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NCD Apprenticeship Success
New College Durham is proud to announce that last week they won a further regional accolade in this year's North East Apprenticeship awards. This is in addition to the recent award by the North East Chamber of Commerce for Larger Business of the Year.
Apprentices, businesses and educational facilities from County Durham, Gateshead, Newcastle, North Tyneside, Northumberland, South Tyneside and Sunderland were nominated across a range of categories. New College Durham won the award for Training Provider/Programme of the Year.
Andy Broadbent, Principal and Chief Executive of New College Durham, said:
“This fantastic award reflects the dedication of colleagues who continually identify, incorporate and deliver course updates and delivery methods. This ongoing desire to deliver improvement has now been recognised as second to none across the North East. We are delighted to have won this prestigious accolade and offer our congratulations to everyone else who were nominated in our category”
Andy added, “For the last fifty years New College Durham has worked hard to support and promote apprenticeship opportunities across the region. This year we also took the further step of sponsoring a category award for Intermediate Apprentice of the Year to help promote the fantastic opportunities that an apprenticeship provides.”
The ceremony was held at Newcastle United’s St James’ Park, with the awards being presented by previous contestant on BBC’s The Apprentice, fitness entrepreneur and presenter, Katie Bulmer Cooke.
Natasha Francis, Director of Apprenticeships, New College Durham, said:
“Our apprenticeship program at New College Durham has been ranked as top in the North East. This award recognises the amount of effort the team here invests in making things even better. We pride ourselves on maintaining excellent working relationships with hundreds of employers across the Noth East which in turn benefits our students in both the quality and range of placement opportunities.
While winning our category, we are also proud to actively support and contribute to the apprenticeship landscape nationally. It is refreshing to see awards that recognises and champions apprenticeships.”
New College Durham is 1st in the North-East Region for apprenticeship provision across all ages and all levels. At the award ceremony last night there were no less than five current students and three business partners nominated for a range prizes.
NCD's celebrations at the North East Apprenticeship Awards were not only limited to their own win, we also celebrated two apprentice winners!
Benjamin Urwin / Durham County Council (AAT) was awarded Professional Services Apprentice of the Year
Kieron Harden / NG Bailey was recognised as Intermediate Apprentice of the Year
Other nominees from and working with NCD included:
Amy Mackay / Fresh Digital - Technology and Digital Apprentice of the Year
Arran Whittaker / Bellway Homes - Construction Apprentice of the Year
Jenna Worthington / Durham County Council – Higher Apprentice of the Year
Mentor of the Year (Business links)
Geoff Scott / Keepmoat
Michael Johnson / Persimmon Homes
Ashley Henderson /Fresh Digital
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Image caption – Andy Broadbent, Principal and Chief Executive of New College Durham (Centre Rear) and the team from New College Durham celebrating the award for Training Provider/Programme of the Year.