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MARCH 2010: ISSUE 10 Website: www.southwark.ac.uk Telephone: 02078151600
Initiative aims
Project gives
to help local
community
AN INITIATIVE has been set up
By PAUL BLAIR
exclusively for Level 2 learners across
the School of Engineering at Southwark
focus with the School and feel a bit left
College to give them a sense of
out or not so important.”
importance and direction.
Engineering learners, under the
The Taking it to the Local
supervision of lecturer Joe Mackintosh,
Community (TLC) scheme focuses these have already designed and built a
learners in community-led activities, prototype alarm but now aim to reduce
which provide a direct and visible the size to that of a matchbox. Joe said:
benefit to the local community of “Presently the alarm is quite big. We
Southwark. Engineering learners have need to make it more compact and easy
started to build a panic/personal alarm to carry. The alarm also needs to
for local elderly residents while IT be made louder to be an effective
learners are to run a ‘healthy options’ deterrent.
tuck shop during the two daily breaks. “Once we’ve managed to solve these
All money raised will go to a local issues, the learners will solder and put
charity selected by the youngsters. the components together, which forms
Stuart Blackmore, Curriculum part of their curriculum. We hope to
Manager for the 14-19 IT and build 50 units, which we will hand out
Engineering courses at the College, to elderly residents near the
explained why the Level 2 learners Bermondsey centre.”
were chosen for the TLC initiative. “At The tuck shop, run by IT learners,
the start of the academic year, a lot of will open for business after Easter.
energy goes into learners who are new They are currently putting together a
PROBLEM
to the College; familiarising them with list of non-perishable health-conscious
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the College layout, systems and sup- foods that can be sold. A website to e
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university or a full-time career. Level 2 developing websites to promote the
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shop will form part of their course too.”
University
Youngsters given
LEARNERS at Southwark
By PAUL BLAIR
College have been urged to
play it safe when surfing the and not giving out too
net or using popular social many personal details to
network sites such as companies.
Facebook. Efejona Magbegor, a Level
That was the key message 1 ICT lecturer, said that the
to 25 teenagers from the event proved to be a huge
School of Engineering at an success.
E-Safety morning last “Many learners did not
month. realise how dangerous it
Learners were given could be to give out too
advice on how to safeguard many details about
their personal information themselves on social
and were made aware of the networking sites like
dangers of meeting people Facebook.
after making initial contact “They were also made
online. Other tips included aware that their personal
the installation of the right data is valuable and they
software on to computers should be selective on who
SAFETY FIRST: Learners find out more information about surfing the internet safely
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