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New centre opens in south Bristol
We are very excited to have officially opened our brand-new Advanced Construction Skills Centre in September to our first cohort of students!
The Centre was opened by Metro Mayor Dan Norris, Bristol South MP Karin Smith, UWE Vice-Chancellor Steve West and employer partners from Midas Construction and Vistry Partnerships. Students studying our construction courses will learn at the inspiring, modern Centre, developing the skills they need for a successful career. We’re also pleased to announce that all of our construction courses include modules on sustainability to reflect the emphasis being placed on ecofriendly practices in the construction sector, meaning students will leave us with the skills employers are looking for as initiatives get underway to create a greener future.
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We’ve introduced two new courses!
If you study with us, or are looking to study with us, you’ll know that we offer hundreds of courses in a variety of pathways. With us, you can study to become a carpenter, media expert or tech guru, there are so many options and opportunities for you to reach your full potential. If you’re interested in working in logistics or construction management, then you’re in luck as we’ve introduced two new courses to our curriculum.
International Supply Chain Management Diploma Level 3
Designed to introduce you to the world of logistics, this course will teach you everything you need to know about supply chain management, coordination, administration and planning.
Construction, Management and the Built Environment BTEC Level 3
If you’re keen to develop your knowledge and skills in the professional construction sector, then this course will help you to do exactly that. You’ll focus on the principles of design, technologies, surveying, project management and so much more. We have had some fantastic news coverage over the past few months with reporters and their camera crews joining us from the BBC and ITV.
We first welcomed ITV News West Country, who were working on a piece with a former The Apprentice contestant on attracting women into the construction industry.
Our Chief Executive and Principal Rich Harris was interviewed at our brand-new Advanced Construction Skills Centre alongside Charlotte Olver from Vistry Partnerships. Rich’s interview appeared on the 6pm news as part of a wider story.
It was then over to BBC News Points West on GCSE results day, where we took one of our careers specialists Study Coach Jane Edwards to be interviewed live on air. But it didn’t stop there! She was also interviewed first thing in the morning on BBC Radio Bristol before heading to the Points West headquarters in Clifton.
Jane spoke about career routes both at the College and beyond and gave reassurance to students who didn’t get the grades they expected and their parents. It was then back to ITV again where journalist Richard Payne spent a whole day at the South Bristol Skills Academy and at the Motor Vehicle Centre at Parkway, interviewing two apprentices (including a DAF apprentice), the College’s Director of Business and Commercial Partnerships, Simon Arnold, and our employer partners Alex Stroud from DAF. The piece featured as the lead story on the news and spanned across almost four minutes.
We’ve been in the news!
We welcomed ITV back again to film during our vaccine clinics which ran for a week in late September, offering the first dose of the Pfizer vaccine to 16- and 17-year-olds.
And finally, the College made national television! BBC Morning Live travelled to Bristol to film in our brilliant science labs at our College Green Centre for a segment on coronavirus, the vaccine and curbing rumours around the vaccination roll-out.
