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Success is closer than you think RIVER www.hopwood.ac.ukSIDE RESTAURANT Hopwood Hall College I Road Middleton I M24 6XH www.hopwood.ac.uk t. 0161 643 7560 e. [email protected] Preparing for College: A message from the Principal: Thank you for applying to study at Hopwood Hall College. We look forward to welcoming you soon. We want to help make Our Vision: sure that you are as well prepared as possible so that you feel at home here from day one. Bringing out We understand that the transition from Don’t worry if you get stuck on anything, school to college can be daunting but just try to complete as much as you can. In there’s no need to worry! We have plenty the meantime, if you have any questions, of pre-enrolment activities which will help please contact our Student and College the best in you! to prepare you and make your transition as Services Team on 0161 643 7560 who will smooth as possible. be happy to help. Before you join the College in September, I look forward to welcoming you to your we want you to begin to develop your college very soon. skills. We have brought together some subject-specific information, signposting to helpful reading and relevant websites Julia Heap Our Values and some activities for you to complete. Principal and Chief Executive ENJOYMENT INTEGRITYSUSTAINABILITY NURTURE ENJOYMENT INTEGRITY AMBITION SUSTAINABILITY NURTURE ENJOYMENT INTEGRITY AMBITION AMBITION SUSTAINABILITY NURTURINGNURTURE ENJOYMENT INTEGRITY AMBITION

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4 Introduction Staff Bios Career history When I left college, I opened my own Here are our amazing staff who will be Welcome to Beauty Therapy at Hopwood Hall College. We pride salon in a gym and became self-employed helping you through your qualification. ourselves in having high standards in our department. As part of for 18 months. The gym closed so I then went on to work in several hair and beauty your course you will learn lots of different skills and techniques to Zoe salons in the Rochdale area for about eight help you build a fantastic career in the industry. Staniczenko years. I loved my job and the fact that I Programme Manager could make my clients feel happier and This work pack will give you an idea of some of the topics you can expect to learn whilst better about themselves made me more Fact 1 - When I was at you are studying with us. The pack will give you a head start when you begin your passionate about the industry I still work in school I wanted to be studies with us in September. today. My favourite treatments in the salon in the army, and I did were facials and waxing. We look forward to meeting you in September and helping you in your career path into my work experience our industry. at an army airfield I then decided to train as a teacher at working on helicopters. I stayed there Manchester University and I completed my Students’ work for the week and really enjoyed the teaching placement at . I The Riverside Salon experience but soon realised I didn’t like then continued to work there for the next At the Riverside we are extremely proud Welcome to the Riverside Hair, Beauty getting my hands dirty as it chipped seventeen years, teaching Beauty Therapy of our students’ work, we regularly post and Make-up salon. This is Hopwood Hall my nail polish and I wouldn’t be able to to level one, two and three students. pictures and videos on social media, just Colleges fully functioning and commercial wear make-up for work which was also a Whilst teaching, I continued to learn and showing how amazing you all are. There salon, that is open to the general public. passion of mine. went back to college a few times to learn This is where you as students will will be lots of experiences where you can new treatments such as semi-permanent Fact 2 - I trained as a student at Hopwood complete practical sessions each week. show your creative side. We fully promote make-up and barbering. Hall College in 1995- 1997 and studied These sessions will consist of lots of fun Equality and Diversity in our salon and NVQ Level Two and Level Three Beauty I then got the opportunity to work and interactive work. Providing treatments celebrate differentiation, we understand Therapy. I returned to HHC in October at Hopwood Hall and to manage the for clients, reception duties and practical that in this industry it’s important for you 2019 as I got the position of Programme department I trained in. I am so happy assessments. to show who you are through your work to have been able to return to the place and creativity. Manager in Hair and Beauty as the tutor We use the latest products and equipment, who taught me retired. It was fantastic where I started my journey as a beauty Finally, we look forward to meeting you and encourage knowledge of the brands to come back where I started my training therapist and to pass on my skills, all in September, as you embark on this and current techniques. You will have a twenty-five years ago and to take over the knowledge and experience to all our amazing course. chance to take part in product education, person that taught me my skills to become students in Hair and Beauty. guest speakers and lots of really a beauty therapist. Some of my previous students have gone interesting extra activities. Continuously Fact 3 – Making mistakes is all part of on to open their own successful salons, developing employability skills. learning. One of the biggest mistakes I one even opened her own laser clinic, made whilst working in a salon was that others have gone onto cruise ships and RIVER I accidently dropped a lash tinting brush, spas. But what is really nice to see are the with black lash tint on, onto my client’s ones that have followed the same path as blonde hair! After the treatment I had to me and have gone into teaching. Today, I SIDE tell her she had a black patch on her hair am really proud to work alongside two of RESTAURANT which will eventually wash out in about my former students here at Hopwood Hall four weeks! After that I always thought College. about the positioning of my brush so it didn’t happen again.

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RIVER SIDE RESTAURANT Becki Shaw When I became qualified I got a job Clare Jacquie working at Stockport Heaton Moor College Beauty Therapy Tutor where I was the lead tutor for Level 2 Thompson Brockett Fact One – I always Beauty Therapy. Soon I received an offer Beauty Therapy Tutor Salon Instructor wanted to be a to work for Hopwood Hall College. This and Salon Instructor Fact One - I was teacher but my was my chance to go back to where it had Fact One - I enrolled thrown out of all downfall was all started and I couldn’t be happier. to do childcare at my exams in high my spelling and I became a full time lecturer for Hopwood college from school school because I grammar. I decided Hall College. I have been the subject tutor and when I was there became a bit of a to do something for Level One, Two and Three Beauty on my open day my mum persuaded me naughty student in my last year, and it creative and chose to study at Hopwood Therapy as well as Level Two and Three to go and look at the beauty department took some convincing for the school to Hall College. Here I completed me BTEC Media Make Up. I have taught Functional as I was always painting her nails, allow me to sit them. I left school at 15 as National Diploma in Beauty Therapy. Skills English and Maths alongside our begrudgingly I went and looked round and my 16th birthday wasn’t until August. My Fact Two – While studying at the college I vocational courses. I have been working instantly fell in love with the vibe I got and first full time job was folding dishcloths at lived in the Seven Sisters (Rochdale Town for the college now for over 10 years in this that was it bye bye changing dirty nappies Minky’s where I was on peace work which Flats) and worked in a local nightclub time I have had many experiences. I have and hello pampering clients. meant I got paid for how many dishcloths called Nemis. been privileged to win a number of awards Fact Two - Twelve years in industry and I packed. I had no idea what I wanted to Fact Three - I became senior therapist and including Best Use of Its learning and Staff two babies later I found myself wanting do with my life at this point except I knew worked my way up to assistant manager Member of The Year. I have taken on a to help others find the passion in beauty I wanted to start earning money so I could in a prestigious spa in Manchester city number of roles in teaching and coaching that I had found, so went off to gain my leave home. I left home at seventeen and centre. Here I worked with some of the both staff and students. My current role is teaching degree. As one of the least lived in Rochdale Town Flats while I saved most amazing celebrity clientele including Professional Leaning Mentor, where I get academic people I know this was a very up for my first house which I managed to Will Smith, Take That, Green Day and many to work with other departments in their daunting chapter in my life. I had two buy while I was still seventeen years old. more. teams improving teaching and learning children under three years of age and Fact Two - I was twenty-seven years I later moved onto a spa in Hale Barns within the college. I was working full time but I managed old and a mum of two toddlers before where I worked with the latest treatments I love my job the people I work with and to battle through the massive amount I realised that I should have made including Colonic Irrigation and Laser Hair all the amazing students I get to support of work thrown at me and graduated I something of myself career wise so I Removal. Here again my clients were very through their career journeys. couldn’t believe it. (if I can do it anyone enrolled at Hopwood Hall College to elite and some were actors and actresses Some of the students I have taught have can). do Reflexology on a Saturday morning. from popular TV soaps such as Coronation gone onto some amazing jobs in industry Fact Three - I started my teaching career I continued my studies part time for a Street and dramas like Footballers’ Wives. including cruise liners, owning their in private academies offering fast track couple of years doing Body Massage, Here I became a trainer and work in salons own business, working with celebrities, courses with mature students. I loved Sports Massage, Aromatherapy until teaching staff advance treatments such as therapist in leading spas and some going being able to ramble on to people about l became a full-time student to study intimate waxing. My passion was always to onto teach in this amazing industry. how amazing this industry is and watching beauty therapy. I then applied for and teach. became the beauty technician but I am very proud to be a teacher here at them succeed was unbelievable. I realised continued with my studies working around I decided to go back to university and Hopwood Hall College as this is where I I was actually pretty good at this teaching my college hours. I then went on to do study for my Certificate in Education. At started and how I became who I am lark. That’s when I came across the job at my Hairdressing and Nail Extensions this time, I was working two jobs, one Hopwood Hall College. Being able to this qualifications as well as achieving my in a salon and one at , amazing job, plus all those holidays what Assessors Award and then my Certificate all the while I was studying again at was not to love. I have been here two years in Education so that I could become a Hopwood Hall College to get my teaching now and wouldn’t be anywhere else, the college tutor. During this time I became qualification. I was working six days a facilities, the team, the students makes it a a single mum of two toddlers and it was week with three late nights. pleasure to call this place work. increasingly hard work and I had very A lot of my previous students have not few hours left in a week but it is the best only gone onto become successful from thing I did. I worked at Hopwood Hall opening their own businesses to cruising College for many years, assessing and then round the world they have also become teaching before I left to go and work at lifelong friends and for that I am truly the Norton Grange for a couple of years grateful. in the hotel spa. When Riverside Salon was built I applied and was successful and back to Hopwood Hall I came as the salon instructor and it’s a job I love. 7 8 Fact Three – I am not a huge fan of Vicky Kielthy I left Virgin Active age 25 to study to Sarah Godding flying and I didn’t go abroad until I was become a teacher after my life changed Beauty Therapy and Beauty and Media seventeen years old. My first solo trip ever and I became a mum, during this time Media Make -Up Tutor Make Up Tutor and was to visit my son and brother in Canada I worked part time at Hopwood and Salon Instructor for my 50th birthday in 2018, as my son Fact one - I left assessed students at Oldham college, I had moved to Canada for two years and school and studied was constantly commuting between two Fact One - In school my brother has been there for twenty to be a journalist colleges and university. I was never the at A level and strongest learner I years. I was very nervous about it but I have always had a passion to become a then decided that had to really study my best friend asked me ‘can you follow teacher in the beauty/make up industry. instructions’ and I then realised for me to I wanted to do hard to achieve my I became a full time teacher in 2012 for get from Rochdale England to Vancouver something I enjoyed for the rest of my life, GCSE’s. I did well in my exams but had to Hopwood Hall College, I teach on Level Canada all I had to do was follow so I studied beauty therapy from the age resit my English Literature as that wasn’t One Beauty, Level Two Beauty, Level Two instructions. This was one of my proudest of eighteen at Oldham college. my strong point. Media , Level Three Media and Level Three moments, to land at Vancouver airport and Fact 2 - I failed my maths GCSE twice Fact Two - After school I went to do my Nail Technology, I have also taken part in have my son waiting for me was a memory because I didn’t understand the A-levels as I couldn’t decide between competition classes for the past five years I’ll never forget. importance of maths in everyday life skills, beauty therapy or equine studies (I know and have seen many students win 1st, 2nd it wasn’t until my job required maths at both completely different). I found A-levels A lot of students I have taught, assessed and 3rd place which has been an amazing GCSE level that I worked hard to pass it really hard and failed 3 out 4 subjects but and mentored over the years now run Experience. successful businesses, have travelled the 3rd time lucky! managed to pass my English lit GCSE. Four and five years ago I started delivering world on cruise ships and some of gone Fact 3 - I decided to go back to university I then decided to attend Hopwood Hall functional skills maths and English for the into teaching and assessing. In fact I have at age twenty-five I was a single parent College and study Beauty therapy and department been doing this job so long now some and wanted a better life for me and my Keep horse riding as a hobby. students I have taught I am now seeing daughter - I always wanted to study to Some students have left to work on Fact Three - I started off my Beauty career their teenagers come through to continue become a teacher as I had a passion for cruise ships, some opened their own nail with Clarins, which was an amazing in their footsteps. the industry, it’s the best decision I have salons, some work for profession make up experience I worked as a National Skin ever made. companies. care specialist and Spa therapist for I worked in Manchester for a company Clarins and travelled around the UK called Urveda from the age of twenty they working in different stores and spas, up skilled me in a wide range of industry including Selfridges, House of Fraser and skills. I met Beck Shaw here she was the Harrods. I gained extensive training and salon assistant manager. knowledge of the Clarins products and treatments, I also provided treatments for The salon had many celebrity clients some celebrities along the way. ranging from Coronation Street stars, David Walliams, Take That and one I had a break from beauty therapy and surprise visit from Will Smith. managed a pub as my husband left the army our plan was to run one together. The boss was very strict and made us After a couple of years, we decided it clean the salon floor with a toothbrush. wasn’t for us we would rather be on the The company changed hands three times other side of the bar drinking not serving. and eventually became Virgin Active, So, it was back to beauty therapy where during this time I was moved to Didsbury I belong. I then spent 6 years working salon and had to leave at 7:30am every at the Norton Grange Spa and using my morning to start work at 9am due to management experience from the pub traffic. worked my way to beauty manager.

9 10 I have taught horse riding since a young first year I got pregnant, I was nineteen Nicki Lamb age and always enjoyed seeing my riders years old and people told me that I Beauty Therapy progress it encouraged me to go back wouldn’t do anything with my life from Technician to college and achieve my teaching there. This made me more determined to qualification to teach beauty therapy. exceed in my career and life. I went on to Fact 1 – I left school Through gaining different kinds of complete my Foundation Degree, BA Hons at fifteen years of experience within the beauty industry I and a PGCE in and age (almost sixteen) have been able to achieve my dream job Training and I have recently completed my and started work at as a Beauty Lecturer. Assessors Award. I am passionate about a cosmetic supplier called ‘Christina’s of It has been amazing to see some of our education and passing my knowledge and London’. Most of you won’t remember the Hopwood Hall beauty students over the skills onto others. brand but it’s when baby pink eyeshadow last year be successful and attain a job as I have worked for Urban Decay Cosmetics and azure blue mascara was at the height a spa therapist at the Norton Grange Spa. for two years, which provided me with of fashion. I worked there for around five lots of experience in customer service, years and then had my first child, my son hitting sales targets, planning events and Sinead Dunne Alex. masterclasses, providing make-overs and Beauty Therapy and one to one lessons. I also worked freelance Fact 2 – When I returned to work being a Media Tutor and as a make-up artist providing my services single parent, I needed a career change Progress Tutor for party make overs, bridal parties and that would allow me to be flexible, so I Fact One - In year 10 even collaborated with up and coming decided to train as a driving instructor for at school I did my small fashion and stylist brands. the British School of Motoring. Through work experience in gritted teeth and many white-knuckle When studying a PGCE in Further my local salon as a experiences, I worked as a driving Education & Training with Edgehill salon junior. On my instructor for over four years. University, I was required to go on work first day of work experience I was washing placement and I was a student teacher Fact 3 – Whilst pregnant with my second my client’s hair and the water had dripped at Hopwood Hall College in 2017, after child, my daughter Ella, I studied part time down the back of the client’s neck. When completing my qualification I was given as a classroom assistant and worked with the client stood up they were soaked. I had the opportunity to be a Lecturer in Beauty reception and year one children at Norden to dry the client’s clothes and shoes using & Media Make-up and since then I have Community Primary School. When Ella a hair dryer. From then on, I made sure my continued to develop my skills and gain was around 6 months old I enrolled at client was fully gowned up and that their experiences as a Teaching Assistant, Hopwood Hall College on a nail extension neck was supported at the back wash. I Student Support Tutor and Progress Tutor. course and once qualified I worked as a was able to secure a Saturday job at this In Hopwood Hall College I have found a mobile nail technician. I have also worked salon earning £20.00 a day. family, and I am proud to be part of the in numerous salons which have included Fact Two - I left school wanting to be a hair and beauty team. Bamford/Bury Hairworks, Images Salon photographer, so I enrolled onto a course Heywood and Preview Rochdale. The at studying a owner of Preview also worked as a part- Level Two in ‘Creative Media Production’. time hairdressing tutor at Hopwood Hall Throughout the course I found that I had College and informed me that the position a passion for styling for the camera and for a beauty therapy technician had making others feel their best rather than become available and so I applied for the being the photographer, I would provide role. After being successful at interview make-up, body art and hair services to and accepting the position I started my my peers for their projects. My tutor job as the hair and beauty department’s encouraged me to apply for a make-up beauty therapy technician, I am now in my course after I completed my qualification. I 10th year and throughout the years I have then went on to complete a Level Two and gained a Level 3 Qualification in Customer Three in Media Make Up and Hairdressing. Service and also have my Assessors Fact Three - After completing college I had qualification all thanks to Hopwood Hall. always aspired to go to university, I was I love my job, my colleagues and the array accepted to study a Foundation Degree of students that leave with bright and in Fashion and Photographic Make up exciting futures ahead of them. Artistry with . In my 11 12 HOPWOOD HALL COLLEGE – HAIR AND BEAUTY BEAUTY THERAPY

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