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It's Volunteers' Week and time to celebrate two T level Health Students who have enjoyed over two years volunteering @ Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust on the Volunteer to Career Programme.

What makes these students even more remarkable is that they began their learning journey at Harlow College on level 2 Health and Social Care and following an outstanding year, progressed to the #Tlevel where they have continued to be exceptional students. They will soon leave us for the next step in their educational journey - University - to study adult nursing and midwifery.

They have not only enhanced the lives of patients in the hospital but have also developed valuable workplace skills; teamwork, communication, adaptability, leadership and initiative. Anyone who receives care from them will be very lucky indeed.

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Our students competed at the FEDEC inter-college skills challenge. 4 science students and 2 health students from Harlow College demonstrated superb skills which resulted in GOLD for Maya and Lucy in the Health competition, GOLD for Dhiyaa and SILVER for Mason in the Science competition.

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T level students, Faith and Andreea have been involved in many activities at Tye Green Lodge Care home.

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Interested in a career in the Allied Health Professions but not sure what is out there?

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Interested in a career in the Allied Health Professions but not sure what is out there?

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If you join this, please do log on Grofar!

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6 of our T level health second years returned to PAH to complete their placements. The students are now wearing orange polo shirts so they are easily identifiable by staff and patients. We think they look fantastic!. Well dome Salomey, Marie, Amelia, Lily, Kallie and Lily.

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Our new 1st years started this week and look very smart in their uniforms.

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Induction week for our level 2 applied science learners included some team building games in our Immersive room. Students worked together in teams creating an exciting and competitive atmosphere.

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Erin and Taygan are College Green Ambassadors and have been invited to join the Changemaker Programme. We are very proud of them!

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We are very proud of Ziyanda who has been very busy on placement with residents at the care home. Here are a selection of photos from social media. They posted " Our lovely college student got our residents involved in a game of matching pairs this week. It's such a great game to boost concentration and help improve short term memory"

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We were delighted to be invited to a T level Health celebration event for the 6 students who have completed their placement at Princess Alexandra Hospital Trust. The students have had a wonderful experience in many different wards and also achieved their Care Certificate. Thank you to Chief Peoples Officer, Giovanna Leeks, for presenting the certificates.

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Level 2 pond dipping looking for non-living indicators of pollution. Great teamwork too!

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So many of our T level Health first years attended the Volunteer Information Day for Princess Alexandra Hospital which was held at the Harlow Study Centre. Hopefully they will be volunteering soon!

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Our students were fantastic, welcoming prospective students and their parents & carers. They talked with enthusiasm about their courses and were great representatives of the college. Well done.

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Our T level Health students did the Resuscitation Council UK online CPR interactive training for restart the heart ❤️ week. This is only possible as we are an #AppleDistinguishedSchool and all students have an iPad.

Restart a Heart (#RSAH) is an annual initiative led by #RCUK which aims to increase the number of people surviving out-of-hospital cardiac arrests by helping more people learn CPR and become #ResusReady.

Survival rates from out-of-hospital cardiac arrest remain stubbornly low in the UK, with fewer than one in 10 people surviving.

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T level Health student, Lewis Arkell has won an award.

"I have been volunteering with CHIPS at their ware scheme since February 2023, I was honoured to be recognised in a joint nomination for volunteer of the year 2025 for the Ware scheme alongside another volunteer. Whilst at the AGM receiving the award play leaders Helen, Karen and Michelle had some words."

Young Volunteer of the Year 2025 – Ware nomination

We would like to make a joint nomination this year of Lewis Arkell and Miss X. They have both been nominated in the past and have continued to attend very regularly. They are both turning 18 shortly and we are looking forward to them becoming staff.

Lewis has been a volunteer at the Ware scheme since February 2023. His parents used to help at CHIPS some time ago and he wanted to do it too.

Both Lewis and Miss X are able and happy to work with a wide variety of children and have become very valuable members of the team – at times we forget that they are still volunteers! They are both excellent role models for the children and have become confident and shown abilities that I don’t think even they knew they had.

I understand that both of them intend to pursue future employment working with children and this is definitely something that they are suited for.

As you can see from the above it has not been possible to select either of them over the other for this nomination!

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Hello Mary,

I hope you’ve have been well.

Considering it’s been 3 years, I don’t blame you if you don’t remember me, but my name is Stephen, I was your student during my second year at Harlow college, Level 3 health and social care during 2021/2022.

Today a couple of hours ago, I graduated with a 2:1 in Mental Health Nursing, I’ve been qualified with my NMC for a couple weeks now, but started working at an assessment unit last week.

When I tell you that absolutely NONE of everything that has happened the last couple weeks would have been possible without your support and teaching during those years, pushing me to always complete work to the highest standard and to not slack and go further and beyond to achieve more. A million thank yous will never be enough for getting me to where I am today.

I hope you remain well

With the kindest regards,

Stephen Chintu

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Our Level 2 and 3 applied science students had a fantastic day out at Anglia Ruskin University in Chelmsford. They took part in interactive workshops and met many employers.

Caroline sent me this

"We arrived and split into groups. The level 2  group started in the planetarium where we learned about the universe and the large hadron collider. We walked through the blustery weather to the festival time marquee where the learners met representatives from AI in education, army, navy, police and more. This was followed by the professional athlete testing workshop where they learned the science of jumping. After lunch we went to the HomeTech simulation & fair, lots of learners delivered babies, intubated models, took peak flow tests and tested glasses that modelled various disease states of the eye. The day finished with a forensic workshop where they fingerprinted themselves and learned the difference between arches, loops and whorls."

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All our level 1 and level 2 Health and Science learners attended this important talk about how to keep safe on our roads, whether you are a driver or a passenger. Thank you to Essex Highways and Safer Essex Roads Partnership.

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Alex Briscoe and Julie de Monte talked to learners about HCT and opportunities for T level placements at the Herts and Essex Hospital. They have invited students to apply and we look forward to seeing who is successful.

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Level 2 Sports Science students came over for a lesson on heart dissection.

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Today, we launched the Health and Social Care Skills Bootcamp which will run from January - March. Such a great opportunity for adults in our community looking to work in the Health and Social Care Sector.

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Skills Bootcamps: Fast-Track to Employment and Career Growth

What are Skills Bootcamps?

Skills Bootcamps are free, flexible courses of up to 16 weeks, giving people the opportunity to build up sector-specific skills and an offer of an interview with an employer upon completion.

These courses are part of the Government's Skills for Life programme and are proudly funded by Essex County Council and the Department for Education (DfE).

To be eligible to apply for a Skills Bootcamp, you must:

Be aged 19 or over

Have the right to work in the UK

Be a resident of Greater Essex (if you reside outside of Greater Essex but are employed within Greater Essex you may still be eligible for funding)

How do I apply for a Skills Bootcamp?
To apply, simply choose one of our Skills Bootcamp courses and complete the online application form.

If you'd like more information or have any questions, our friendly Admissions Team is here to help:

t: 01279 868100
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Skills Bootcamps for Employers

Employers can enrol their existing staff onto Skills Bootcamps to help address skills gaps within their organisation. A co-investment model applies, requiring employers to contribute 10% of the cost if they have fewer than 250 employees, or 30% if they have more than 250 employees.

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Harlow College is a highly successful College of Further Education in Essex, United Kingdom. Its Principal and Chief Executive is Karen Spencer.

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Thank you to Sarah for coming to talk to level 2 and T level learners about her role at Safeguarding in the Trust. Students are currently studying Safeguarding so this was a great time to hear a real-life account.

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Leila won a silver medal in the National Finals of the Foundation Skills Health and Social Care Competition. The event was held at Cardiff and Vale College and was the end of a long process involving written and role play tasks. Leila is the first Health and Science student to get through to the finals and we are overjoyed that she won the silver medal.

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Harlow College - College student wins silver in WorldSkills UK Final

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3 of our students are supporting activities and bringing joy to residents.

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3 of our students are supporting activities and bringing joy to residents.

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Phillipa Haslehurst, Volunteer Manager at PAHT, came to talk to learners about this programme. PAHT will take 5 learners and they will be on the namaste compassionate care pathway which includes training on dementia. A lot of the role will be talking to patients. However, due to the nature of the ward, students will have opportunities to observe nursing, OT, physio, dietitians and social workers.

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Staff at College donated toiletries and cards to the department. Students divided them into 20 gift bags and delivered them to individual patients in Opal Ward.

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T level students, Maya and Ziyanda went with residents for a Christmas shopping trip in Harlow.

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Careers in East of England Ambulance Service (EEAST)

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Careers in East of England Ambulance Service (EEAST)

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UK | V4 EEAST Targeted Subject: Busting the Myths

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Myth 1: You need top A-Level results or the right university course

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Olivia enjoyed the dancing at All Sorts Dementia group this week.

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Ellie and Lucy are running a project on Opal Ward this week. They also spoke to representatives from the CQC who are inspecting the hospital.

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Ellie and Lucy on placement in Opal ward

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What a turnout for our NHS talks today. We were delighted to welcome Niki, Hussainat, Alberta and Dr Marie who spoke to our level 2 health & social care and T level health learners about their careers and the pathway from school to the jobs they love. Students gave some great feedback. This is the first in four sessions of talks from the NHS and our learners are incredibly fortunate.

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Learner representatives from level 1, level 2 and T level health met with Philippa to give feedback. The group were great ambassadors for their respective programmes.

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We were delighted that 80 health and science students attended the second of four NHS talks. This time interactive talks. Thank you to Sue and Nikki representing Operating Department Practitioners, Shannon and Louise representing Occupational Therapy and Demi and Dylan representing Speech and Language Therapy. The students gave great feedback.