News and events
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Latest events at Weston College
Latest news and developments at Weston College
Weston College’s Academy of Sport recognises the abilities and efforts of our top athletes and aims to support them to achieve their potential.
As a student at Weston College, you will have the opportunity to combine your academic studies with high-level sporting provision, which will allow you to fully immerse yourself as a student-athlete.
Weston College has joined forces with the St Monica Trust, to offer a brand-new bespoke traineeship which will support young people across North Somerset and Bristol wanting to enter the care industry.
This exciting new opportunity will offer young people a high-quality work experience placement, to provide them with a solid foundation for a career within the sector, through valuable experience and developing the key skills needed for employment in the sector.
The new traineeship will be delivered at The Chocolate Quarter in Keynsham, with the first cohort starting this October.
Weston College Group Principal and Chief Executive, Sir Paul Phillips, said: “We are delighted to be working in partnership with the St Monica Trust, on this really exciting traineeship programme.
“From experience, we know that traineeships are a fantastic platform for young people to gain apprenticeships or full-time employment.
“Learners that complete this programme will gain an Introduction to Care Certificate, as well training on key aspects, such as: equality and diversity, prevent and safeguarding, plus motivation, mindset and target setting.
Chief Executive of the St Monica Trust, David Williams, added: “We’re delighted to be partnering with Weston College in this traineeship that will provide a much-needed pathway for young people to enter the care sector. Caring for older people can be one of the most rewarding careers in the UK health care sector and we look forward to welcoming the trainees to The Chocolate Quarter in October.”
If you would like to apply for this traineeship, please contact: traineeships.enquiries@weston.ac.uk
Mollie’s Motel and Diner have just been welcomed as Future Talent Business Partners of Weston College, in association with the Catering and Hospitality Career Excellence Hub (CEH). The CEH allows learners to take part in many career boosting benefits, and work alongside professionals to pick up skills and knowledge to impress employers looking to recruit the best talent.
Mollie’s is a growing family of motel-diners with big ambitions. In spirit, Mollie’s was born in America – an offspring of the classic roadside motel and drive-in diner, a welcome stopover on a route to somewhere. They borrowed the inviting red neon signs and the easy-going vibe, the burgers, the shakes, the bottomless coffee, a dash of nostalgia, but there’s nothing old-school about Mollie’s. Expect innovative digital check-in, EV chargers, designer rooms with a fresh Soho House look and affordable prices.
Mollie’s reached out to Weston College as part of their career pathways project, hoping for support in their current team’s growth and development, as well as an exciting welcome into the hospitality industry. The company as a whole want to support their people, the communities they serve, and playing a part to reinvigorate the industry.
Trudi Parr, People and Development lead from Mollie’s, spoke about what being part of the Career Excellence Hub means to them: “The Career Excellence Hub helps us provide additional support and structure and gives us an additional platform to reach and enrich the future lives of people joining the hospitality sector and at Mollie’s.
“We want all our team to have a clear career pathway and for us to be able to provide the tools that enable this. Being part of the Career Excellence Hub will help us achieve our goal and promise our team the investment and support in building a longstanding career.”
Once the CEH has been fully embedded into Mollie’s career pathways programme, drop in events will be held for their own team, as well as external events for freshers’ and apprenticeships, to engage with as many people as they can. Trudi explained, “We have a responsibility to invest in the future of hospitality employees and we are looking forward to working with our partners at the career excellence hub to do this.
“We encourage other businesses considering it, to join us! It gives the opportunity to reinvent the narrative, support the development of talent and support the community in an industry that we love.”
Sandra Bull, the Dean of Faculty of Service Sectors, commented, “We are so thrilled that Mollie’s has joined our Hospitality and Catering Career Excellence Hub. Our mission statement is ‘creating brighter futures’ and we passionately believe in helping all our students reach their ultimate goal, focussing on their future employability and developing the skills they will need to have a successful career, and we are confident that Mollie’s will be able to support our learners in this way. We’re so excited to see what happens from this partnership.”
If you’d like to learn more about the Career Excellence Hub, click here!
