Lord-Lieutenant Visits Weston College and UCW

This February Weston College and University Centre Weston (UCW) were delighted to welcome the Lord-Lieutenant for Somerset, Mohammed Saddiq and Denis Burn MBE, the Deputy Lieutenant. The Lord-Lieutenant acts as His Majesty's representative in Somerset. As a champion of the community, they support charity work and volunteering while upholding the interests of the Crown.

After arriving at Weston College’s Knightstone Campus, the Lord-Lieutenant and his Deputy saw students who raised money for the Weston Hospice Enterprise Project. This project challenged our business learners to create products that could be sold to raise money for Weston Hospice. This project raised £7289.87 for the charity. The students showed off their business acumen and the products that they were selling.  

After this, the Lord-Lieutenant and his Deputy visited the Inclusive Practice department to discuss the support that students with Autism receive at the College’s Weston Bay, our residential training facility. This facility allows students to get used to living away from home by managing household tasks like cooking, washing, ironing and cleaning, in addition to developing their social skills.

The visit then moved to UCW to see the impressive digital provision. The Lord-Lieutenant and his Deputy met with students on the Digital and Technology Solutions Degree Apprenticeship who explained how they are gaining skills which are needed by employers. As a part of this, the Lord-Lieutenant and his Deputy visited a practical session in the Networking and Cyber Lab. This enabled them to see how apprentices bring theory into practice using state-of-the-art equipment.