A career consultant at the University of Chester has achieved national recognition for his outstanding work on a CPD course based in Warwick’s Centre for Lifelong Learning.

The John Roberts Memorial Prize for Professional Achievement is awarded annually to the best student on the joint University of Warwick and AGCAS Career Education, Information, and Guidance in Higher Education (CEIGHE) postgraduate qualifications. AGCAS is the expert membership organisation for higher education student career development and graduate employment professionals.

Two members of the CLL team have been invited by Universities' Council for the Education of Teachers (UCET) to share with other ITE colleagues, their work on developing resilience in trainee teachers using emotional resilience and techniques found in the study of mindfulness. The presentation will take place in London on Friday 8 February 2019, with Ellen Buttler, Director of Initial Teacher Training and Essential Skills Programmes and Dean Howes, Teaching Fellow at the Centre sharing how students can better understand how to develop their ability to cope during emotionally challenging and stressful times.

North Warwickshire & Hinckley College and South Leicestershire College announced their official merge back in August 2016 and have been functioning as one education establishment, although they have continued to operate in their existing names and brands.

Our partner college, which offers our Early Childhood FDA programme and the first two years of study of our 2+2 degree pathway, have been endorsed by Ofsted for the progress by the college since its merge over two years ago.

Both colleges had been federated for three and a half years prior to their formation, firstly sharing a Principal and Chief Executive, Marion Plant OBE. They will also share a joint mission; ‘to achieve success through learning.’

Marion Plant OBE hopes the merge will a help NWHC become a stronger, more agile learning provider in the East and West Midlands, providing richer learning experiences for students and more progression opportunities.

She also hopes to strengthen the college’s offer to local and regional employers in the East and West Midlands, to ensure they are providing a strong pipeline of talented and skilled staff into the industry.

Both campuses will continue to operate under the new name following the website launch. For more information, please visit the NWSLC website.

Our Third Year Foundation Degree in Early Childhood Degree student, Chris Jones, accepted an invitation to share his story at the Early Childhood Studies Degree Conference in London in January.

We caught up with Kirsty Allenby, who graduated from the 2+2 Degree Pathway in 2014. Mum of three and working part-time in a chip shop, she set out with no particular plan apart from the determination to study a degree.