courses. We support over 30,000 learners annually, and work with over 2,000 employers to help them build their future workforce.
We’re currently the only Ofsted ‘outstanding’ college in the region, and were named ‘College of the Year’ and ‘Overall Training Provider of the Year’ at the 2015 Times Educational Supplement Further Education Awards.
We have lots of content planned throughout the week, from employer blogs to learner success stories. Keep your eyes peeled across our channels, to see why we love our college!
Weston College is delighted to receive a special tree from The Queen’s Green Canopy (QGC) “Tree of Trees” which stood tall as a message of hope, regeneration and optimism to the nation and the world as part of the Platinum Jubilee weekend celebrations.
Weston College joins over 300 organisations from across the UK who were recently announced by the QGC as recipients of these special trees in The Queen’s name, which are gifted in a pot embossed with Her Majesty’s cypher.
In honour and loving memory of Her Majesty, the College held a ceremonial planting for the gifted tree at their South West Skills Campus, on Wednesday 12th October where it was presented by the Lord Lieutenant of Somerset, Mrs Annie Maw.
The tree becomes part of the living legacy in honour of Her Majesty, joining over a million trees already planted across the UK as part of The Queen’s Green Canopy.
Led by its Principal and Chief Executive Sir Paul Phillips CBE, the College has been a large supporter of the QGC encouraging its students, staff and employer partners to plant trees across the region and continuing to promote the importance of sustainability. The College also worked with the Lord Lieutenant, Mrs Annie Maw to support the third leg of a 70-mile trek, the ‘Jubilee Jaunt’ from Clevedon to Exmoor, which was split into seven, ten-mile sections to celebrate the region as part of the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee, in partnership with Duke of Edinburgh leaders and students.
Sir Phillips commented: “We are thrilled to be chosen for our contribution to the North Somerset community, this tree, in The Queen’s name, will serve as inspiration for tree planting within our communities and encourage care for the trees which already exist as part of our nation’s stunning landscape. It is an absolute privilege to support the Queen’s Green Canopy, helping to create a legacy to honour Her Majesty’s extraordinary service to her country and to her people.”
As part of T Level Celebration week, we caught up with some learners in their second year of the Construction T Level course.
When asked about the process behind choosing a T Level, one learner told us “I’d heard a lot about T Levels while I was doing my A Levels and once I finished, I was fairly directionless as I knew I didn’t want to go to university. I thought I may as well give them a go and find out, and I’m so glad I did – the mix between the theory and practice works so well for me! Putting what you’ve learnt into context in the wider world is so rewarding, and something you don’t get on your average construction course.”
One of the key elements that learners study on the T Level course, is sustainability in construction; adapting to the new environmentally-friendly ideas and building techniques that are being introduced. However, they know that with time and practice, these new ideas will become second nature. The learners pointed out that one of the many benefits of completing a construction qualification, is that these new techniques are taught to the new generation of tradesmen and become the norm.
The learners emphasised how lucky each of them were with the placements they were able to secure: “All the people I work with are great, and have taught me so much about the day-to-day realities of working on site – things you wouldn’t necessarily learn in a classroom. I also think it’s so important to feel part of the team and valued for the work that you’re contributing.”
Having high quality construction learners is so important and furthermore, having learners with a focus on being environmentally friendly is ideal.
We can’t wait to see the successes our T Level learners have, we know they’re going to have very bright futures!
CAREERS NOT COURSES
We know it’s not about the course you take, but the career you’ll start your journey towards. Your study programme is built from the ground up with your future in mind, focussing on employability and developing the skills you need to have a successful career within your chosen industry, making connections and gaining experiences through local and national employers we work with:
As a Weston College student, you will become part of one of our exciting new Career Excellence Hubs.
This means our courses aren't just courses... your study programme is built from the ground up with your future in mind, focussing on employability and developing the skills you need to have a successful career within your chosen industry...
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