City Times (Winter 2011/12) - City College

Editorial
Student Success Celebration
Welcome to the winter edition
of City Times, the magazine
dedicated to bringing you the
latest news from City College Brighton
and Hove.
City Achievers 2011
The stories behind the awards
With the 2011/2012 year well under
way, far from resting on our laurels after
the excellent Ofsted report in June,
we are confidently focussing on our
success rates increasing again.
Also, rather than succumbing to the
widespread gloom about the economy,
the College is proactively seeking new
commercial opportunities and, to
provide a highly visible outlet to promote
the excellence of our training provision,
we’ll be opening a new ‘Skills Shop’ in
Queens Road in the New Year.
What’s more, the College’s success
is increasingly being recognised.
Nationally, we were shortlisted in the
TES FE Awards in the ‘Outstanding
Contribution to the Local Community’
award for our work on programmes
for the unemployed and our City Jobs
employment bureau. Regionally, in the
Sussex Business Awards, we’ve been
shortlisted in both the ‘Business in
the Community’ and ‘Sussex Company
of the Year’ categories, reflecting
the overall success of the College in
contributing to the local economy and
community.
As you’ll read in this edition, our
highest-achieving students and their
families recently celebrated their
success at our annual ‘City Achievers’
awards ceremony which is one of the
highlights of the College calendar. These
students’ stories serve as reminders of
how education transforms lives, which,
after all, is the fundamental reason
why we’re consistently striving to be an
outstanding College.
Best wishes
Phil Frier
Principal & Chief Executive
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The overall winner
Catering & Hospitality
City College’s overall ‘City Achiever’ was
named as 17-year-old Catering student
and former Brighton Aldridge Community
Academy pupil Asha Phelps, a hard-working
and highly-committed learner who has
also been a carer throughout her teenage
years. Both her mother and younger sister
have a chronic condition resulting from
disturbances in the body’s immune system
and she also helps care for her three year
old brother. Asha’s family also suffered from
racial abuse and were temporarily forced to
move to Eastbourne which had detrimental
effect on her education. Despite all these
difficult circumstances, Asha’s catering
skills have developed strongly with high
achievements in Functional Skills, practical
and theory coursework and she’s been a
much-valued member of the team at both
the College’s training restaurants. Asha had
previously been shortlisted for an Argus
Achievement award in the ‘Carer of the
Year’ category and she’s received a £1,000
bursary from the Savoy Trust alongside her
City Achiever Award.
“I had the pleasure of teaching Asha last
year and she was outstanding in every
way”, said her tutor, Jonathon File. “You’d
never have guessed there were any external
issues that she was coping with that would
have impeded her studies because she was
100% focussed. I couldn’t have asked for a
better student.” Teaching Support Assistant
Linda Paul added: “I’m absolutely delighted
that Asha’s won the overall prize because
the whole of our department and everyone
who knows her can really say she deserves it
because she’s such a lovely girl.”
“City College has done so much for me and
really helped me mature as a person”, said
Asha.”Being here has made me feel really
confident that I’ll find success in the catering
industry.” “I’m so proud of her”, said her
mum, Kim.”It means that everything we’ve
achieved with her at home has paid off when
you see how she’s approaching her College
life.”
Asha Phelps & Phil Frier
“City College has done so
much for me and really
helped me mature as a
person. Being here has made
me feel really confident
that I’ll find success in the
catering industry.”
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