National Apprenticeship Week 2024
National Apprenticeship Week 2024
celebrated the success of Bolton College’s apprentices and their supportive employers.
The College’s annual Apprenticeship Roadshow, featuring former BBC ‘The Apprentice’ star Adam Corbally, hit the
road, inspiring over 3,500 young people. MPs also visited some of our successful former apprentices. Read more on page 2 .
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Bolton College is the go-to destination for hundreds of ambitious apprentices. For National Apprenticeship Week 2024, we shared their success stories along with those of their amazing employers!
Corey Dickinson kickstarted his career as a barbering apprentice and has since established his own barbershop and cosmetics business. He’s also paying it forward by employing a barbering apprentice from Bolton College, Ralph Billington.
We arranged for Chris Green MP to drop by Corey’s business, Tonsor Male Grooming. Corey shared his inspiring journey with Chris, showing how far an Apprenticeship can take you.
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Here Zac shares his thoughts on being an IT apprentice. .
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‘I went to university but it wasn’t the right fit for me. Discovering this Paralegal Apprenticeship changed everything.
My goal is to become a legal executive and I encourage others to embrace Apprenticeships for the career opportunities they offer.’
Emily Eaton, paralegal apprentice working at Bolton at Home.
To learn more about our Apprenticeships, click here.
Bolton Wanderers in the Community employs four apprentices from Bolton College. Programme lead Ste Thomas discusses the qualities he looks for in an apprentice.
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Bolton College’s Apprenticeship Roadshow reached nearly 3,500 young people in one week!
We enlisted the expertise of Adam Corbally, a finalist from BBC’s The Apprentice, to lead the Roadshow. His visits to schools across the region spread the word about the amazing Apprenticeship opportunities available at Bolton College.
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Watch Adam’s audition for The Apprentice – he reached the final three, narrowly missing out on the final.
Click here to watch
Click here to watch the highlights
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During National Apprenticeship Week, we seized the opportunity to shine a spotlight on outstanding T Level students at Bolton College, joining in on #TLevelsThursday T Levels are two-year study programmes, equivalent to three A Levels, that include a sector-specific Industry Placement, accounting for 20% of the course – that’s practical, hands-on experience of at least 315 hours.
Here are just a few of our remarkable T Level students...
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Ellie, a former Health T Level student, made a big impression during her Industry Placement at Bolton NHS Foundation Trust; following her successful placement, Ellie secured a Trainee Nursing Associate Apprenticeship at the hospital.
Ellie is a passionate advocate for T Levels and Apprenticeships. She recently spoke about her experience and insights to over 40 employers at an Employer Breakfast Event, hosted in collaboration with Bolton College, Alliance Learning and the University of Bolton.
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Building the future!
Work on our dynamic and innovative new building is well under way, which will be home to our engineeringmicro and digital students. We’ll
be welcoming new students through its doors by the end of the year.
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Cindy at the World Boxing Cup GB Open. Photo courtesy of Sky Sports.
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Boxing champ Cindy Ngamba’s star continues to rise, having recently defeated former Olympian and World Gold Medallist Atheyna Bylon to win gold at the World Boxing Cup.
Cindy joined Bolton College in 2015 from Smithills School, starting on a sports course before advancing to a higher level qualification in Uniformed Public Services.
Cindy now has her sights firmly set on this year’s Olympics. Go Cindy!
Another of Cindy’s wins.
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Cindy featured in our Course Guide back in 2016.
As always, our hairdressing, barbering, and beauty students have been immersed in a variety of practical, hands-on experiences. Here’s a glimpse into what they’ve been up to...
Lucy Adams, one of our Level 2 hairdressing apprentices, won ‘Highly Commended Trainee Hairdresser of the Year’ at the North West Hair & Beauty Awards!
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A hairdressing masterclass from international award-winning stylist Nikki Clifford, owner of NJUK Hair & Beauty.
Barbering Level 3 students working on clients, observed by Level 1 and 2 students.
Level 2 beauty students delivered a wellbeing event at the University of Bolton.
Paraffin wax manicures.
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Our promises to you
It’s important to us that we deliver high-quality education that meets the needs of your young person, as well as you as a parent/carer, so here are our promises to you:
• Regular progress reviews
• At least one Parents’ Evening each year
• To be contacted by tutors if there are any issues relating to your young person’s progress which are causing concern
• The opportunity to provide feedback on the College both informally and by participating in the annual parental survey at Parents’ Evenings
• To be asked to encourage appropriate conduct and hard work at all times.
During their course, your young person can expect:
• A high-quality learning programme
• Regular meetings to discuss progress
• Opportunities to express views about their course and College
• Written work and assignments to be returned promptly, with written feedback
• Opportunities to take part in enrichment activities
• Access to confidential counselling and welfare services
• Help with careers information, advice and/or guidance.
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What we ask of you
You play a huge role in the success of your young person at College so we ask that, as a parent/carer, you:
• Attend parents’ evenings so that we can keep you updated on the progress of your young person.
• Keep track of your young person’s progress in College via your Parent Portal account – learn more on the next page.
• If a work or industry placement is part of your young person’s study programme, ask them to think about where they’d like this to be, that way they’re prepared when they join us – read more on page 14.
• Encourage your young person to think about plans for the future; what’s next after College - university, employment, a higher Apprenticeship?
• Lastly, check in with your young person to ensure that they’re happy here and are making the most of college life.
We ask that your young person:
• Makes the most of the opportunities available here.
• Works hard to achieve their potential.
• Comes prepared for learning.
• Attends classes on time.
• Shows respect to others.
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Key Contacts
Admissions 01204 482 155 admissions@boltoncc.ac.uk
Apprenticeships 01204 482 033 apprenticeships@boltoncc.ac.uk
Customer Support 01204 482 000 info@boltoncc.ac.uk
Learner Support 01204 482 669 studentsupportadmins@boltoncc.ac.uk
Student Finance 01204 482 191 studentfinance@boltoncc.ac.uk
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Experience Zone 01204 482 182 studentservices@boltoncc.ac.uk
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