nwslc - wigston campus
I am extremely proud to be Principal and CEO of such an innovative, high
performing and caring college. After studying at the College over 90% of our
students progress into work or higher education. Student behaviour and attitudes
at the College are rated as ‘Outstanding’ by Ofsted. This results in high levels
of success in our wide range of qualifications as well as exceptional student
skill development and medal achievements in local, regional, national, and
international skills competitions. At the most recent WorldSkills UK national
finals our College was the best performing College in England. Students won gold
medals in creative media makeup, silver medals in digital media production and
visual merchandising, and foundation level students won gold medals in catering
health and social care, and motor vehicle skills. College students also won
seven gold medals in the Welsh International Culinary Championship. The amazing
commitment and high levels of expertise of our teaching and support staff over
the last year has been recognised in nominations for a TES national award (for
our distance and online learning team) and through two national Pearson award
nominations for our beauty and holistic therapies teaching team and for one of
our learning support mentors. We have also been awarded chartered status by the
Chartered Institution for Further Education, the only organisation in the UK
with royal assent to provide chartered status to FE providers. In the last three
years, the College has opened two new world class campuses. The College-led MIRA
Technology Institute (MTI) is located on the HORIBA MIRA Technology Park and is
a learning partnership with HORIBA MIRA, Coventry, Leicester, and Loughborough
Universities. Students and apprentices at this campus are building skills to
support the disruptive technologies such as electrification and cyber security
in the automotive industry. The College’s new Digital Skills Academy located on
the Coventry University Technology Park represents part of our response to the
fast-growing demand for digital skills in all industry sectors. Over the next
year, we will be opening our Centre for Logistics Education and Research (CLEAR)
at Magna Park, in partnership with Aston University and industry partner
Wincanton. We will also be progressing our plans with Nuneaton and Bedworth
Borough Council to move our award-winning restaurant and a new Digital
Innovation Centre into Nuneaton town centre, and we will continue with the
redevelopment of our Nuneaton campus into a 21st century digitally enable centre
of teaching excellence.
