Building relationships on the Castleford Housing Project
29 students took part in an exciting project co-delivered by Go Higher West Yorkshire and national house builders Keepmoat Homes . Throughout a series of classroom sessions , students worked in teams to create their own housing company . In addition to these technical sessions , students had the opportunity to visit a current Keepmoat Homes housing development in their local area . During the post-project evaluation , students reflected on their successes throughout the experience and spoke of developing both their confidence and relationships with students from a different school . Feedback from staff and parents was also excellent , with all agreeing that the project and presentation evening had been a huge success . Watch the video here : https :// www . gohigherwestyorks . ac . uk / impact ? mgi _ 200 = 11533 / castleford-housingproject # dflip-df _ 11528 / 7 /
Fast Trackers project
Network Rail and Mott MacDonald worked together with Uni Connect and its partnerships in the North West to offer the ‘ Fast Trackers ’ project to 140 young people in their target areas , addressing increased demand for engineering skills in the workforce .
Fast Trackers was designed to give young people studying Level 3 engineering courses an insight into university level study and graduate level jobs within the engineering industry . It included a three-day residential stay at University College London , where the groups of BTEC and Apprenticeship Engineering students explored topics related to engineering under the guidance of a group of graduate engineers .
97 % of the young people who participated in the London activity rated their experience as good or excellent , with learners more likely to view higher education as a realistic and viable route . There are early indications that attendance at college increased for those who participated , with learners showing a real desire to progress to Level 4 study and beyond . The programme won a national award for ' Graduate Initiative of the Year ' at the CN Talent Awards in November 2018 .
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