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DEBATE SKILLS


IN ASSOCIATION WITH:


MEETING ‘NEW NORMAL’ CHALLENGES WITH SKILL


We joined with Themis at Burnley College and asked our panel what skills and leadership qualities had come to the fore during the pandemic and how they had adapted to the challenges of the ‘new normal’


Neil Burrows – Themis at Burnley College


In March, when we had to evacuate the college and send all the staff home, we thought it was going to be the hardest thing we had to do. Within a week all our teachers were delivering online courses to all our students. Our students completed all their qualifications that year.


We’ve now got staff set up for remote work and remote learning, we’ve got some students still at home and 


We’ve turned challenges into positives and exciting opportunities, like the way we’ve changed how 


  do this, you must do that,’ we’re educating them, and we’re trying to talk to them about why we’re doing it, 


We constantly communicate with staff, weekly messages about the risk assessments and health and safety 


Neil Burrows


 


PRESENT:


Richard Slater – Lancashire Business View (chair) Sarah Crossley – Burnley College Miranda Barker – East Lancashire Chamber of Commerce Sharon McDonald – North West Aerospace Alliance


Matthew Pemrick – Paradigm Precision Paul McShane – Pipeline Induction Heat Neil Burrows – Themis at Burnley College Lee Bayman – Daisy Communications


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