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SPONSORED BY Truro School has reported its highest rate of admissions in ten years resulting in a spike in recruitment. For the 2021-22 academic year, Truro School will see at least a 20% increase in girls and boys entering 1st Year (Year 7) and 3rd Year (Year 9), resulting in an extra form group added to the 1st Year cohort, and overall numbers in the sixth form.
AN ADMISSIONS HIGH Falmouth University’s venture studio, Launchpad, has been accepted into the Global Startup Studio Network (GSSN). “We’re thrilled to join a highly curated global network of venture studios,” said James Murray, head of the Launchpad Programme. “This association gives our venture teams unparalleled access to networks, finance and other support globally, accelerating and reinforcing their development. “We’re also really proud to be the only member of GSSN embedded within a
The head, Andy Johnson, said: “We are delighted by this extra interest in
university, with a high calibre postgraduate degree programme. The network and reach of Falmouth Launchpad is now greater than ever before, and we’re really excited to work with other members of GSSN in creating high growth, high impact sustainable ventures.”
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LET THE GAMES BEGIN The competition sees teams of apprentices battle it out to be crowned ‘apprentice team of the year’ and scoop the games’ specially designed torch. Now in its fourth year, this year’s games will pitch teams of apprentices against each other at Cornwall College Camborne on Friday June 11 – and teams can register from today.
The college, which has ten sites across Devon and Cornwall, created ‘Love Our Planet Week’ to showcase and raise awareness of the importance of sustainability and the environment both internally and within the communities it serves.
“But we want to go even further, so ‘Love our Planet Week’ focused on making sure we all look at how we can be more sustainable, at home, in college and during work.”
Due to this demand, Truro School is hiring both teaching and support staff roles. These include a music teacher, art teacher, modern foreign languages teacher, biology teacher, English/RE teacher, office admin, teaching assistant (Prep), assistant head (Prep).
Registration has opened for this year’s Apprenticeship Games, organsied by The Cornwall College Group (TCCG).
Cornwall College renewed its focus on sustainability last month by hosting many of Cornwall’s most influential voices from the environmental movement in a series of talks and workshops.
“As a college, we have made huge strides in becoming more sustainable by taking meaningful action such as signing a pioneering ten-year renewable energy deal that will see our power provided from British wind farms.
the excellent, inclusive, and caring coeducational journey offered by our school. This increase in numbers will create new opportunities for pupils and for potential staff, whilst not altering the community feel of our school that we cherish.”
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Vice principal for operations, Adrian Ford, said the event was also designed to inspire staff and students to think how they can make a positive difference.
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Sewage and The Eden Project were among the speakers, while Beach Guardian’s Emily Stevenson, who has been picking up plastics from beaches in Cornwall for over half her life, held a live Q&A with some of the college’s 1,800 staff and nearly 14,000 students during the virtual conference. She commented: “I am incredibly excited to be part of this series of events and am grateful for the opportunity to join a conversation including my two main passions: the south west and empowering young people. It’s a fantastic initiative and Beach Guardian are honoured to support.”
Apprentices from the south west’s leading employers will compete in a series of interactive challenges to showcase their skills developed by engaging with young people and businesses from across the region. “The Apprenticeship Games are one of the main highlights of our year,” said Lorna Martin, head of apprenticeships at Cornwall College. “The competition is about different businesses and apprentices, representing a wealth of vital sectors for the region’s economy, coming together to celebrate the thing they all have in common - an understanding of the value of apprenticeships.” Email hello@ccbtraining.co.uk for details on how to enter. BUSINESS CORNWALL | 39
