Biology Olympiad Our A-Level Biology students took part in the British Biology Olympiad competition in February. Five of our Biologist did particularly well with Holly Hills-Roberts achieving a Bronze Award, Rebecca Loader and Amy Barnes were Highly Commended and Lucy Wells and Lal Rawlinson received the Commended Award. It was a very close competition with only 15 marks separating the Commended Award and the Gold Award and only 9.9% of students who took part received the Bronze Award.
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Placement success Healthcare and Science students from across the college recently completed industry placements within local health or social care settings. The pilot project, created in partnership with East Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust, the Learning Disabilities Team at East Sussex County Council and Health Education England, saw students spend one day a week for 10 weeks gaining valuable experience in the environment.
First aid qualified Our second year Level 3 Early Years students are now qualified Level 3 Paediatric First aiders. The students recently completed the first aid course to give them a fantastic bolt-on qualification making them even more employable once they leave college.
IMDB credit for Caitlin One of our Make-Up Artistry students, Caitlin Howard, has been fully credited on IMDB for her work on a recent film ‘Typo.’ Caitlin started her journey with us as an explorer on vocational studies where part of her course was one day a week in Hair and Beauty. Caitlin then joined the Level 2 course to progress her skills further and will be moving on to Level 3 course next year. Issue #05
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