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CITY SIXTH FORMERS EXHIBIT AT THE MUSEUM OF ROYAL WORCESTER
A stroke of luck and some amazing talent has seen 49 first year A-level students from Worcester Sixth form college exhibit their artwork at the Museum of Royal Worcester. The graphic design students, aged 16 and 17 years, have been given a rare opportunity to work to a live design brief and then publicly exhibit their designs. They were asked to create A3 marketing posters featuring the Museum’s brand and aimed at increasing footfall to the Severn Street site. The opportunity arose because Kay Mullett, The Museum’s Outreach and Engagement Officer happens also to be an Art and Design teacher at the college. The idea immediately got the blessing of Jules Steed, Head of Art and Design, at the Sixth Form College. The Exhibition Hall is a regular backdrop for events and venue hire and Museum Director, Sophie Heath, couldn’t be more thrilled to kick-off 2022 with the students’ work. She said: “They only had four weeks from start to finish to tackle our design brand guidelines, follow the brief set and pick one piece of our 200-year-old collection or something from our 8,000 plus archive to base their finished design on. I’m bowled over by their talent, their designs and most especially by their professionalism. Hopefully we can do it all again!” Forty-nine students took part, producing 49 posters. For some it was a first-time visit to the Museum. The Worcester Sixth Form College exhibition will run until Sunday 13th March and is included in the cost of The Museum’s entry fee. Further details can be found by visiting www.museumofroyalworcester.
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EBC GROUP WIN SDC AWARD FOR CLOUD/MSP PROJECT OF THE YEAR
EBC are delighted to have won the 2021 award for Cloud/Managed Service Provider project of the year at the SDC Awards for their work with Titan Steel Wheels. The SDC awards are well-recognised within the industry for celebrating the best innovators in storage, digitalisation & cloud, and 2021 has certainly been an incredible year for innovation within the IT community, enabling business continuity during the pandemic. EBC have worked with Titan Steel Wheels on this project to carry out a significant overhaul of their technology at their Worcestershire Headquarters, installing a full suite of managed services including Managed Cloud, Cyber Security and Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS), as well as a new Wi-Fi solution, managed print service and telephony system, delivering significant service improvements to the business. Chris Akers, Managing Director, Wheels Division at Titan Europe, explained: “We are experts in making wheels, but not experts in IT and this is a really important part of our business and with Covid it is becoming even more important. Thankfully we have expertise purchased through EBC Group.” ‘’EBC Group are big enough to have the expertise and remain updated in a fast-moving industry, but small enough to be human and care about the customer.”
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OPPORTUNITY FOR BUSINESSES TO SUPPORT EMPLOYEES WHO HAVE STRUGGLED DURING COVID
Businesses that have employees who have struggled during Covid can access free support from The Cart Shed. The Cart Shed has funding to help those who have found it hard returning to the workplace after being furloughed, took on too much having remained at work, found working from home stressful, suffered a bereavement, or are in a role threatened with redundancy. Participants will spend a day a week, for four weeks, at the Cart Shed; taking part in enriching and engaging woodland activities. Sessions will be run by tutors, occupational therapists and mental health practitioners to help build back confidence, address wellbeing, identify barriers to skills development and explore other issues that might be making work or life challenging. The Covid recovery sessions could also be beneficial to employers who are having to make employees redundant due to Covid. The Cart Shed uses a strengths-based programme to help manage the emotional impact of redundancy so they can work with both the employer and employee to support the successful transition to alternative employment or training.
