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A word from the Principal

PLENTY OF CHALLENGES AHEAD: Derek Branton

Achievements of 2011 provide a great foundation for 2012As we approach the end of the year it is a good time to reflect on the last twelve months and look forward to next year. While we have undoubtedly had plenty of challenges to deal with in 2011 it has been a very successful year for the College. The way staff and managers have worked together to deal with the unprecedented cuts in our funding rates by becoming even more efficient in all our operations has been commendable. The excellent Ofsted report we received in February clearly identified the learner-centred approach we exercise which is leading to the “exceptional” progress of our students. Achieving Beacon status in June gave us a well recognised accolade as one of the best performing colleges nationally.

Our seven year trend of annual improvements in learner success rates continued, meaning that when the latest benchmarks

are released early next year we should maintain our position in the top 10% of best performing colleges. Since 2004 our long programme success rate has improved from 55% to a very impressive 81%. While I am reluctant to give special praise with such an excellent overall performance, I do want to mention the improvements in Engineering which we are now self-assessing as another outstanding curriculum area. The 100% pass rates in all our AS and A level courses in the summer meant we were very confident about recruiting to our first full-time A level cohort at the Saint Mary’s Walk site in September. Our intention is to grow the provision further in 2012.

Many of you will have read in the local newspapers about how the College has bucked the trend in managing to increase our recruitment of 16-18 year olds. In my view this has come about not only because of the curriculum choices we offer but also because of our reputation for high success rates and the progression opportunities we offer to our learners. This year 97% of full-time students who completed their course in the summer progressed to a higher level course at the College, moved on to University, found employment or progressed into an apprenticeship. These positive destinations underline the great opportunities the College offers.

So, while we should rightly celebrate the achievements of

2011 there are plenty of further challenges we must be ready for in 2012. As we move into the next stage of the Government’s Comprehensive Spending Review we will be anticipating further cuts in our funding rates in the next academic year. We shall also need to prepare for the demographic fall in the number of 16 year olds leaving school next summer. Our test here will be to further increase recruitment for the eighth consecutive year against this backdrop. It is also essential we increase our recruitment of apprentices, given this is a clearly defined Government priority. Our links with employers will be even more crucial as the entitlement to free first level 2 courses for adults over 24 is withdrawn, meaning we shall need to promote even more forcefully the value of the training we offer.

The increasing fees we will have to charge for our HE and FE provision will result in us having to demonstrate to potential learners and employers the value for money that we provide in an increasingly competitive environment.

While the challenges are very significant and should not be underestimated I believe our proven responsiveness and adaptability place us in an excellent position to meet them and continue to prosper. If we remain flexible and continue to work hard to provide excellent education and training there is no

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reason why our successes in 2011 cannot be continued into 2012.

This Christmas holiday will have an additional closure day on 3 January 2012 as a gesture of thanks to the staff from the Governing Body for the excellent inspection results achieved in the College and in offender learning over the past year. OLAS staff will have an additional leave day agreed with their line manager. I trust everyone has an enjoyable Christmas break.

A word from the Principal cont. Beauty tutor Jill Uscroft (pictured)

has been busy taking part in out of hour’s activities to promote the College.

Over recent weeks, she has provided make-up for events locally and in London, including the Dove House Hospice charity show at Fruit in Hull, supported by Pam Smethurst of the Xena salon in HullJill and some of her students also provided beauty treatments at the “Pink Night” event at Longcroft School, which was aimed at girls and their mums, and did make-up

at school plays and fashion shows at Hymers College in Hull, as well as being one of the members of staff who assisted students at

the WorldSkills event in London (see page 11). In April next year, Jill and students will be providing hair and make-up to 70 pupils from Beverley High School taking part in the Lifestyle Rock Challenge at The Spa Bridlington.

Head of hair and beauty Natalee Eddom said: “I would like to thank Jill for all her hard work and enthusiasm with all the events. Keep up the good work Jill!”

Keep up the good work, Jill!

The College has enjoyed a wave of successes over recent months in the wake of the hugely positive Ofsted report earlier this year.

In June, the College earned Beacon Status from the Learning and Skills Improvement Service which said it was “one of the best performing colleges nationally”. Beacon Status is awarded by invitation only to a handful of learning providers and institutions each year.

In August, A-levels students were celebrating a 100 per cent pass rate and a week later excellent GCSE results were published, with 76.3 per cent of entries passing at A* to C grade, compared to the national average of 69.8 per cent and that for Yorkshire and the Humber, which is 65.4 per cent.

Also in August, the findings of the National Student Survey of higher education students placed the College very highly, with 87 per cent saying they were "satisfied" with their course, compared to 83 per cent across all institutions and 78 per cent for colleges offering higher education.

An impressive 90 per cent of East Riding College students were satisfied with the teaching on their course (84 per cent

nationally) while 88 per cent were satisfied with their personal development (80 per cent nationally).

Assistant director Mark Keen said: "Combined with the recent excellent A-level results where there was a 100 per cent pass rate and the excellent Ofsted inspection result and Beacon College status, the College can now confidently claim to be one of the highest performing colleges.”

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Governance mattersKeeping college staff regularly and better informed of governance issues

Barbecue proceeds have gone to the dogs

The intention of this article is to keep College staff regularly and better informed of governance issues.

The Board of the Corporation met on Wednesday October 12 at Gallows Lane, Beverley, and highlighted below are the key discussions and decisions of that meeting.

New governor appointmentsJennifer Middleton was appointed as student governor.

College performanceGovernors were informed that September recruitment levels were healthy; in particular 16-18 recruitment levels were looking strong compared to the outcomes of recent national surveys which were indicating a significant fall in many colleges. The importance of now retaining learners was stressed given the removal of EMAs as an attendance incentive for new learners.

A new schedule of key performance indicators was approved which includes the additional reporting of fee income.

FE national award nominationGovernors learned of the short-listing of the College’s finance team in the category of outstanding finance team. Submission for the award drew attention to the PFA report of February 2011 which had graded all aspects of financial assurance as outstanding and to Ofsted’s judgement that the College had “excellent management practices”.

World Skills 2011Governors also learned that the College’s showcase presentation involving learners from the hairdressing, beauty therapy, fashion and media curriculum areas had successfully taken place in London the previous week and had been positively received.

Approvals After consideration by the Corporation, the following were approved:• NewAnti-BriberyandAnti- Corruption Policy• RevisedRiskManagement Policy• RevisedAnti-BullyingPolicy• RevisedAdmissionsPolicy• RevisedLearnerDisciplinary Policy• RevisedSafeguardingPolicy• TheCollege’sInternalAudit Strategy for 2011/2012• TheCollege’sFinancial Management and Control Evaluation 2010/2011 return• TheCorporation’srevised Standing Orders, Code of Conduct and Code of Ethics• AnewpolicytolimitGovernors’ length of service to three terms of 4 years• Anewprocedurefortheself- assessment of the performance of the Corporation’s committees.Chris Gledhill Secretary to the Corporation

Next meetingThe Corporation meets again for a strategic planning

meeting on Wednesday February 8 at Gallows Lane, Beverley.

GOOD WORK: Veronica Banks

Money raised by the summer staff barbecues has been donated to a dogs charity in Hull.

The £162 raised has gone to the Carr House Rescue Centre which cares for homeless dogs until they can be re-housed with a caring family. The charity has sent a letter of thanks in

response to the donation.

Barbecue organiser Veronica Banks said: “The people at the rescue centre were really grateful for our donation. They do a lot of good work with unwanted dogs and hopefully they will be able to rehome some more in time for Christmas.”

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Family walk raises funds

Long-serving governor Alex celebrates 80th

TASTY AGENDA: Alex Denholm, Vice Chair (seated) is presented with his agenda themed cake by Derek Branton, Principal (left) and David Thacker, Chair of the Corporation.

The Corporation’s longest-serving Governor, Alex Denholm, Vice Chair and Fellow of the Corporation, celebrated his 80th birthday in October.

Alex joined the Corporation of Beverley College in March 1993 upon the nomination of the Beverley Borough’s Council for Voluntary Service and is a very active member of the Corporation, attending meetings of the Corporation, the Audit Committee and Quality Standards Committee as well as serving on the Property Projects Group and the College’s Safety, Health and Environment Committee. He is nominated Governor for both safeguarding and health and safety. Alex is also a regular attendee of the College’s Learner Focus Groups and has been linked with a number of curriculum areas through the Governor Pairing Scheme. In addition to all this, Alex also finds time to attend regional governor network meetings and LSIS’s annual governance conference.

To help Alex kick-start his celebrations, the Corporation presented him with a cake of a design which Alex would appreciate…an agenda. The cake was made by Jill Sparkes, the College’s recruitment and induction officer.

Members of staff took part in a sponsored “welly walk” around Beverley Racecourse to raise money for the Dove House Hospice Love You 2 Appeal.

Adele Sissons, Kate Mills, Katy Murdock, whose mum leads the appeal, and their children went for an hour-long walk around the race track wearing their wellies.

The aim of the Love You 2 Appeal is to raise money to redevelop and expand the Dove House Hospice site in Chamberlain Road, Hull.

Katy said: “The kids enjoyed it but their legs were very tired towards the end. We all enjoyed raising money for such a good local cause.”

THESE BOOTS WERE MADE FOR WALKING: Big turnout including staff from the College who supported the appeal… Katy Murdock, Adele Sissons, Kate Mills and their families

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Quality and teaching standards news

PREPARATION: Mark Keen

Summative Review

The College is making preparations for the summative review stage of the Integrated Quality Enhancement Review (IQER).The IQER is conducted by the Quality Assurance Agency (QAA) and looks at the quality of higher education on offer at the College.The summative review will take place in January and the recent core brief has given all staff an insight into the requirements of this review. The College has submitted its self-assessment and student written submission to the QAA and a preparatory visit took place in November.The summative review follows on from the first element of the IQER, the developmental engagement, which took place in January 2011.Assistant director Mark Keen said: “The IQER is of the same importance as an Ofsted inspection and a lot of work is being put into our preparations for it.

“The outcomes from the developmental engagement were positive and I’m looking forward to January when we will show the reviewers the quality of higher education on offer at the College.”After the completion of the IQER, the QAA will present its findings, which could be “confidence”, “limited confidence” and “no confidence”.

HE ConferenceThe College held its second dedicated higher education conference at the University of Hull recently. The event featured presentations from staff from the university, East Riding College and Selby College, whose staff also took part in the conference. There were also workshops on sharing best practice and e-assessment. The event was highly successful with over 30 attendees from both

colleges.

HE student satisfactionHigher education students at the College are very satisfied with their experience, according to the findings of a recent survey. The National Student Satisfaction survey in 2011 had an overall satisfaction level of 87 per cent, compared to 78 per cent for other colleges. Satisfaction was particularly high for teaching (90 per cent), assessment and feedback (78 per cent), academic support (85 per cent) and personal development (88 per cent). Satisfaction at individual course level is consistently high, and was 100 per cent for the Foundation Degree in Sports, Exercise and Health Sciences.

Introductory management programmeThe College recently got through to the regional judging panel of the 2011 National Training Awards. Although the College did not win the award it nevertheless was commented for the programme and the contribution it has made to staff development.

Investment in the College’s Gallows Lane campus has continued over recent months.

There has been a major refurbishment to the hairdressing salons (see page 8) and reception area, along with the re-cladding and painting of the front of the Westwood building, giving students and customers the experience of

being in a modern salon.

In addition to the refurbishment of the hairdressing salons, new automatic doors and foyer have been fitted to Crofters along with new flooring, tables and chairs.

Crofters now has the facility to promote events through the use of a newly installed 3m overhead projector and built-in screen.

New doors have been installed to modernise and increase accessibility to the engineering workshop, construction entrance and rear of hair and beauty.

The quality and teaching standards unit in Longcroft Hall has undergone some changes which now allows for staff to make use of resource materials and also provides a seating area.

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Shocked Tracy wins award

MAKING A DIFFERENCE: Tracy Underwood with her award

Gill Mason has taken up her post of staff development officer, a new post in the College.

She has spent the majority of her working life in careers advice roles, starting as a careers adviser and working her way up to the role of training manager for Connexions Humber.

Gill said: “It was really nerve wracking to start a new job after so many years in one area, but the College is a lovely environment and everyone has made me feel very welcome and has been very supportive.”

Her role involves a variety of tasks, including supporting the identification of training and development needs, agreeing priorities, developing the staff development and CPD handbook, arranging and evaluating activities, and administering the training and development process.

Gill has lived in Beverley for about 20 years and is married to a teacher.

Enrichment officer Tracy Underwood has won a national award for championing the opinions of learners.

She was named learner voice practitioner of the year at the Learner Voice Awards, organised by the national Learning and Skills Improvement Service (LSIS) in partnership with the National Union of Students.

The award recognises Tracy's efforts to ensure learners are able to give their views on their course and the facilities at East Riding College so they can contribute to its continuous improvement.

Her work includes a variety of focus groups, a student association, assisting student governors, volunteering, charity fundraising and working with student reps.

Tracy said: "I was shocked when my name was read out at the awards but I'm really pleased that the work we do at East Riding College is considered among the best in the country.

"Our students do a fantastic job of giving their feedback and take a constructive and mature approach to making a difference at College."

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Wella done to hair and beauty salons

The Inspire Hair and Beauty salons have been recognised as a Wella Professionals Centre of Excellence by industry leader Wella Professionals.The accolade makes the salons at the College's Bridlington and Beverley campuses part of an elite group of educational establishments and has only been awarded to a select band of 30 colleges nationally that are achieving the high

standards worthy of the award.

Paul Oscroft, from Procter and Gamble Salon Professionals, presented the award to Natalee Eddom, head of hairdressing, barbering and beauty therapy, in the newly refurbished salon at the campus in Gallows Lane, Beverley.

She said: "It is a real honour for East Riding College to be designated as a Wella Professionals Centre of Excellence by such a big name in

the hair and beauty industry.

"This award is recognition of the hard work by teaching staff in developing the hairdressers of tomorrow and the students in their efforts to produce work of the highest standards.

"I would like to thank Wella Professionals for this prestigious award and congratulate all those at East Riding College who helped make it happen."

CENTRE OF EXCELLENCE: College and Wella staff with the award

The presentation of the Wella award followed the refurbishment of the hairdressing salons at Gallows Lane. These pictures show how they looked before and after.

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Students go centre stage at

WorldSkills 2011Students from the College performed as part of the prestigious WorldSkills 2011 showcase event in London.The group of fashion, media and hair and beauty students – from both the Beverley and Bridlington campuses – put on a mixed media show in front of thousands of spectators at the ExCeL exhibition and conference centre in London.

Their performance, called "the Art of Recycling", was a catwalk show featuring fashion students' garments make from recycled materials, with models whose hair and make-up was created by hair and beauty students.

Media students filmed live footage and projected it over layered interviews and background images.

Gareth Sykes, head of creative arts, media and music, said: "The trip to London and the opportunity to perform in front of potentially thousands of people was an amazing experience for the students.

“All the students and staff involved did a great job and were a credit to East Riding College.”

WorldSkills London 2011 was the world's largest, international skills competition with young people from across the globe competing to be the best of the best in their chosen skill.

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Bridlington Priory was packed full for the second year in succession at the College’s Celebration of Higher Awards.

Some 100 former students attended to receive scrolls from Principal Derek Branton and they were watched by about 300 family and friends.

Derek Branton said: "The ceremony was an opportunity to congratulate our higher education students on their excellent achievements and to speak to them about how the qualification has helped them

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with their career.

"Although it is only a matter of months since they completed their courses, many who were already in work had advanced their careers because of their new qualification while others had secured new jobs with very good salaries. This demonstrates the benefits directly of people investing in their education."

The winner of the student of the year award was Jack Goodlad, 20, from Bridlington, who studied on the Foundation Degree in Sports, Exercise and Health Sciences.

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The College is once again offering an exciting programme of short courses which are designed to help people make the step up to higher education.

Two six-week "Bite Size" evening courses have been arranged for Gallows Lane, with dates for St Mary’s Walk to be confirmed.

At Gallows Lane, a safeguarding and child protection course will begin on February 8 and a study skills course will start on May 16. Both will run for six weeks and are free to staff and students. For

anyone else they are £99.

Participants will have the opportunity to visit the University of Hull and those who successfully complete the course will be awarded 10 credits from the university which will count towards a future higher level qualification.

Assistant director Alison Gray said: "This course is for anyone planning to go on to study at level four and go onto a foundation degree or to university.

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Bag packing fundraiser benefits charityA group of level three business students raised more than £600 for Help the Heroes by bag-packing at Tesco in Driffield. The fundraiser formed part of a wider project to raise money for Help the Heroes, which helps injured forces personnel.

The main event is a charity ball and auction at the Mercure Hotel (formally Ramada Jarvis) in Willerby on April 21 2012.

The students were at Tesco from 10am until 2pm helping customers pack their shopping into bags. The final total was an incredible £651.84.

One of the students, Jessica Johnston, said: “By the end of the day, all of our students admitted they had thoroughly enjoyed the day and would be willing to do it again in the future as it was for such a good cause.

“We would like to extend our thanks to the people of Driffield for giving generously and making our day a fun one.”

FITTING IN: Business studies studentsduring their bag-packing fundraiser

"The course is especially suitable for level three learners intending to progress into higher education and is free to all existing East Riding College learners and those who do not already have a degree.

"This is an excellent course and we have had very good feedback from people who have been on it."

To secure a place or to find out more call Katy Murdock on (01482)306696 or email katy.murdock@eastridingcollege.ac.uk

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Christmas comes early for Children in NeedTravel and tourism students raised more than £100 by holding a Christmas themed event in aid of Children in Need.

The event, which was open to the public, took place at the St Mary’s Walk campus. Along with the raffle and cake sale, the students had teamed up with National Express to offer 15 per cent off 2011 breaks.

Archers Restaurant offered an all you can eat buffet, which allowed customers to choose from pizza, pasta and salad bar.

The event was organised by Rebecca Booth and Sophie Saunders (pictured above right),

who are both studying towards the Level Three Extended Diploma in Travel and Tourism.

All money they raised on the night from each of the activities came to £193, which was donated to Children in Need.

Rebecca said: “We want to thank

all of the staff that helped us through the day, by buying raffle tickets or cakes, and those who helped us organise the day. It couldn’t have been a success without them.

“The event went a lot better than we originally thought it would.”

In addition to the travel and tourism events, students carried out a variety of activities in aid of Children in Need. They raised an estimated £400, with donations still being made.

The activities included: name the dog, beat the goalie, Guitar Hero, cake stall, quizzes, Wii competition and a staff dress down.

New cookbook out in time for ChristmasThe College has joined forces with a local charity to produce a new cookery book with a healthy eating theme.

All the proceeds from the sale of the book will go towards funding the Age Uk’swork in helping older people in the East Riding.

The recipes were put together following a series of hugely popular cookery demonstrations held at the College, when catering students shared their skills with groups of older residents.

Dishes included in the book have been selected to include fresh fruit and vegetables alongside other tasty treats. They are aimed both at people who already have an interest in cooking, and those who are learning to cook for the first time.

Copies of the book cost just £4

and are available from the Age UK East Riding office in North Bar Within in Beverley, or from the College’s sites in Beverley and Bridlington.

Alison Morris, Community Co-ordinator for Age UK East Riding, said: “We are hoping that people

will buy a copy of the book perhaps as a Christmas stocking filler.

“We have aimed to show that healthy food can be tasty and fun and are very grateful to the College’s cookery experts for sharing their cookery tips with us.”

HEALTHY OPTIONS: Chris Gilbert shows off the new cookbook to hospitality students

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Each member of the College’s guidance team has passed a level seven qualification on helping people who want to apply for a higher education course. Mel Brown, Mick Mather, Lesley Culpan and Michaela Blackford have all achieved the Level Seven Certificate in Supporting and Promoting Higher Education Applications

Over the past few years the guidance team have supported hundreds of learners moving into higher education through tutorials and one to one support sessions.

The organised university

visits have also been a great opportunity for learners to see the different types of campuses, their facilities, recreational areas and a chance to chat to some undergraduates about their learning journey and their positive experiences of applying and adapting to a different learning

QUALITY SERVICE Mel Brown

Guidance team’s higher expertise praisedenvironment.

Team manager Mel said: “Good quality advice and guidance are really important to people moving into higher education; it is a big step and one which needs to be considered and researched carefully. Passing this qualification is a great achievement for the team and a testament to the outstanding support that is already given to our learners who are considering this learning pathway; this was also reported on in the recent OFSTED inspection, “the arrangements for advising learners about HE applications are strong”.

Students at the Beverley campus have donated 15 shoeboxes to the local charity Real Aid.

After researching a number of different local charities, the foundation learners decided to support the Real Aid Christmas shoebox appeal as part of their community action project.

The group collected enough items to fill 15 shoeboxes which will be suitable for children of a variety of ages and will be sent by Real Aid to Sierra Leone.

Items include toothbrushes, toothpaste, combs, soap, flannels, simple first aid kits, new underwear, colouring books and crayons, exercise books, simple puzzles and games, skipping ropes and balls.

The students enjoyed sorting through all the items and writing

messages for the children who will receive the shoe boxes at Christmas time

Student Matthew Thornham said: "I feel happy to help out the children in Sierra Leone. I didn't know something so small could make

such a big difference."

Tutor Emma Richards said: "It's a great time of year for the learners to support such a fantastic local charity. The project has given the learners an appreciation of different cultures in other countries."

Shoeboxes sent to Africa by students

BOXES OF JOY: Foundation students visit the distribution cen-tre where their boxes will be forwarded to Africa

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Gordon makesa clean sweep

Cleaner Gordon Kirby has retired after 30 years working for the College and its predecessors.

At his retirement presentation, Vice Principal John Doris gave Gordon a wrist watch which had been bought with donations from colleagues.

As he is a keen Hull City fan, he received a range of related items, including a polo shirt, Roary the Tiger mascot teddy, and a hundred pounds worth of Hull City vouchers.

INNOVATIVE: Barbara Wesson with Derek Branton, Principal

Facilities catering supervisor Barbara Wesson has received the Employee Recognition Award for her commitment to and hard work for the College.

Barbara was nominated by her colleagues and fellow workers in Crofters, because of her dedication to the College where she is willing to go the extra mile to provide a wide variety of healthy meals, including the special dietary requirements of staff and students.

Her nomination highlighted the

excellent food Barbara and her team create through dedicated planning and hard work, her attitude towards staff and students. She has also recently helped her staff complete NVQ qualifications in Hospitality.

Elaine said: “Barbara and her team do a great job of serving high quality, varied and healthy food to students and staff who go into Crofters.

“This award is recognition of the outstanding work the team do and Barbara’s excellent leadership.”

Crofters Barbara’s on a roll

Who would you like to nominate?To nominate a member of staff for the Employee Recognition Award, visit the human resources section of the staff intranet, where it is possible to download details of the procedure and a nomination form.

SEEING THINGS: No, you weren’tgoing mad... we really did have a cow on the Beverley site on 16 November!

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Joe’s mini request to help with projectMotor vehicle students are appealing for car parts as they try to transform an old Mini into a raceworthy vehicle.

The school links students, who attend Headlands and Bridlington schools, are working on the Mini with tutor Joe Johnson, who donated it to the College.

They are to give the car a paint job which uses both schools’ colours and are now preparing the car for grass track racing at Hunmanby, near Filey.

To take part in a race, the car needs to pass scrutineering and now needs a new fuel tank and roll cage to be installed, which will involve sourcing a seat, racing harness, knobbly tyres and other spare mini parts.

Joe said: “This is a great live project for the learners to be working on and they will get real satisfaction from transforming the Mini from a wreck into a raceworthy vehicle.

“We have talked to the race

owners who said they may consider a race solely for the colleges as Hull and York are interested.

“I would like to ask readers for help in locating spare parts,

knowledge or assistance for the project as we go along.”

Anyone who can donate Mini parts or offer their knowledge can email Joe at joseph.johnson@eastridingcollege.ac.uk

CHALLENGE: Joe Johnson and the students with the mini

BIG DAY: Curriculum and quality administrator John Uzzell and his fiancée Hayley married in July at the Forest Pines Hotel in North Lincolnshire. The couple, who have been together for seven years, honeymooned in Florida and the Caribbean island of St Lucia. John said: “We had a perfect day and a lovely honeymoon. Everyone seemed to enjoy themselves and I got suitably embarrassed during the best man speech.”

John’s quality day with bride Hayley

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Paul Hiorns is the College’s new sports and enrichment co-ordinator, whose role involves developing activities for students to take part in.

His work includes running various sports teams for football and rugby, along with recreational activities that will be launched in January.

The sessions, called “Active Wednesdays”, will include racket and team sports as well as netball and girls’ football at Bridlington and table tennis and Wii sports at Beverley.

Paul said: “Since arriving I have been made to feel very welcome by all staff that I have met and have received a high level of support from both Tracy

Underwood and Lynn Smith.”

Paul’s background is in leisure management and sports development. Before starting work at the College, he worked at Bridlington School as community and extended services manager, where he provided support, advice and guidance to students and

developed positive activities for students to get involved with.

Since starting at the College in August, he has helped re-establish the rugby team and gained sponsorship from train2drive for their new rugby kit, as well as developing partnership working with the Humber Sports Partnership, the Rugby Football Union and the Golf Foundation.

Paul also works for East Riding of Yorkshire Council and is currently working with the College to increase the number of staff and students who cycle to College. Although in the early stages, some new initiatives and plans are being developed. Details will be announced in due course.

New activity role for Paul Hiorns kicks off

DEVELOPING INITIATIVES: Paul Hiorns

Tutors John Hilton and John Ellerington have raised more than £150 by growing moustaches as part of the “Movember” charity appeal.

Along with thousands of people globally, they vowed to go without shaving their top lip for the whole of November, as these pictures show.

John Hilton said: “We want to say a big thank you to everyone who made a contribution to the Movember charity. The handlebar is history now, though there is still time to donate if you wish.”

To donate, go to http://uk.movember.com/mospace/1835390/

Movember madness in hairy fundraiser

BEFORES AND AFTERS: John Ellerington, above, and John Hilton, below

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INCREASED CAPACITY: From left to right, Stuart Sweet, Josh Nicholson, Liam Thompson (staff), Steve Garness and James Baron (staff).

The construction area at the Gallows Lane site has had an extension thanks to a project which lasted from February to July.

The aim was to increase floor space, efficiency and capacity, so new courses could be introduced to the College.

Students from various courses and levels helped with the development, and gained valuable experience of working on a real construction site. The area was built entirely by students and staff and has doubled the size of the workshop.

School links students worked on the concreting section of the project. The construction of the wall was done by level one, schools and building crafts (part-time) students.

Tutor James Baron said: “The teamwork demonstrated by learners and staff throughout the work programme was a real positive.

“The work has been of real value both practically for learners and for the curriculum area as we have been able to increase our provision.”

Extra workshop space from live project

A different kind of present...Staff in the College’s care consortium are making donations to Breast Cancer Research instead of giving each other Christmas cards and secret Santa presents this year.

Any other areas of the College which would like to join in should email Sue Ellis at susan.ellis@eastridingcollege.ac.uk or call her on 01482 306687.

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New starter

Previous job role Part time lecturer at Yorkshire Coast College

New job title and what the job involves Salon manager which includes teaching and assessing learners within the hair and beauty curriculum area. Providing supervision, support, training and assessment for learners working on reception and as a salon manager within their session, liaising with externally appointed external verifiers, examining bodies and employers, including visiting the workplace.

Where are you based? St. Mary’s Walk, Bridlington.

Why you wanted to work at East Riding College? Fantastic training salons and facilities.

Hobbies/interests Organising fashion shows and charity events. Gym, running, mountain biking and dog walking

A funny/strange story from your working life When training, the salon I worked in had an intercom to announce client arrivals… My boss caught me practicing a song for karaoke… I was 15!

Who is your ideal role model? Patrick Cameron - Long hair specialist.

In two to three words how would you describe yourself ? Hard-working party girl

Jenny Walker Salon manager, SMW

Our Inspire training salons at our Beverley and Bridlington campuses offer a fantastic range of treatments at great prices.

Choose from the very latest techniques in hair, beauty and holistic therapies.

Proud to be a Wella Professionals

Centre of Excellence

InspireHair & Beauty

To book an appointment call the salon reception on 01482 306667 for Beverley or 01262 458844 for Bridlington.

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