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STUDENTS ENJOY<br />
GOING HIGHER WITH<br />
KIRKLEES COLLEGE<br />
The 2016 National Student Survey (NSS) results saw Kirklees<br />
College remain one of the highest in the region for overall<br />
student satisfaction for higher education courses.<br />
The results are drawn from the NSS - a high profile annual census of<br />
nearly half a million students across the UK, providing the most the<br />
most comprehensive feedback on the student experience at each<br />
institution.<br />
Students are surveyed about the teaching on their course,<br />
assessment and feedback, academic support, organisation<br />
and management, learning resources and their own personal<br />
development.<br />
CS / COLLEGE AND STAFF SUCCESS<br />
Kirklees College’s overall satisfaction has risen to 92 per cent, from<br />
an already impressive 90 per cent last academic year, with a high<br />
response rate from 92 per cent of its students.<br />
Where the college was already strong it has maintained good<br />
results, but has also improved scores for academic support,<br />
resources and personal development.<br />
“We are very proud of everyone who has<br />
contributed to this success, and look<br />
forward to building on our results to ensure<br />
that we continue to offer the best possible<br />
teaching in a welcoming and supportive<br />
environment.”<br />
Craig Tupling, Kirklees College Assistant Principal for<br />
Quality, Student Experience and Higher Education<br />
COLLEGE STAFF TRAINED<br />
TO USE DEFIBRILLATORS<br />
Defibrillators have been installed at three of our centres<br />
and staff are being trained to use them.<br />
A defibrillator is a device used to stabilise an irregular heartbeat<br />
via an electrical charge following cardiac arrest.<br />
We have installed the equipment at our Huddersfield Centre,<br />
Engineering Centre and Dewsbury Centre and staff at each<br />
centre have attended specialist training on how it is used. It is<br />
hoped more staff can also be trained.<br />
Assistant health and safety manager and first aid coordinator,<br />
Ian Lee, said: “This equipment can be a lifesaver – cardiac arrest<br />
is one of the biggest killers in the UK.<br />
“Bus stations, restaurants and lots of other places now have<br />
defibrillators installed and we decided it would be a major plus<br />
for the welfare of our staff and students to have the equipment<br />
on site.<br />
“The training staff are doing is an essential life skill to add to<br />
their first aid knowledge, which will also be useful for them<br />
outside of college because they would be confident to use a<br />
defibrillator in any situation.”<br />
The college is using LifePak AED – the same model as<br />
paramedics at West Yorkshire Ambulance Service.<br />
This means if there was a patient at college who needed to be<br />
transferred by ambulance the treatment could continue using<br />
the same equipment.<br />
www.kirkleescollege.ac.uk<br />
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