Inspire Education Group NEWSLETTER April 2023

Peterborough and Stamford, Thriving Together

Former Stamford College Student Wins Royal Television Society Award

Tom Fell, a former Access to University Humanities and Social Sciences student of Stamford College, has received a Royal Television Society Student Award for Best Production Design, for his university film, ‘470 – Peter’s Story’. Tom said, “Without the support of the College throughout my time on the Access to Higher Education course, my successes since simply would not have been possible.”

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Stamford College Hosts Apprenticeship Employer Recruitment Fair

Coinciding with the College’s March Open Evening, Stamford College hosted an Apprenticeships Employer Recruitment Fair, enabling hundreds of young people from the local area to learn about workbased training programmes.

Based in the Conference Centre, IEG staff from the Apprenticeships Academy, T Levels and Work Experience departments, as well as representatives of IEG partners, Anglia Professional Training (APT) and inspire+, were on-hand to offer advice and guidance and to explain the apprenticeship enrolment process. External exhibitors included Howdens, Allison Homes and Countryside Partnerships, giving visitors the opportunity to gain valuable advice from experts in their chosen profession.

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THE PARCS RESTAURANT, LOCATED IN PETERBOROUGH COLLEGE, RECEIVED AN EXCELLENT REVIEW FROM WE LOVE PETERBOROUGH

The organisation were impressed with the College students’ involvement at the restaurant, saying, “Parcs gives them the chance to work the room, whether they are training as serving staff, kitchen staff or as a chef. Any students who served us were very pleasant and seemed to be enjoying the evening. Thanks go out to those who did the cooking and creating of desserts. Bravo. No complaints.”

We Love Peterborough were also very satisfied with their meal, adding that, “The food is of a high quality and well worth what you pay.”

Situated on the Peterborough College grounds, the award-winning Parcs Restaurant is solely run by staff and students within our hospitality and catering department.

FROM APPRENTICE TO CURRICULUM LEADER, DARREN RAMSAY RECEIVES LONG SERVICE AWARD FROM IEG FOR 20 YEARS AT PETERBOROUGH COLLEGE

Darren Ramsay was presented with a long service award by Rachel Nicholls, Chief Executive of Inspire Education Group (IEG) in recognition of his 20 years’ service at Peterborough College.

IEG commends Darren’s career journey –from being an apprentice at Peterborough College to progressing with the institution and succeeding in a senior role.

Level 5 Digital Arts Students Curate Exhibition On Display In Peterborough Cathedral

The students tasked themselves, along with other creatives, to explore the relationship

Darren, who is now the curriculum leader in Motor Vehicle, commented “I have enjoyed my 20 years at Peterborough College, helping people achieve their potential, especially as I started my career in Motor Vehicle here as an apprentice many years ago.” between visual art and music, with the main aim of the brief being ‘to discover what your favourite song means to you’, and to use their skills to visually portray this.

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UCP STUDENT ADVISOR, AND PETERBOROUGH POET LAUREATE, FEATURED ON BBC RADIO CAMBRIDGESHIRE

Kat Beeton, Student Advisor at University Centre Peterborough and Peterborough Poet Laureate, had her work played via BBC Upload, on BBC Radio Cambridgeshire.

The BBC played two pieces from Kat’s ‘The Other Side: An Anthology of New Writing’. The first piece was featured for International Women’s Day. This is not the first time Kat’s work has been featured on the BBC; her piece from the anthology was previously played, and can be listened to here

The local station, BBC Look East, will also be playing a range of Kat’s poetry on National Poetry Day, these include a piece she has written as a tribute to the late Queen Elizabeth II. This can be watched here