Public Service students at Newbury College recently attended Royals Marines Browndown Camp in Hampshire, where they spent the day taking part in activities including: fitness tests, physical training, laser shooting, climbing towers and attending a talk on roles within the Royal Marines (including the Royal Marines Band).
The event was run by the Royal Marines Visibility Team, whose role is to communicate what the Royal Marines do, and provide taster sessions for those that may be interested in joining the forces. It highlights to students what would be expected of them, and also the roles available within the Royal Marines and Royal Navy.
Public Services Course Leader at Newbury College Neil Metcalfe, who organised the trip said, The students thoroughly enjoyed the day. It was a fantastic opportunity for them to find out about the role of the Royal Marines in today's Armed Forces and to look at the variety of job roles on offer. The students experienced some physical training and were able to speak to staff on a one-to-one basis to find out about the selection process and training for positions they were interested in.
This is the first year that female students have been invited to take part in the event, as previously the Royal Marines were a male only force. It was also the first year that the Royal Marines Band were present and described their role in both peace and conflict.
The Corps of Royal Marines is the UK's amphibious light infantry force, forming part of the Naval Service, along with the Royal Navy.
AWE has launched its annual apprenticeship recruitment campaign targeting school leavers and college students, to become the next generation of engineers.
Applications for the award winning AWE apprenticeship programme open today and are available via the AWE website www.awe.co.uk/careers, with a start date in September 2016.
Newbury College is one of a number of local providers supporting the AWE apprenticeship campaign who have had a number of students successfully complete the programme and go on to become successful engineers.
AWE's nationally recognised Skills Academy will see Apprentices work on site to achieve an NVQ qualification combined with day release to College to achieve a Level 3 Technical Certificate.
Applications for AWE Engineering Apprenticeships are invited in the following areas:
Geoff Druce, Head of Learning and development at AWE, comments "The AWE Apprenticeships are an excellent chance for young people with an interest in engineering to gain real workplace experience in the engineering industry whilst gaining a work based qualification, and earning at the same time. At the end of their training, the Apprentices will be fully qualified engineers with highly successful and well paid careers ahead of them."
AWE is holding an open day for school leavers and college students to find out more about the AWE apprenticeship programme and to speak to apprentices and instructors on Tuesday 1st December, 3pm-8pm at Tadley Library, Mulfords Hill.
In the run up to Global Enterprise Week, Newbury College students took part in locally run programmes to inspire students to explore their potential as self-starters and innovators.
Students took part in Champions of Enterprise, a two day programme run in partnership with the Education Business Partnership on Wednesday 11 and Thursday 12 November. Students spent the days reviewing and analysing possible business ventures with the support of local entrepreneurs before judges decided which business to invest in.
Skills Project Mentor Sian Ellis, who organised the event said, We are grateful to all those who have helped make this event a success for our students. It has been a fantastic opportunity for them to put their enterprise skills into practice, supported by the knowledge and experience of local businesses.
College students also participated in Thames Valley Tech Week, a programme run by ConnectTVT, which saw three different Colleges host events over the course of the week. Newbury College hosted an event on Thursday 12 November, where teams of students competed against one another to create and present a business proposal with the help of business experts.
The winning team of Champions Enterprise made up of two Business students, an IT student and an Art Student, will progress to the finals of the competition challenging local schools for the winning place at The Regency Park Hotel on Tuesday 8 December. While judges of the Thames Valley Tech event were so impressed with the innovative products the teams had come up with, three of the four teams were presented with £300 from sponsors Telefonica to progress their idea further over the next 6 months with the programme.
The events were hosted in order to enhance students' enterprise skills and give them an insight into how a business is set up and run; and the factors that makes businesses successful.
Global Entrepreneurship Week runs each November and is the world's largest celebration of the innovators and job creators who launch start-ups that bring ideas to life, drive economic growth and expand human welfare. This year the event is ran from Monday 16 November ' Sunday 22 November.