LORD Sugar knows all too well the benefits of hiring an apprentice - and as National Apprenticeship Week 2021 draws to end, leading educationalists and apprentices in Bolton explain why choosing this route could be more successful than the traditional education pathways. Saiqa Chaudhari reports APPRENTICES today can be found in a variety of fields - construction, healthcare, education, financial services and many others and have come a long way from the traditional trade apprenticeships. Today those who choose to learn and earn benefit from further and higher education, so do not miss out on student life, while being ahead of others just starting out once they complete their apprenticeship.
Bolton College
BOLTON College is ensuring its students and the wider community continue to learn through the pandemic. The college, part of the University of Bolton Group, has helped students overcome barriers so they are not left behind while putting on free courses for the community and putting together special e-magazines full of tips to help people through these challenging times. Unable to invite Year 11s into campus for its annual Open Event, the college understood the necessity for young people to have access to resources that will help them make informed decisions about their future. They therefore created a Virtual Open Event, containing over 40 videos. These include a whistle stop campus tour, as well as videos for all curriculum areas, with information on all of the Study Programmes and Apprenticeships on offer for the new academic year.
When Dorothy Chapman began studying at Bolton Technical College in 1946, little would she have known that over 75 years later, Bolton College’s childcare students would be taking inspiration from her work. Tutors and students from Bolton College’s Childcare and Education department received Dorothy’s old notebook in the post, following her death at the age of 87 last year. Dorothy’s daughters Gina and Isla discovered the book (pictured) whilst clearing out Dorothy’s possessions, and have to donated it to the college. Dorothy, whose maiden name was Kay, left Bolton in the 1950s but she was said to have always looked back on her time in the town fondly, particularly the period she spent studying nursery nursing at the now-demolished Technical College on Manchester Road.
Bolton awarded £500k funding to help create tailored Covid-19 messaging for at risk groups
According to Bolton Council, vital Covid-19 information is not reaching disabled people, young people and families, people with African or Caribbean heritage and the gypsy, traveller and Roma communities.
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Bolton Council has received important funding to help battle coronavirus (Image: Manchester Evening News)
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College 620x284 A PLEDGE of support has been given for a £30m healthcare college in the grounds of Royal Bolton Hospital after its development was ‘paused’ due to the coronavirus pandemic. The Bolton College of Medical Sciences (BCMS), which was granted planning permission at the Barnes Drive site in 2019, was planning to begin welcoming students in 2022. It was set to be the first such education centre in the UK and had aspirations to provide training across many disciplines, professions and agencies related to healthcare. But last month a joint statement from The University of Bolton and Bolton NHS Foundation Trust, said the development ‘has been paused due to the unprecedented challenges of Covid-19’.