City of Glasgow College students take home medals at UK skills competition

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26^th November 2012

                 

City of Glasgow College students take home medals at UK skills competition

Two City of Glasgow College students have won medals at Worldskills UK 2012, a competition recognising talent and expertise in apprenticeships, skills and further education.

Six students from the College were invited to the finals held at the NEC in Birmingham on the 15^th-17^th November. 

In total around 500 people from across the UK turned out to compete in over 50 skills categories.

First year HND Software Development student, Aimee Huggins, won a Gold medal for her brilliant performance in the Microsoft Applications Specialist competition being crowned ‘Best in her Skill’. 

The 18 year old said: “During the competition, we were given four scenarios over the two days; one each for Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Access. I originally wanted to do the competition because I thought it would be fun and help my course. 

“I wasn't really expecting gold, as I found few of the tasks a bit hard. Then my name was called and at first it was pronounced incorrectly but then it dawned on me, I had won! I am really proud to have been able to do this well in the competition and would like to thank all my lecturers at City of Glasgow College for all their help and support.”

Fellow City of Glasgow College HND Computer Networking and Internet Technology student, Asad Munir, won the Bronze medal. Asad came in a fantastic third in the very difficult and highly competitive CISCO Network Technician category.

The 23 year old said: “I wasn’t expecting this medal in my wildest dreams, I never would have thought I would place 3^rd in a UK wide competition.

“Networking is the backbone of my College course. It is because of Worldskills and the confidence provided by my course leader and the College’s computing staff that I achieved this.”

Commenting on the students’ performances, Head of School for Computing, Marion McNab said: “The staff within the school are absolutely thrilled for both Aimee & Asad, we are all so proud of their outstanding achievement”.

Accompanying the student to Birmingham was Curriculum Manager, Margaret Darroch who commented “The four other students all performed incredibly well, under intense pressure, and finished highly placed. They all were a credit to the College whilst testing themselves against the best in the UK. 

“I was enthused by the high level of skill and dedication displayed by all our competitors. Their efforts over the three amazing days were truly inspiring.

“Our Worldskills Mentors, Chris Deegan and Jennifer Robertson, worked with me to meet the lofty expectations required to succeed for high-level competitions. They deserve credit for their efforts.”

  

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