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Date Wednesday 13 October 2010
This year's 'Inspire' Education & Skills Event will for the first time incorporate the Tamar Valley Consortium (TVC) Fair. It will once again be held in the Roland Levinsky Building at the University of Plymouth and include representatives from:
For more details email Mark at Mark.Beresford@careerssw.org
Students at Notre Dame School have designed a new luxury Christmas ice-cream gateau for Langage Farm.
The 14 and 15-year olds were asked by bosses at the farm to design a gateau suitable for sale around Christmas time. It was their first product design project on the diploma, which is focused on practical learning and collaboration with businesses.
After extensive consumer research the final product was a white forest gateau filled with blackcurrants, clotted cream and white chocolate.
As part of the task, the enterprising students now have to sell the gateau in order to break even. They have already taken orders from staff and students at the school - but would like to make their product available more widely.
Student Shona Hill said: "The gateau is so delicious we'd like all of Plymouth to have a chance to buy it. It is as delicious as any Langage Farm product - but with our own unique twist."
Langage Farm general manager, Paul Winterton, said: "The students have shown real focus on the task. They have taken seriously the need to produce a product that is worthy of Langage Farm and proved just how effectively schools and businesses can work together."
Experimentation, creativity and an imaginative approach to enterprise are key for those considering a career in the creative industries.
To find out more go to: http://www.plymouth.ac.uk/pages/view.asp?page=27504
Come along and find out what exciting careers and educational opportunities there are available in Plymouth.
Date: 18 November 2009 Venue: Roland Lewinsky Building (RLB), University of Plymouth
Time: Main event 10.00 - 4.00 Parents and Carers event 5.30 - 7.00
The Diploma Roadshow will be at both events - an opportunity to find oaut all about the 14-19 Diploma qualifications.
'Take the first step in faith, you don't need to see the whole staircase just take the first step'
The words of Martin Luther King set the scene for the day. Students and staff from across the city gathered in Plymouth University for an exciting day of creative and media workshops. The event, organised jointly by the Faculty of Arts, Plymouth College of Art and the city's Children's Services Department, was introduced by Steve Orchard who provided an exciting introduction to the world of media and music. Throughout the day students hammered metal, took photographs, created sound, and experimented with a range of media. The results will be shown at an exhibition on Wednesday 29th April, The Scott Building - all welcome to the private view at 6.00 p.m.
Just before Easter Plymouth received unconditional approval from the DCSF to deliver Diplomas in Retail & Business, Sport & Active Leisure and Travel & Tourism. This will mean that from 2010 there will be a total of 13 Diploma Qualifications in the city. Plymouth is one of only five partnerships in the country approved to deliver all available diplomas from 2010. All will be delivered in a partnership between schools, colleges, training providers and local industry.
As part of a Retails & Business Taster session students were provided with an insight of aspects of what it would be like to work within the Retail industry. Professional marketing expert, Simon James, led the session that explored concepts behind corporate branding and product placement. As the session was based in the training room at Drake's Circus students were able to quickly undertake research into the retail industry.