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Delta Muntean - Assistant Academy Manager for Media, Jornalism & Photography 

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Delta Muntean - Assistant Academy Manager for Media, Jornalism & Photography 

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If Delta Muntean needed to be found, there are a few places around college you will almost certainly see her. One is at break in Starbucks buying an iced latte, being sociable and making anyone with her laugh. Another would be in the office, on top of her work as always, and most importantly, she will be found teaching a range of classes to students who have gained so much respect for her.

A calculated risk-taker with deep knowledge of Further Education, some explain Delta as the 'Magic Woman' who has come in and fixed us. After only a year of gracing us with her presence she is now the Assistant Academy Manager. Her key to success is having a positive attitude even at the hardest of times and gaining working relationships with the some of us difficult teenagers. She has a personal yet professional bond with everyone she works with and she fills her students with reassurance, drive and self-confidence.

When Delta was younger and in education, she didn’t get the help and support desired. This is a big part to the person she is today. Delta strives to make sure none of her students have the worry she had. Even students with the hardest of problems or furthest behind on work, she will take it as a challenge and make it all better.

Taking each day as it comes is the outlook Delta has, and if some days are especially stressful, her cat Molly and lovely family are all there at the end of the day. However when it comes to the department, Delta has big dreams, and knows she has it in her to help make it the department the best in the College and in the country in years to come. Delta is determined, loving, hilarious, welcoming and the perfect example of what a FE tutor should be.

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Kelly Edwards - Director of Professional Development & Quality Improvement 

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Kelly Edwards - Director of Professional Development & Quality Improvement 

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Kelly Edwards is the former Head of

Journalism and Media at Harlow College and now Director of Professional Development and Improvement, how’s that for a promotion?

Having studied here at Harlow College in her younger days, Kelly Edwards worked her way from fitness instructor to head of a media department how you ask? Well proving her management skills at a young age allowed her to join Harlow College in the sport department to develop the aerobics.

As time progressed Kelly was working two jobs until she was offered a full time position as a tutor/lecturer. Kelly was instrumental in setting up fitness and nutrition classes and units in the sports department before moving onto travel. It was here that she moved up to program area leader, before having her first child and then spending 8 hard years working her way all the way up to head of Media and Journalism

What has been a long road has motivated Kelly more to be passionate and caring about her students. The mix of leadership and people skills makes Kelly a perfect person to lead a department and guide the students on a path only laden with success. Her attitude of students first has brought teams together to drive and motivate the worst of students for success.

Her favorite moment of the past two years has been the graduation of the students from last year, and is excited by our graduation success. Having watched some students arrive with negative attitudes and then leave with positive ones, excited for the future gives Kelly the satisfaction for the job.

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Harlow College’s successful and driven Principal, Karen Spencer is always smiling. The stress of leading one of the best College’s in the country doesn't ever seem to stop her from being happy and enjoying her job.

Karen’s day begins by getting woke up by her three and a half year old twin boys, who needs an alarm clock? Her husband then brings her a cup of earl grey, a great way to start the day! The drive to work is accompanied by BBC Radio 4; the average age of the station is 55 and would no doubt be a lot higher if it wasn't for Karen bringing it down!

The Principal is extremely dedicated and loves to be around students. She gets involved whenever possible and truly goes the extra mile when it comes to meeting people, looking at students work and doing the best for the college and it’s students. The job itself very much suits her personality, everyday is different and Karen loves the fact she is influencing and making every persons future better, giving them the best chance in life.

Due to the interest of her two sons, Karen has suddenly found an interest in Peppa Pig, but aside from that loves travelling. She once went trekking in the Himalayas!

Karen encourages students to never doubt their abilities and to take every opportunity that comes their way. Wise words that we can remember throughout our lives.

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Paul Marsh is the vice deputy principal at Harlow College and has been in this type of work since 1987. Before he came to Harlow College, he was a social worker where he worked with the government to help give people with learning difficulties the opportunity to get jobs and education placements.  After Paul achieved this he went to work for Essex County Council where he oversaw the development of a range of college courses for all the colleges in the area. This is where his career at Harlow College began. However, he hasn’t always been the vice deputy principal; he has worked as a head of department and managed various teams. Now being the vice deputy principal, it is Paul’s job to make sure the college is the best it can be, so in less than 5 years time he hopes that the college will become outstanding at everything it does and will stay on the number one spot for being the top college in the country. Paul believes that this can be achieved if all the tutor’s focus on what’s best for each individual student and making sure they succeed. The students obviously play a big part in the colleges reputation and in Paul’s eyes each and every one of them are great and make the college a very welcoming and calm place to be. Outside of his hardworking job, Paul likes to travel to France, cycle around on his bike and focus on taking care of his garden. You can contact Paul via email: pmarsh@harlow-college.ac.uk

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Kathryn Rigby, Assistant Principle at Harlow College has never lost sight of putting learners at the heart of everything.

Kathryn originally studied at London College of Fashion, and after working in Africa for two years, Kathryn returned home having decided to pursue a career in teaching. After marrying and re-locating from Muswell Hill, Kathryn began teaching beauty therapy at North West Kent College.

When first joining Harlow College, Kathryn continued to teach before becoming Deputy Head. In 2007, Kathryn became Assistant Principal and manages a variety of different creative areas, including Rescued Learners – a program put in place to help absent students get back on track and achieve their goals. She also works closely with the principal and executive team, managing students and staff.

Kathryn played a huge part in achieving the college’s number one status. She began by setting targets and having daily team meetings to help track student progress and give them the support they need. After four years, Harlow College was named the number one college in England. However, Kathryn does not plan on stopping just yet. She hopes that the college can become number one throughout every curriculum at Ofsted within the next two years.

Although it isn’t all work no play with Kathryn. When she isn’t at college, she spends her spare time with family, walking or at the theatre. She loves the opera, almost as much as she loves to travel the world.

Kathryn is passionate about changing young peoples lives and is privileged to have such a position within the organisation. The hands on Assistant Principle has loved every minute of her 19 years (and counting) at Harlow College.

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Brendan Kenny is a man who is happier behind the camera rather than in front of it, his in-depth knowledge of software and equipment has helped many years of students make their creative visions come to life. The silver haired fox is always being practical whether that includes fixing equipment or participating in sports such as cycling and football.

Many people question Brendan’s tan but they never question his ability with camera equipment. Brendan has Harlow College running through his veins as he once studied photography here as well, his experience and awareness of what goes on around the campus makes him extremely cherished, without Brendan, Harlow College would be like fish without chips, a cowboy without his horse, Ant without Dec. His fellow staff members and the pupils have nothing bad to say about him, he is a delightful, sometimes mysterious character that would not hurt a fly.

It has been a pleasure working with Brendan over these past two years as he could turn an amateur with equipment into a secure, advanced user and this is due to the fact that he cares for the students to achieve as much as he cares for the equipment. It has been an honour.

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Only starting in May, Achia is the brand new bright spark to the department. She has the biggest personality and her talkative and humorous ways engage and entertain anyone. She has the ability to make anyone smile, especially when she busts out her ‘Gotta get down on Friday’ dance first thing in the morning.

Achia grew up in East London and was witness to people around her having so much potential, but wasting it by taking the wrong path. Her upbringing has made her wise and understand more about the World, bad and good. Because of this she has the ability to talk to students on a level which most tutors cannot; she understands, she can relate and she gives great support and advice. When it came the time to go to College, Achia excelled and it is here she found independence, drive and inner-talent. She progressed and attended UAL, graduating with a BA honors combined degree in Public Relations with Media and Cultural Studies. Not stopping there, Achia gained a PGCE in Post 16+ and first taught at the young age of 22 – So anyone can imagine parents reactions when they met her.

Once working at the College of North East London, which is known to hold some troubling students, it is safe to say that how ever friendly and welcoming Achia is, she wont take any nonsense from students at all.  Working with young people, motivating learners and helping them achieve their goals is what Achia loves the most about her job, she believes the plus sides to the job outweigh the bad.

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Helen is a Senior Tutor teaching Journalism at Harlow College. Helen ensures that students get a good experience at college and will make sure that they get the best grades possible. She has high standards that are essential for people to have if they wish to achieve their dreams of becoming a Journalist.

Helen has had lots of experience in Journalism which has helped her to teach her students as well as encouraging them. She has recommended that we should try and work in Journalism and to obtain experience in our desired sector throughout the educational period.

I personally am grateful that Helen helped me get the grades that I need for University as well as helping me in setting up a Journalism profile page on Linked in. This has proven beneficial and allowed me to start working and gaining experience as a Journalist.

Helen has taught our group about rules and regulations in the media sector as well as how to write copy for a client these are essential units if students want to become Journalists. Helen really pushes students to achieve highly and encourages people to keep improving their work through constructive criticism and keeps them motivated.

Helen wishes everyone leaving good luck and to keep going in order to achieve what they want.

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Lorraine believes that every year is never the same, although every year she puts in 110% for her students to achieve their goals and that for her is the best outcome possible in this line of work.

She has been described as a “loving person” “very helpful” and “a great tutor who can make work that’s boring, become fun.” With Lorraine steering her classes to success she mentioned “My main objective is not to feel successful but to enable others to be successful”

With Lorraine taking the approach of empathy to teaching it has allowed her to connect to students on a better level and assist them in ways that have helped people throughout the pas t two years. Although she has leant a helping hand, Lorrain believes that a lot of the work is down to people making their own paths in life and coming out at the end with what they aimed for.

With such a caring tutor here at Harlow College it has been made clear to anyone that Lorraine has met that she will see it all through to the end and be the one to congratulate you when you have achieved all you’ve ever wanted.

“Keep being creative, listen, but make your own pathway” – Lorraine Love

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Andy Moore - Senior Tutor & Programme Manager 

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Andy Moore - Senior Tutor & Programme Manager 

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Andy Moore is a senior tutor and programme manager at Harlow College that has taught media for a number of years as well as teaching Journalism. Andy is well known for his sense of humour and ability to make lessons enjoyable but still help us to get the grades that we need

I have been lucky enough to have been taught about different editing techniques by Andy Moore and as a result got really good at it. Other students as well have shown exceptional and much better examples of editing that could easily be mistaken for the work of a professional all thanks to Andy’s expert teaching.

Andy is also well known among students for his taste in music including the Pixies, the Smith’s and Bombay Bicycle Club. Which reminds me, Andy if you are reading this could you explain why my Indie Cindy CD is scratched? But I am traveling down a tangent.

Regardless of this Andy is a great teacher that will make lessons much more enjoyable and can blend, sometimes questionable, jokes in seamlessly with his lesson but maintains respect from his students. A good example is when I was mocked for my enjoyment of a certain Travis song but told that I could create an effective music video.

Andy would also like students reading this good luck in the future whether it is in further education or the workplace.

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Chris Faeres, I'm willing to bet my house that he's seen near enough every film ever made in every country...ever.

Always up for a laugh Chris makes you feel welcome no matter who you are, which is a reflection of his personality that I'm sure no one can disagree with.

His deadlines are not to be taken lightly with his approach of preparing us for UNI life, but always for the best. Working with Chris has been really enjoyable and even though we've only been taught for 1 term i have been able to see Chris as a real quality teacher and good guy.

Mr. Faeres always try's to be creative and you can see that there's never a dull lesson with him (unless you're writing a 3,000 word marketing and research feature)

Just one last thing, don't watch the film Brazil!

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Andy Darley is an eccentric, passionate and committed part time senior tutor at Harlow College. He mixes his passion for Journalism with a quick thinking mind to produce one of the easiest learning environments around. Andy is well known for his pure hatred of Comic Sans, even commenting that his gravestone should remind us all of this fact.

Andy comes with plenty of experience in the field of journalism, web design and general life. Andy has consistently urged us to do work outside the class room just like himself to help boost our profiles, and for those who have it certainly has. His outside work includes BritsOnPole, creating and maintaining websites for several of Britons up and coming racing drivers and managing a YouTube channel.

After leaving university Andy never had envisioned his life being stuck around computers, in fact he had purposely been trying to avoid them since his much younger days but fate would have it that a careers center computer told him to build a career from them and here we are.

It’s been a great privilege to learn under someone who is already passionate for the subject even Andy admits that working with our class is “difficult, stressful and at times intensely frustration but it’s a great rewarding experience. Talk to Andy at every opportunity you can because you’re likely to find out something new.