FOUR exceptional Bradford College students are being put through their paces as part of a brand-new academy with company, Prospect Change.
Prospect Change specialise in Change Management, born during lockdown by Ruth Geddes and Jennifer Anderton. The pair of experienced change professionals are now working with Bradford College to share their wisdom and enhance the future employability of students.
They said: “2023 has seen the launch of the very first Prospect Change Academy. We are incredibly excited to work with this group of very talented students and share with them the opportunities available within the world of change.
“At Prospect Change, we are passionate believers in growth and development, both from an organisational perspective, but also from a personal perspective.
“At the end of the academy, students that excel exceptionally well will be offered the opportunity for employment within Prospect Change.”
The initial process saw students participate in workshops over six weeks, focussing on project management and Prospect Change. Following this, students were invited to apply to a more intense 12-week academy, with potential job opportunities following its conclusion.
Four College learners are now working hard within the new academy concept, designed to mould them into strong Project Administrators.
Bradford College Travel & Tourism Lecturer, Sarah O’Connell: “The relationship has been a successful collaboration, not only bringing together outside employers, but engaging students to work together from different courses.
“The skills gained, in relation to project management, have crossed over to our teaching on the vocational courses and they have been able to apply their learning in projects such as marketing and event management.”
Staff member Catherine Vincent added: “The obvious benefit is that there’s a chance that one of the students will be offered a job, but above that it makes learning real.
“The publicity from this partnership will enhance the College’s reputation and show that something different is being offered at Bradford College, compared to other providers.”
TO mark National Careers Week (March 6-11), Bradford College hosted a special careers fair open to all of its students. Professionally qualified careers advisers, tutors, and support staff gave students up-to-date guidance on a range of career paths.
National Careers Week (NCW) is a one-week celebration of careers guidance and free resources in education across the UK. The annual celebration showcases careers and employability opportunities, empowering young people to make informed decisions about their future careers.
Students at Bradford College dropped in to find out more about degrees, higher professional, and technical programmes, work placements, apprenticeship pathways, and many more options.
NCW-inspired events such as this aim to provide a focus for careers guidance at an important stage in the academic calendar to help support young people considering their next steps.
Careers events can be accessed by College students throughout the academic calendar which help with the next step towards achieving exciting career goals.
YOUNG adults aged 18-24 with an Education Health Care Plan (EHCP) can gain supported internships thanks to the DFN Project SEARCH initiative.
A partnership between Bradford College, Bradford District Care NHS Foundation Trust (BDCT), Hft, and Bradford Council means young people in the area with learning disabilities or autism can gain fully supported and meaningful work experience in an NHS, university, or college setting.
Currently, only 4.8per cent of people in England with a learning disability known to local authorities go on to secure paid employment, compared to 80per cent of their peers. DFN Project SEARCH aims to change this with internships that offer transferable skills to help to secure paid employment.
Apply before Friday, April 21 via the Bradford College website to secure a limited place on the programme.
A GROUP of BA (Hons) Art & Design degree students from Bradford School of Art have opened a striking contemporary art show at South Square Centre in Thornton. The exhibition in the Ground Floor Gallery explores ‘chiaroscuro’, a term for the contrast between darkness and light in art that results in drama, depth, and emotional responses.
Work includes mixed media, sculpture, fine art, and video installations by students Atiyya Mirza, Bareera Jamal, Ishah Iqbal, Katie Waddington, Peter J Hodgson, Quba Berry, and Saffiya Farooq.
Exhibitor Peter J Hodgson said: “The exhibition explores each artist’s interpretation of what chiaroscuro means to them. For example, two of my artist-in-residency artworks for the Bradford Teaching Hospital BRI tackle chiaroscuro by using light as comfort." The exhibition runs until April 29. Tuesday to Saturday, 10.30am-3pm, Sunday, 12noon-3pm.
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