WELCOME FROM GROUP PRINCIPAL AND CEO Dr Sam Parrett CBE
Time to celebrate the year’s achievements It’s difficult to write about the progress the Group has made this term without referencing the many foundation stones we collectively put into place throughout the earlier periods of our academic year. So please forgive me if I reflect back to one or two of the significant milestones achieved since last September that have enabled us to reach the position in which we are in today. The Autumn term started in earnest with the College’s first virtual landmark lecture of the year by Mathew Trainer, Chief Executive of our local Oxleas NHS Trust. The success of this led to a unique and highly successful partnership between us to train a workforce capable of delivering the biggest and most ambitious vaccination programme of our time. Many of our students were subsequently appointed to roles in the NHS with many more placed on 02 | ISSUE 3 | 2021
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standby for forthcoming vacancies. The relaunch of our flagship FE Foodbank and its transition into what became affectionately known as the FE ‘Festive’ Foodbank saw the Group raise funds, food and grocery items which were then distributed to foodbanks throughout Bromley, Greenwich and Bexley in time for Christmas. At the very beginning of the Spring term, once again we were back into lockdown, with a new set of Covid safety measures to adhere to, trying to make sense of frequently changing exams and assessment advice and getting to grips with perhaps our biggest and most challenging logistical operation to date, the lateral Covid tests in our secondary schools and college campuses.
