The Greatest Showcase at Hartlepool College

Throughout National Apprenticeship Week at Hartlepool College, staff and students created a skills showcase covering many of the college's curriculum areas with the aim of setting high expectations and showcasing the amazing talent with a series of internal competitions.

The showcase and competitions across the college took place in areas of Art and Design, Travel and Tourism, Catering, Brickwork, Carpentry, Plumbing, Early Years, Health, Social Care, Hairdressing, Beauty, Construction Technical, Fabrication and Welding, Electrical, SEND, Alternative Education, Public Services, Football Academy, Entry Training and Personal Development, Inclusive Learning and Sport.

Esports Students at NEVR Labs — *Our Level 3 Esports students taking part in a Gaming Competition at NEVRLabs as part of our Skills Showcase Week for #NAW2022*

The week-long showcase had great engagement with local employers, with representatives coming in from the N HS, Hartlepool Plumbing Supplies, Persimmon Homes, Port Homes, Sheraton Construction, Howell Cummings, Mains Electrical Distributors, High Rise Brickwork, Geoffrey Robinsons and managers from Little Treasures, Kiddikins and Little Rays of Sunshine Day Care who all came in to judge competitions.

John Cartwright, Head of Construction & the Built Environment and lead for Skills across the College said “The support throughout the event was phenomenal and we are extremely grateful to employers that sponsored and judged the competitions. The work students produced was exceptional and commended highly by both staff and judges.”

Skills Showcase Plumbing - Judging — John Cartwright, (far left) Head of Construction and The Built Environment at Hartlepool College, pictured here with HCFE Plumbing Lecturers and representatives from Geoffrey Robinsons, who were judging the Plumbing Skills Showcase Competition

Hartlepool College is currently in partnership with other local colleges as part of the regional World Skills group aiming to improve skills through competitions and put the College firmly on the map by showcasing our amazing learners.

View our dedicated Flickr Gallery of Skills Showcase and Competition Week here >> https://flic.kr/s/aHBqjzCzfc

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