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Cornwall College make a Splash
Cornwall college were looking to give their students the edge in the job market and had set out to evaluate a number of schemes including Ride the Wave.
As part of the evaluation, the college selected to run the Splash on 21st January 2009 with 80 Level 3 vocational students with the support of 12 regional employers as the event experts.
To fund the programme, Working Knowledge collected the student portfolios for Working with Others Level 2.
Students enjoyed the day as Martin Wheeler commented "I have more confidence and have learned that it is easier to achieve goals as a team. The best thing was to meet the experts and receive good feedback.".
Local business people were invited to take part in the programme with the aim of engaging local employers and showcasing the talents of Cornwall College's students. Twelve business people - acted as 'experts' and certainly went away impressed as Steve Murphy of the Chartered Management Institute commented.
"A humbling day. The future is in safe hands with enthusiastic individuals who have good ideas and are willing to listen to advice - and sometimes take it on board."
From the tutor perspective Tate Richardson summed up the day as "Really innovative and informative approach and I enjoyed the way the learners were enthused and incentivised."
Event Profile:
Cornwall College, Splash 21st January 2009
68 Students attended
13 new business ideas created
12 Business Experts attended
39 Business meetings conducted
13 Presentations delivered
Student feedback from 75 responses*
- 94% said their experience over the day was ‘OK’ or better
- 70% said it was ‘Good’ or better
- only 5% of responses rated any of the sessions as ‘Not So Good’ or worse
*74 response rate
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