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Plans for teaching in September The government have recently and online learning should the one third of the size of some stated their firm intention need arise. other colleges, and to return colleges to full are therefore not faced with attendance from September. We plan to operate a modified the same challenges that the We fully support a safe return version of our usual college- COVID-19 pandemic presents to to full classroom teaching based enrolment process in much larger institutions. after the summer break. It is a late August, before welcoming challenging and unpredictable students back to a campus which This term, teaching staff time for everyone, but we would has been thoughtfully equipped have been making good use like to share with you our plans and adapted to keep students of innovative products such for the new academic year. and staff safe. as Screencastify, Peardeck and Loom to deliver live and has committed We are very aware that many recorded remote lessons, but we to providing students with a students have struggled with know that students much prefer flexible morning and afternoon the isolation of remote learning, the social interaction and more contract bus shuttle service and are very keen to get back to personal delivery provided by during the 2020-2021 academic the socially and intellectually lively and responsive classroom year, to offer students greater stimulating environment of the teaching. convenience in getting to and college. We have missed our from college. In a move that will students, and would like to think We have therefore modified our be very popular with students that they have missed us too! For existing timetable slightly to using the contract bus service, many of our students, the two or enable all students to benefit the shuttle arrangement will three years they spend at Itchen from full-time classroom enable students to travel at are among the most enjoyable learning, while limiting ‘trapped times that suit their timetable periods of their lives, and we are time’ so that they do not need commitments. keen for our new and returning to remain in college when they students to be able to enjoy have no scheduled lessons. This will help to reduce the campus life again. We therefore numbers of students using plan to provide as near to a If there is a second spike or a the college’s social spaces normal experience as possible, regional outbreak of COVID-19 and will enable us to provide while maintaining safety at all which forces us to go back classroom-based teaching rather times. temporaily to a blended learning than having to deliver course arrangement in order to keep content through remote, online We are lucky in that we are a students and staff safe, the learning. However, should social relatively small, community new timetable structure and distancing return in some form, college, and do not need to the shuttle bus arrangement this new arrangement will also accommodate huge numbers will allow us to respond quickly allow us to more practicably of students in very congested and easily so that teaching and deliver a blend of face-to-face social areas. We are around learning remain effective.

1 Social Sciences: from strength to strength The Social Sciences & Care purpose and perfectly aligned o over 90% of students progress faculty at Itchen has a shared the community which it serves. into related career destinations vision of being a force for The faculty boasts outstanding or higher education courses. change. The faculty is a high-grade (A*-B) pass rates with dynamic, highly experienced the following results: In both Childcare and Health and forward thinking team with & Social Care, students are in a shared passion for student Childcare: 97% placements each week and progression to higher education Health & Social Care: 92% will be located in a different or employment. Sociology: 74% workplace setting each term. Psychology: 34% Many of our students have The faculty has a well subsequently been employed established track record of In Childcare, the Early Years team by those placements upon success, both in terms of results celebrated as the five A grades completing their studies with us. and in developing courses that awarded nationally for external maximise student outcomes and assessments were awarded to Sociology and Care courses enrichment. five Itchen students. Similarly, regularly lead on varied charity in Health & Social Care the only work such as raising money In 2019, the faculty again eight A*s awarded nationally for Women’s Aid and Save The illustrated that its innovative and for external assessments were Children. The whole faculty have dynamic approach to teaching awarded to eight of our Health & also been involved in lighting up and learning ensured that Social Care students. the whole college pink at night students progressed to broad during October in aid of Breast and varied destinations with The faculty also proudly runs Cancer Haven. outstanding pass rates. Every the college’s Extended Project course in the faculty secured Qualification which saw all The faculty also has a proven 100% pass rates, meaning that students far exceed their track record of students applying significant value had been added aspirational grades and ensured for Social Science related courses to each and every learner. their progression on to university at the University of Cambridge destination. and the University of Oxford. The teaching team has ensured Ella Thomas, currently studying that courses are sequenced Part of the faculty’s success Sociology and Psychology, will in a way that builds personal is in its commitment to join the University of Cambridge confidence as well as conceptual preparation for employment in 2021 following a gap year. learning, and that they have a and development of career curriculum content that is fit for aspiration. Across our courses,

2 Turning the college pink for Breast Cancer Haven

Red Nose Day and International Women’s Day

2 3 Sports teams frustrated by COVID disruption This has been a hugely ahead of the second placed team given that this year’s competition successful, yet ultimately at the start of lockdown that they will not be completed. frustrating season for Itchen’s have been awarded the county sports teams. The pandemic title once again. Men’s Basketball brought everything to a sudden halt and it is now highly unlikely Sadly, however, they will be The Basketball Academy that the final few games of the denied a likely league and cup continued their dominance as season will be played. This is treble. A few days before the the Elite Basketball Academy in hugely disappointing when the season was suspended the team Hampshire. The men’s team are season promised so much. had reached the final of the coached by ‘Coach of the Year’ county cup and the semi-final (NBL D1) Matt Guymon and Jack Men’s Football of the ECFA national knockout O’Keeffe. cup. These competitions will not Itchen have again dominated be completed, and the team has The 1st team had a respectable college football within the been left contemplating what finish of 5th in the National Hampshire League programme. might have been. Elite Academy League (EABL), The men’s team have been effectively ranking them as the county champions for 12 of the Women’s Football 5th strongest college team in the last 14 seasons, with only one country. other college – Peter Symonds The women’s football team was College in Winchester – denying also awarded the county league Such is the strength of basketball them a clean sweep over this title. The team had already at Itchen that our 2nd team lengthy period. played and won all of their compete in the Hampshire 1st fixtures when lockdown came, team League (against the 1st This year’s team is arguably the so couldn’t be caught. In the teams of other colleges) and strongest ever Itchen team, and ten year history of the women’s won the league title for the 11th was unbeaten in all competitions league programme, no other season in a row. The team made when the season came to a college has won the Hampshire the Hampshire Cup Final for premature end. With just four league. the 11th successive year, but league games left to play, the unfortunately the finals were 1st XI had won every one of their As current national Knockout cancelled due to the pandemic. fixtures and had conceded just Cup champions, Itchen will three goals. They were so far retain the cup for another year,

4 The 3rd team went unbeaten of competing in the English led to vast improvements within in their first season in the Schools’ championships. the squads, allowing Itchen Hampshire 2nd Team League to to push once again for the top clinch the league title. Rugby places in both the leagues and seasonal tournaments. Women’s Basketball Under Derek Manning’s leadership, the Rugby Academy Yaz has attracted some excellent The women’s basketball team has become one of only 28 players to the college including were able to win the Hampshire accredited RFU colleges in the three Surrey Storm junior players League title for the 8th year in country. Zoe Moseley, Amber Chapman succession, finishing all games and Gabriella Moore who feature unbeaten. A second season in Golf in the U17, U19 and U21 squads. the Women’s Elite Basketball Zoe was also selected for the AoC League allowed the team to play The Golf Academy continues to (British Colleges) netball team in against the best in the country. strengthen its reputation as one her first year. The team continued to improve of the strongest golf academies in this tough league and finished in the south of , with an These are exciting times for in a very creditable 5th place. impressive record of individual netball at Itchen, and the and team successes. coaches are hoping to recruit Athletics more talented players next Netball year from local club links such The Athletics academy is packed as Swan, Weston Park Blades, with talent, and enjoyed success Our Netball Academy has been Dreams, Shooting Stars and at this year’s indoor national boosted by the addition of Fireflies to continue adding championships in February, Yasmin Parsons to the PE staff. strength and depth to the college before COVID-19 wiped out the netball teams. outdoor track and field season. Yasmin is an England Vitality Roses squad member and Surrey The high quality coaches across Notable successes were gold Storm Super League player, and the Sports Academy teams are (cross country), silver (shot putt) joins Shirley Eastwood to form keen to meet our new first years & bronze (400m) at the indoor a top quality coaching team. for the 2020-2021 season and get nationals, but the team was Her experience and depth of to work! sadly denied the opportunity knowledge at the elite level has

4 5 Itchen Radio 2019-2020 Itchen Radio is the college’s own station created the regular magazine style shows which mix music, to give students an opportunity to experience the interviews and features. One of our most popular world of live . formats is Tropical Island Records™ in which our presenters interview members of staff and play Students are responsible for writing, presenting their music choices. This is our longest running and recording their own shows and features. They show with the first episodes broadcast in 2006. source their own guests for interviews or live music and regularly feature high profile guests, Over the years, many Itchen Radio presenters have particularly from the worlds of sport, music, film/ gone on to work in media jobs, including: TV and politics. • Joe Prince-Wright - MSNBC Sports Anchor Under the direction of Station Controller Dave • Jono Holmes - Capital Radio Breakfast Show and Newman and Studio Engineer Rich Stevens, Itchen BBC Radio Solent Radio broadcast from their own, purpose-built • Stuart Appleby - Professional Video Journalist studio in three regular time slots a week and even • Louis O’Brien - BBC Producer more often when the students are particularly • Aidan Small - Arsenal FC prolific. We enjoy a partnership with Unity101 • Sam Cox - Arsenal FC Community Radio which means Itchen Radio • Dan Briard - Luton Town FC broadcasts across the whole of at • Matt Jenkins - Capital Radio 101.1FM between 2 and 3pm on Mondays. • Calum Cashin - Music Journalist • Ed Morris - Unity 101 Media Manager The main Itchen Radio team is made up of second year Journalism students and changes every year. Last year, former Itchen student Georgia Keetch This team is responsible for the Friday shows. was awarded the prestigious Steve Hewlett Scholarship. She has been working with industry It’s not just Journalism students who work on the professionals, including the BBC, while studying for radio. Any student with an interest can get involved a BA (Hons) Journalism at the University of Sussex. with Itchen Extra which goes out on Wednesdays Only two of these scholarships are awarded each and enables more niche or genre shows. year, from approximately 800 applicants. Itchen Radio regularly covers mental health With the continuing enthusiasm of our students, issues, student well-being and advice on jobs and we expect Itchen Radio to continue to go from higher education, Black History Month, Holocaust strength to strength. Memorial Day and Southampton Pride as well as 6 7 This year, we’ve had several regular shows with specific focus:

House of Hammond This is Sam Hammond’s politics show. In the recent political landscape, Sam has interviewed an extraordinary number of politicians, from local councillors to high-profile cabinet members and MPs. Notably, Caroline Nokes, Suella Braverman, Royston Smith, Caroline Dinenage and Alan Whitehead. He has also interviewed respected journalists such as Peter Henley, Phil Thornby and Iain Dale.

20th Century Summer Summer Clarke-Graham has shared her love of 20th century music, presenting a series of shows with eclectic and sometimes surprising playlists from the 60s to the 90s. If you’ve heard ABBA on Itchen Radio, it will probably have been on one of Summer’s shows!

Callum and Connor’s TV & Film Show Callum Pearman and Connor Amos, with editorial input from Oscar Surry, have been focussing on the ever-changing landscape of TV and film, covering the myriad of streaming services as well as terrestrial, cable and satellite TV.

Itchen Live Sessions Millie James has recorded live studio sessions and interviews with a plethora of local bands, including Bash!, Jetski Babylon, Djuno, Georgia Turnbull, Artemis and Buds.

Itchen’s Sports Show Itchen Radio’s sports team have covered a wide range of international sport and spoken to the likes of Jason Dodd, Joe Partington and Alan Knight M.B.E.

7 Business students run teamwork event

Earlier this year over a two day period, our second year level 3 Business students ran an event for over 100 people here at Itchen College.

They had to design and organise every aspect as part of their coursework for their qualification. They decided to base the event around a variety of team building activities, similar to the type of activities that are often included in an interview process. This required them to liaise with members of staff, invite and register participants, while also ensuring that they followed health and safety regulations. Fortunately this event took place before the current pandemic.

This was a great opportunity for the students to extend their learning outside the classroom to gain some real experiences of the world of work. The students had to design and plan every detail of the event from start to finish, ensuring they obtained any equipment required, monitored timings and rehearsed every aspect to enable the event to run smoothly. Many of the students took on key responsibilities such as presenting at the event, or explaining and guiding their fellow students through a wide variety of activities. Although many of the students were nervous before hand, they rose to the challenge and the event ran to schedule. They received excellent feedback from the participants while also enabling them to gain some worthwhile experiences and skills that they can use in their future careers.

Start of term dates Parents’ Presentation

Second year students start: Our Parent Information Presentation Friday 4 September can be found on our website.

First year students start: www.itchen.ac.uk Monday 7 September 8