German mayor visits College

The Mayor of Weston-super-Mare’s twin city in Germany has visited Weston College to see how it has grown in recent years.

Mayor of Hildesheim, Dr Ingo Meyer, and his Civic Officer, Oliver Roesner, visited the College on Wednesday 18th May.

The two German visitors were joined by Weston Town Mayor Raymond Armstrong, Mayoress Joan Dunne, and North Somerset Councillor and College Governor Ian Porter.

The German city of Hildesheim has been twinned with Weston-super-Mare since 1983 and the duo were eager to learn more about the College.

They visited Knightstone Campus to meet with Senior Assistant Principal Linda Burlison and Executive Director for Apprenticeships and Commercial Strategy Liz Redwood.

The German Mayor discovered how the College has grown throughout the past 15 years, about the course offerings, its provision for students with learning difficulties and disabilities, and the ongoing building developments.

The group then visited the College’s South West Skills Campus, in Locking Road, to have a tour of engineering facilities from the College’s Executive Director for Professional and Technical Curriculum, Andy Davidson.

Dr Meyer said: “It was a very interesting visit. What I particularly liked is that Weston College has a focus on the needs of businesses it works with and I think this is very, very important, and what I would like to have more of in Hildesheim, it’s the area of focus for me. We need to create good workers for the future.”