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A network for people studying towards or working in the creative industries has been set up by Ayrshire College, with support from the Ayrshire College Foundation.
Hello Creatives was launched on World Hello Day – Thursday 21 November – at the college’s Ayr Campus, where the majority of Ayrshire College’s creative courses are delivered. Ayrshire College students past and present will be able to benefit from becoming a member of the Hello Creatives network. Hello Creatives will introduce students to the creative industry, local employers and mentors, through a regular series of informal events designed to engage, motivate and inspire. The events also aim to highlight the scale of the creative industries, and the wealth of opportunities available across a range of disciplines. This will encourage students to seek the right creative path for them, while giving them the confidence to pursue it, knowing it can be a viable career goal. The launch event involved guest speakers from the performing arts, graphic art, media, and photography industries. These were:
Julie Thorne, Head of Learning & Skills for Arts & Fashion at Ayrshire College, said “Last month the Scottish Government published their policy statement for the Creative Industries where they stated that their vision was one where the sector is considered to provide a rewarding career. “We want our students to be able to access a rewarding career, we want them to know what opportunities are available to them and we want them to know what it takes to be successful. “This means connecting with employers and practitioners in the sector, which is what we are hoping to achieve with our Hello Creatives Network.”
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Ayrshire College in partnership with Bridge to Business, hosted its second Enterprising Students event at the Kilmarnock Campus, celebrating the success of students who have started up their own business in the last year.
Employers and support organisations across Ayrshire including: Business Gateway and The Prince's Trust attended the event aimed at inspiring students to develop their enterprise skills and ideas. Over 500 students attended throughout the afternoon workshops, where they learnt how the Enterprising Students campaign continues to offer mentoring support to students looking to start up a business, as well as highlighting the opportunity to apply for a grant of up to £5000 from the Ayrshire College Foundation. No less than nine guest speakers attended the event to host workshops on the day which were designed to cover all areas of enterprise and business planning. Speakers included Jack Allan, 95 Social and Lucy Thomson who is a former Ayrshire College student who started a fitness business called Coach Lucy. All attendees got the opportunity to meet partner organisations, inspirational role models and enterprising start-ups. The students heard from a panel of former students who have started up their own business after receiving the Enterprise fund grant in the last year. The panel comprised of:
“If I hadn’t come to college, I wouldn’t be doing this now. It really has turned my life around, and got me to a better place.” Lynn Kelly, Bridge 2 Business Programme Executive, said: “This event helped to raise awareness of the funding available to students and also provided students with the opportunity to network and make connections for the future. “Students have the potential to be entrepreneurs of the future, so it’s important that we help give them the best start on their business journey as we possibly can. We’re very proud that we’re able to support the college in the funding scheme." Primary school teachers throughout North Ayrshire have attended training at Ayrshire College’s Kilwinning Campus on how to best deliver Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) lessons to their pupils.
Every school represented at the first session – which took place during the teachers’ recent in-service days – was given a box full of science equipment along with an activity booklet developed by Ayrshire College’s STEM department. Training will also be rolled out to teachers in East Ayrshire and South Ayrshire. STEM education in Ayrshire primary schools is currently delivered in a variety of ways, with some schools delivering regular lessons and others offering only limited dedicated STEM teaching. Ayrshire College hopes that its CPD sessions will standardise and improve the quality of the STEM curriculum being delivered to all Ayrshire pupils. The College appreciates the need to engage pupils with STEM subjects at an early age, which is why it has committed to offering the CPD training for teachers. The Ayrshire College Foundation has backed the project – with its Innovation for Learning funding covering the costs of the training. The first session was tailored towards how to best teach primary school pupils a science lesson. Marko Prorocic, Curriculum Manager for STEM at the Kilwinning Campus, said “I am hoping that this project, currently in its pilot year, will eventually spread to encompass all primary schools across Ayrshire. Better STEM education will ensure better prospects for the region and a bright future for our young people.” One of the teachers from the first CPD session, Victoria Fox from Ardeer Primary School, said “What I was hoping to get out of today was more practical experience of teaching STEM and an interesting context to teaching in the classroom. It was very good, the activities were well planned and fun, so it was a very valuable session. “We’ve been doing quite a lot of work in STEM - it’s part of our school improvement plan - so we have been focused on it this term and this has been very relevant to our needs.” |
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