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The brand-new Stansted Airport College is celebrating its 250th confirmed trainee, as construction work on the site intensifies ahead of the planned opening this September.
Scarlet Jemmett, currently a pupil at Leventhorpe in Sawbridgeworth, has been accepted onto the Hospitality & Events Management course following the latest round of interviews held this week (Tuesday 8 May).
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Today, the Minister of State for Climate Change and Industry, Claire Perry MP, was at London Stansted Airport to see the start of the construction phase of the new on-site technical college and to also launch the Government’s Industrial Strategy.
A unique project that will boost the skills and economy of Essex took a major step forward today after London Stansted Airport and Harlow College received planning permission from Uttlesford District Council for a new £11 million technical skills college at the airport.
The two-storey facility – the first of its kind at a major UK airport – will be located on a one acre site on land made available by the airport near the long-stay car park and Novotel Hotel. The project has received two separate £3.5 million grants from the South East Local Enterprise Partnership (SELEP) Local Growth Fund and Essex County Council.
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London Stansted and Harlow College have submitted a planning application to build a new technical skills college at the airport – the first of its kind at any airport in the country.
If the application is successful, building work is expected to start this autumn and be open in time for the autumn term in 2018.
The £11million College, which has received two separate £3.5m grants from the South East Local Enterprise Partnership (SELEP) Local Growth Fund and Essex County Council, will also be the first of its type to be built in the Uttlesford District.
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Saffron Walden County High School are the latest beneficiaries of the Aerozone’s outreach work. 60 girls from Year 8 enjoyed two half day workshops at school hosted by pilots, ground crew and engineers. Following an inspiration talk from easyJet pilots the girls looked at the forces behind flight and, through a scientific experiment, demonstrated how lift is generated by a fixed wing.
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At the beginning of the 2015/16 academic year 10 students studying at Stewards Academy in Harlow were identified as individuals who would benefit from mentoring support as they embark on their GCSEs and make important decisions regarding their futures.
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Abbie, Ben, Craig and Charlie were among 10 students from Stewards Academy in Harlow who enjoyed a week long work experience placement at the airport during May 2016.
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Pupils from Forest Hall School participate in our Mentoring programme.
Some of our Work Experience students met up with Strictly Come Dancing star Anton du Beke and our Education Co-ordinator, Joanne Davies at one of the on-airport events.
Farrah Ahmed, Stansted’s Customer Experience Manager, tells us of her experience…
When you are asked to volunteer you never really know what you are putting yourself up for! But I was happy to raise my hand to offer help to a local school or college working with students on a business idea. It’s a great opportunity to further develop my coaching skills and give something back to the community.
So plans were made and I was off to meet a group of 15 to 16 year old boys who have been tasked with setting up a business to make cash to fund a further project. An excitable and energetic group lead by Tom, after introductions of the team they set to task of updating me with their ideas. Over the weeks they learnt to bond and communicate with each other the plan and design while I constantly challenged them constructively to ensure they had considered the market for their product along with profit and cost.
A valuable experience for me, the key highlights were supporting the team for their winter trade fare in Ware, watching them in action pitch and sell goods they had designed and produced. A few awards were up for grabs, the team managed to bag an award for best Customer Service, result! There first real business venture being a success and making money. Key question: Would I do it again? yes I would.
Would they do it again? Let’s ask…
“Being part let alone being MD has been such a great experience. We all learned so much, how to work with our peers and be productive in teams. As leader I learned a lot about how to motivate the team and how to approach and execute decisions. We sold out all our stock of Christmas cards at Ware trade fair and within our school. On behalf of Zephyr, we would like to thanks Farrah Ahmed for her huge contribution to the organisation and guidance she volunteered to the team, we couldn’t have succeeded without her, and would love to do it all over again.”
Tom, MD.
All in all a job well done!
