Well the temperature has certainly dropped and autumn is definately here...chilly!
This has been another week that has flown by... We started by taking over 30 students to start their Work Experiences in and around Torbay - they have all settled in and are having a great time with their respective placements.
Tuesday brought another network meeting at The Grand Hotel, very well attended and great to see some new faces. On Wednesday I managed to spend the day in Exeter visiting a couple of new placements and enjoyed a very interesting talk, with a good lunch obviously, at the Exeter Chamber meeting at The Rougemont Hotel...great people there and some excellent new contacts. I visited Broadclyst Primary Scool to meet the team there and to see how their student Rafa was doing - very happy to report that all is well there and what a fab school - really great atmosphere there. Also went to CALM (Centre for Additive Layer Manufacturing)..wow, what a great place, such great technology and really looking forward to finding a suitably qualified student tyo enjoy a placement there.
On Thursday, yet another breakfast!!! this time with the South Devon Business Club SDBC, held at Follaton House in Totnes it was great to meet so many new people and catch up with some familier ones! Breakfast was 'continental' style and provided by Simon Dolly - made a really nice change (good coffee too)...the meeting did bring some really good contacts and opportunities so will have to have a good look at some incoming students to match to the placements.
Next week we have a group of Lecturers from the Romanian American University - always an interesting group. We are off to South Devon College University Campus to see Jon Hall and also to Exeter for a tour of the Exeter University among others, along with some social/cultural visits around the area.
The student meeting this week is a Friday night party at The Half Moon with a Karaoke provided by Phoenix Roadshow...I'm sure there will be pictures for Facebook for next week!
I have to dash off to introduce a student to her Work Placement at Roselands School, I know she, and they will have a great time..
No pics this week as I didn't take any!
So..gotta go, have a great weekend.
Ciao for now.
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