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Students put through their paces at Gainsborough College
Students from Gainsborough, Lincoln and Newark have taken a planned break from their courses to take part in a week of activities designed to inspire and motivate them. All normal lessons were suspended from the 9th to the 12th of February for learners on the automotive engineering courses who instead got to look under the chassis of a Lotus Elise, improve their team building skills and compete against each other in a five-a-side football tournament.
Automotive lecturer and Course Co-ordinator Kev Gibbon planned the events along with his colleague Steve Lowe. Kev explained: “This is the first ever Enrichment Week we’ve organised at Gainsborough College and we were delighted to see how much the students benefited from it. On Monday championship racing driver Rob Boston talked to them about his career and preparing cars for racing while on Tuesday the Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers (REME) put them through their paces by running a series of team building exercises.
“The week culminated in a tour of
Gainsborough Old Hall and a visit to West Lindsey Leisure Centre where they played football, basketball and squash, found out more about nutrition and healthy eating and watched a martial arts demo by the Gorilla Fight Team. “Each activity was specially designed to challenge their abilities and preconceived ideas, teach them something new about themselves and give them the inspiration and motivation to succeed now and in the future.
“We hope they’ll return to their usual classes this week with a renewed sense of purpose and feel excited about what they could achieve in their careers further down the line.”
Food for Thought
In his early days Rob Boston was an apprentice mechanic. He started racing aged 11 and showed great promise even beating Lewis Hamilton during his early go kart racing career! He now runs Rob Boston Racing in Gainsborough coaching drivers and preparing and testing other team’s race cars. Following his talk at the college during Enrichment Week the students took part in a quiz. The prizes, donated by A E Cook Ltd, were won by Lloyd Dunwell from Newark College and Jordan Jakes from Gainsborough College.
The team building exercises, led by the REME, included constructing a shelter, navigating a maze and erecting the tallest tower using plastic pipes and related to everyday problems they might have to solve if they were a soldier in the army. Warrant Officer Class 2 (WO2) Bryan Walton explained: “Soldiers often have to build shelters or communication towers which involve skills like communication, problem solving and team work which are also important in other jobs and life in general. As well as teaching people new skills these types of exercises also identify who the natural leaders are within a group and give people who are practically minded rather than academic the chance to shine, which is a great confidence booster.
“People think a career in the army is just about fighting but there’s a lot more to it than that. The army employs thousands of tradespeople, from aircraft engineers to bricklayers as well as nurses, HR officers, pharmacists, musicians and more. The army isn’t for everyone but there are a lot of opportunities to explore.”
Emilia McFadzean, a Year 8 pupil at St Benedict’s School in Ealing, has won a special highly commended award in the Henry Kitchener Prize essay writing competition. Emilia was the youngest winner in the country and, along with her certificate, she received a prize of £100 at an Award Ceremony in Central London. The competition for students under 18 years of age was organised by the Institute for Food, Brain and Behaviour (IFBB) which is a national charity making evidence-based policy recommendations, in the area of neuroscience and nutrition. The Henry Kitchener essay writing Prize was launched in 2014 in memory of Henry 3rd Earl Kitchener to encourage exploration into how scientific research in nutrition and neuroscience might help solve practical problems. Henry Kitchener was a physicist who was closely associated with the IFBB for over 20 years. Lady Emma Fellowes, Henry Kitchener’s niece, together with acclaimed film and TV screenwriter Lord Fellowes – creator of Downton Abbey - presented the award. The topic for the competition was ‘How does what we eat affect our brains?’ Emilia thought this sounded very interesting, so she decided to give it a go. “I really enjoyed researching the topic, as I didn’t know that much about it before. When writing my essay, I used fictional characters from my family to illustrate the effects of different foods on our brain. I tried to make it a little humorous as well as scientific, and I think the judges liked this.”
KYOCERA announces strategic partnership with 3D Systems
KYOCERA will be adding 3D Systems’ products to its portfolio - starting with the CubePro family and followed by the ProJet range which will be available in Q2.
The CubePro family offers Plastic Jet Printing ideal for schools and small businesses, while the ProJet Colour Jet Printing range is suitable for R&D, universities and small production requirements. KYOCERA is also offering a range of Cubify software to enable users of all abilities to realise their projects in 3D.
Trevor Maloney, Product Marketing Manager, KYOCERA Document Solutions UK Ltd said: “3D print is being viewed increasingly as a must-have
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print product and we’re delighted to offer the extensive 3D Systems range to our partners and end-users. We’ve selected the CubePro family as ideal for the education market while the ProJet professional range offers a perfect solution for organisations prototyping and verifying products. We now offer our partners and end- users one of the most comprehensive 3D portfolios in the UK, backed by KYOCERA’s excellent technical support and customer service, which means they can be confident about 3D.” Michele Marchesan, Vice President, Chief Revenue Officer, 3D Systems said: “We’re delighted that KYOCERA Document Solutions
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UK Ltd has chosen the 3D Systems product portfolio as the latest innovative offer for its partners and end-users. KYOCERA will provide a unique level of customer service, which when combined with our market-leading products, means that our collaboration creates real synergy and the optimum solution for businesses in the United Kingdom & Ireland considering 3D printing.”
KYOCERA is making 3D print ‘office friendly’ with out-of-the-box Green Button Training for users and a warranty is available on all products to guarantee users a smooth start with their 3D printer.
March 2015
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