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Croydon College End of Year Art Exhibition & Art School Taster Week
Parfitt Gallery Croydon College College Road, CR9 1DX
A showcase of Croydon College students’ hard work throughout the COVID-19 lockdowns is taking place with a public exhibition.
‘Unlocked’ features the work of final year students, whose studies were disrupted by the coronavirus pandemic. As well as acting as an art exhibition, the week-long public viewing in the Parfitt Gallery aims to inspire future students with schools being invited and encouraged to make a visit. For students, there are six workshops along with an interactive tour of the exhibition and art teaching areas.
INTRODUCING
TAKE YOUR FU URE TO THE NEX LEVEL
Why did you choose an apprenticeship?
Because while studying my A Levels I knew university wasn’t going to be for me – so I started looking at other options and Apprenticeships came up, and I love the idea of earning while learning.
What’s the PPF experience like?
The PPF experience has been amazing. The support I get from my managers and also my tutors has been great and any questions I have I know I can go to them. The PPF have been so welcoming to me and made sure I had enough time every week to complete my College work. I have learnt so much about what the PPF do and how we support our members, and I am able now to answer the calls we receive daily from
We’re introducing T Levels at Croydon College and
Coulsdon Sixth Form College our members. The College also supported me with from September 2022 to help weekly meetings to see how I was I was getting on students kick start their careers and were also there for me to ask any questions.
and acquire valuable hands-on experience. What does the future hold for you at
Applicants can enrol for a T Level the Pension Protection Fund? in Engineering and Manufacturing At the moment I don’t know, but one of the amazing at Croydon College, while things about the PPF is that you can move around students applying to Coulsdon to different parts of the organisation, whether that it Sixth Form College can study through a secondment or a full time role.Science (Laboratory Science). Students will spend 80% of their chosen course in the classroom with the remaining 20% spent on an industry placement with an employer. The practical experience enables students to put learned skills into practice in the real world and foster Scan the QR codes to discover more confidence that can be applied to skilled employment. CROYDON COLLEGE We are currently investing in ENGINEERING AND major refurbishment work to ensure we have the best facilities MANUFACTURING available to support practical Maintenance, Installation learning and set students on their and Repair for Engineering career journey. and Manufacturing
