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<p data-pm-slice="1 1 []">On 11th and 12th of November 2021, <a href="https://www.weston.ac.uk/what-can-i-study/courses-16-18-year-olds/compu… 3 Computing</a> learner Mircea Ionescu will be competing in the grand finals of the prestigious WorldSkills national&nbsp;competition!</p>

<p><a href="https://www.worldskillsuk.org/">WorldSkills&nbsp;UK</a>&nbsp;is a biannual ‘skills&nbsp;olympics’ that supports young people by testing their ability to achieve world-class standards. This national event normally takes place in the Birmingham NEC, however this year the 64 different competition&nbsp;areas are being hosted separately at across the country.</p>

<p>Mircea is one of nine students across the country to have made it to the finals in Web Design, which will be hosted by Weston College at <a href="https://www.westonwintergardens.co.uk/">The Winter Gardens Pavilion in Weston-super-Mare.</a></p>

<p>We caught up with the Nailsea School alumni who added:</p>

<h3><em>"I first heard about World Skills from my Website Development Lecturer in my first year, who encouraged me to take part in it.</em></h3>

<h3><em>"In order to get selected for the World Skills finals, I had to design a professional looking website during the qualification stage of the competition. Then during the semi-finals I had to complete the full front-end development of a website testing my skills in HTML and CSS production.</em></h3>

<h3><em>"I am very excited to have been chosen to compete in the World Skills finals, I also feel a great deal of pride in the recognition of the hard work of both my lecturers and I. &nbsp;</em></h3>

<h3><em>"Weston College has played a very important role in my journey to the World Skills finals, all the skills I have learnt during my time here are being tested during this competition. My tutor, Jason Hill, has helped me to get ready for this with great coaching and competition preparation.</em></h3>

<h3><em>"I have learnt so much already during my time with the World Skills contest. I understand how to work under the pressure of time constraints better than ever and I have vastly expanded my knowledge of development languages such as PHP and Javascript."</em></h3>

<p>This exciting news is just one of the fantastic&nbsp;career&nbsp;enhancing opportunities&nbsp;available at the college, through the&nbsp;newly launched&nbsp;<a href="https://eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwesto… Excellence Hubs.</a>&nbsp;</p>

<p>At the College each subject area forms&nbsp;its&nbsp;own specific Career Excellence Hub, endorsed by relevant sector employers which&nbsp;help to create a study programme with lots of career boosting benefits, WorldSkills competing opportunities is one of these.</p>

<p>Mircea will also be joined in the finals by <a href="https://www.ucw.ac.uk">University Centre Weston (UCW)</a> student <a href="https://www.weston.ac.uk/news/computing-star-jack-heading-worldskills-f… Kimmins.</a></p>

<p>After finishing his Level 3 course, Mircea plans on staying with the team at Weston to study the <a href="https://www.ucw.ac.uk/courses/applied-computing-bsc-hons/">BSc Applied Computing degree course at UCW</a>.</p>

<p>The winners of all WorkdSkills competitions will be crowned at a ceremony hosted by TV presenter Steph McGovern from her Packed Lunch studio on Friday 26 November.</p>

<p>We'd like to wish Mircea the very best of luck!&nbsp;</p>

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<p><a href="https://www.weston.ac.uk/what-can-i-study/courses-16-18-year-olds/compu… here to learn more about our Computing courses and Career Excellence hubs</a></p>

<p lang="EN-GB" paraeid="{1e8b9452-d5c9-4b44-b12e-4464f0e453f0}{155}" paraid="837433930" xml:lang="EN-GB">Weston College and University Centre Weston alumni Jack Kimmins is proving his amazing talents in computing as he is selected for the finals of the WorldSkills national&nbsp;competition.&nbsp;</p>

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<p lang="EN-GB" paraeid="{3e894158-dc2d-47b1-ad8f-696acda90106}{212}" paraid="333486024" xml:lang="EN-GB"><a href="https://www.worldskillsuk.org/">WorldSkills&nbsp;UK</a>&nbsp;is an&nbsp;independent charity&nbsp;that&nbsp;works&nbsp;with employers, education and governments,&nbsp;supporting&nbsp;young people across the&nbsp;world&nbsp;via competitions-based training, testing their ability to achieve world-class standards in the biennial ‘skills&nbsp;olympics’.&nbsp;</p>

<p lang="EN-GB" paraeid="{57e2f1d7-18cc-4ac5-bcc2-25d6a27d09bb}{76}" paraid="1320591153" xml:lang="EN-GB">Over 3,000 people registered to take part in the UK-wide competitions in March &nbsp;2021 and Jack is one of 400 who made it into the finals,&nbsp;which is&nbsp;split into 64 disciplines.</p>

<p>Jack is competing in the Web Design category which is to take place in Weston-super-Mare, hosted by Weston College.</p>

<p>Talking about the selection process, Jack commented: "To get into the finals, I first had to make it into the semi-finals, which involved creating a suitable website design that met a predefined client's brief. Then, to qualify for the national finals, I had to build a website using HTML and CSS that met specific requirements and that was based upon a website wireframe design."</p>

<p lang="EN-GB" paraeid="{a3f7ba3c-a6a6-4e68-b420-848930eec348}{144}" paraid="977226024" xml:lang="EN-GB">The College will host the prestigious&nbsp;WorldSkills&nbsp;UK National Web Design Competition&nbsp;from&nbsp;Wednesday 17^th&nbsp;November – Friday 19^th&nbsp;November, with the winners being crowned at a ceremony hosted by TV presenter Steph McGovern from her Packed Lunch studio on Friday 26 November.&nbsp;</p>

<p lang="EN-GB" paraeid="{a918904d-3de7-4241-a373-3eb573130dcf}{186}" paraid="736473802" xml:lang="EN-GB">This exciting announcement is just one of the fantastic&nbsp;career&nbsp;enhancing opportunities&nbsp;available at the college, through the&nbsp;newly launched&nbsp;<a href="https://eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwesto…; rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank">Career Excellence Hubs.</a>&nbsp;</p>

<p lang="EN-GB" paraeid="{a918904d-3de7-4241-a373-3eb573130dcf}{189}" paraid="1159169574" xml:lang="EN-GB">At the College each subject area forms&nbsp;its&nbsp;own specific Career Excellence Hub, endorsed by relevant sector employers which&nbsp;help to create a study programme with lots of career boosting benefits, WorldSkills competing opportunities is one of these.</p>

<p lang="EN-GB" paraeid="{a918904d-3de7-4241-a373-3eb573130dcf}{189}" paraid="1159169574" xml:lang="EN-GB">Jack continued:&nbsp;"The support that I have been provided throughout my journey with WorldSkills has been excellent. I have attended every meeting and practice session available to me, which has enabled me to focus on the distinct details of the competition.</p>

<p>"I'm very proud that I have made it this far in the competition and to represent my university in the national finals.</p>

<p>"This opportunity has enabled me to expand my knowledge and practical abilities with web development. It is also given me more self-trust in my abilities, as it being a competition, the nature of it requires you to have a degree of confidence in your skills to be successful in it."</p>

<p>We wish Jack the very best of luck with the finals and continuing to succeed with his Masters degree. A <em>very</em> bright future ahead!</p>

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<p><a href="www.weston.ac.uk/computing">Click here to read more about our Computing and IT department, including the Career Excellence Hubs</a></p>

<p><a href="https://weston.ac.uk/news/congratulations-our-worldskills-uk-national-f… here to read more about our other WorldSkills Finalists</a></p>

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