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Skills Excellence - West Midlands Our Regional Newsletter for Skills Competitions and Vocational Careers Experiences Spring 2015 Skills Excellence - West Midlands Our regional newsletter for skills competitions and vocational careers experiences Spring 2015 Welcome to the third edition of Skills Excellence - West Midlands, our regional newsletter for skills competitions and vocational careers events. In this edition: • Regional CPD programme – next steps • Celebrating West Midlands success at WorldSkills • Interviews with practitioners • Update on Inclusive Skills competitions • Forthcoming CPD Skills events Many of you will know that last year we ran a As Regional Director I am delighted to see a series of CPD events aimed at raising awareness steady increase in skills competition activity at of the benefits of competition activity. I am happy all levels from intra college work to entries in the to report that the WorldSkills National Portfolio WorldSkills finals. However we know that there Group has recognised the value of these events is still a long way to go before all learners have which have taken place in all nine regions and the opportunity to develop and showcase their have secured additional funding from ETF to talents in a competition situation. We hope that enable activity to continue in order not to lose the launch of the new AoC WM Skills Competition momentum. In the longer term it is hoped Network on 10 March 2015 will help to spread that there will be ongoing funding to support the word and support those who want to get competition activity and CPD opportunities under involved as well as developing the skills and the umbrella of Find a Future. expertise of those who are “old hands”. In the West Midlands we are planning three Best wishes events, details of which can be found at the end Steve Sawbridge, Regional Director, Association Image courtesy of Birmingham Metropolitan College of this newsletter. of Colleges West Midlands Skills Competition CPD Programme: Next Steps Since September 2014, AoC has been delivering a Continuing Professional Development (CPD) programme aimed at increasing knowledge about competition activity, explaining the benefits to learners and organisations and raising the profile of competition in general. The programme consisted of seven workshops, including how to engage Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) and hard to reach learners, issues for Independent Training Providers, and more general sessions. CPD event at Hereward College “Already in the process of developing a competition week for inter class comps…… In total 106 delegates attended from 40 different organisations and the it was very useful!” feedback was very positive. Quality Mentor & Lecturer of Sport Science. Heart of Worcestershire College Many of those who attended fed back that they felt more support and information was needed to enable them to begin to embed competition activity in their organisations. In response to the feedback, we will be holding our first Practitioner network meeting on 10 March 2015 at AoC West Midlands Offices at Wolverhampton Science Park. At this meeting we will provide an update on local and national developments, and attendees will have the opportunity to share information and practical ideas for use back in the classroom. An external speaker will deliver a session on the link between skills competitions and the recommendations from the Commission on Adult Vocational Teaching and Learning (CAVTL). A detailed agenda is now available. To be book a place please contact Pal Sohi at the AoCWM office. CPD event at Performance Through People in Walsall 2 Young engineer celebrates WorldSkills UK gold medal Bradley Norton’s engineering talents have been recognised at a national level after he won a gold medal in the WorldSkills UK engineering competition held at Birmingham’s NEC. The 19-year-old Dudley College student, who is an apprentice at KUKA Systems UK in Halesowen, beat nine other young engineers from around the country to come top in the advanced mechanical engineering CAD (Computer Aided Drawing) final. Bradley started studying engineering at Dudley College while he was still at school and is due to complete his HNC in engineering next summer. His employer is set to sponsor his plans to do a degree in mechanical engineering at Birmingham University. Stephen Reed, engineering manager at KUKA Systems said: “We’re extremely proud of Bradley’s gold medal and pleased to employ a very talented young engineer. Since joining the company, Bradley has really impressed as he picks up things very quickly and continues to show us how capable he is. We couldn’t ask for a better apprentice. “KUKA Systems is committed to investing in apprenticeships in order to develop the new talent that keeps the business at the forefront of innovation,” he added. Bradley, from Coseley, West Midlands, has always been good at maths and at the age of 14, opted to study extra science subjects to help him start his career in engineering. “I’ve never participated in a skills competition before but my CAD tutor at College encouraged me to enter and after making it through the regional heats I was more confident that I could compete in the national final,” he explained. “During the competition I just blanked everything out and concentrated on the project in hand. On the first day I completed all the tasks but the second day was harder so I wasn’t expecting to win. “Now I’ve got the competition bug I’d like to enter next year’s CAD WorldSkills UK competition and see if I can win at the next level. It’s great to get a gold medal as it Bradley Norton gold medal winner shows everyone how good you are,” he said. 3 Two Birmingham students named the best in the UK at WorldSkills final Two students from South and City College Birmingham have been named the best in Tara said: “I am over the moon to have won gold the country and awarded gold at the WorldSkills UK competitions. and could not have done it without the support of the care staff and students at the College.” Assistant Director of Health and Social Care at Hena Mohammed her unique work may lead her to working with the College, Sarah Eden said: “The Health and and Tara Smith celebrities in the future. Social Care team are so proud of Tara winning were awarded the gold medal. Tara being judged to be the best the prestigious Hena said: “I feel very proud that I won the Gold in the UK is a massive achievement for her and prize at the final medal for Worldskills UK. I have worked very hard the team and this will stand her in good stead for of the World Skills to achieve this and it has paid off. I would like to the future. She is a positive role model for all our Competitions which give a special thank you to my tutor as without learners.” Hena Mohammed Nail Art winner took place as part her support and encouragement day and night it of the Skills Show at would not have been possible to have achieved Mike Hopkins, Principal of the College added: the NEC on 15 November. this. Also a special thank you to the beauty staff “A massive congratulations to our two winning who believed in me and thank you to South students. To have competed against the best Hena won first place in the Nail Art Intermediate and City College Birmingham for allowing me to students across the regions and come out the competition and Tara won first place in the Health compete in the WorldSkills competitions in the best in the country is a huge achievement that and Social Care competition. first place.” they should be really proud of. Hundreds of competitors who had won their Tara Smith, studies at the College’s Handsworth “I think it is also regional heats battled it out at the finals to win Campus and is in her second year of a Health and worth mentioning gold, silver and bronze and ultimately be named Social Care Level 3 course. the teaching staff the ‘best of the best’ in the UK at their chosen skill. at the College who Tara shone during the health and social care have helped these Hena, a level 3 beauty student, competed against competition, which involved a grueling eight young people fulfill nine other top students from across the country assessments over three days where she was their potential. to be named the best. Working to an ‘Enchanted’ judged on her practical care skills based around theme Hena created an impressive set of nails in scenarios ranging from dementia care to palliative “I wish Hena and just two and a half hours with a Maleficent twist. care. Tara all the best for She had also undertaken significant research the future and think which was displayed in a book to support her The judges commented that Tara stood out from that this will help entry. the other competitors; her manner and approach them on their way were highly commended and she showed to achieving their The judges said that Hena should be entering consistent high standards throughout the very goals.” Tara Smith Health and Social Care more competitions like the Nailympics, and that different tasks. winner 4 Network had a stand at the event, as did other Skills competition – an independent private providers who had also become engaged with WorldSkills through Have a Go events or training provider’s perspective hearing about the positive benefits. A few more providers had also registered their apprentices in a competition with positive results. Data that Rob Colbourne How did you begin to spread the word and how has been shared with other Regional WorldSkills did private providers respond? groups shows an increase in private providers in Managing the West Midlands in WorldSkills events.
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