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Lets hear from our staff....

Lets hear from our staff....

"This trip to Canada is just one of many opportunities I have been grateful to receive during my 6 years working at Borders College.

It has been a privilege to work with the 10 students selected for this trip lately on fundraising, promoting and organising activities for the trip with all of their engagement, as well as the other Borders College and Centennial College staff that are involved. It is clear just how excited everyone is for the opportunity.

I am more than excited to see the 10 students experience this trip after all of the work and efforts that have went into it, to be able to experience another culture and broaden their global citizenships. For myself and Hannah also, this will be a great opportunity to create relationships with Centennial College staff and to see how innovative their processes and offerings are over there. For me personally, and as I am also in my 4th and final year on my Business Management Graduate Apprenticeship degree; conducting my final dissertation project around different styles of leadership, I am looking forward to working and experiencing a different college culture at Centennial.

I am extremely grateful to have been given this opportunity to represent Borders College and look forward to ensuring the trip is a success for all students."


- Kerryn, Training Co-Ordinator with the Department of Enterprise and Business Innovation.



"I am beyond excited to be a part of this incredible international excursion. This opportunity will benefit me personally as I feel that the hands-on experiences of being in a college in a different country would provide so much inspiration as to the ways in which qualifications are delivered. Being a new assessor, and only employed with the college for just over a year, this opportunity will allow me to learn, adapt my delivery skills and highlight areas of my practice which are successful and/ or may need to be adapted providing a better experience for my own students. I believe that the excursion will allow Kerryn and I and for  students the opportunity to develop intercultural understanding, communication skills, and give the experience needed to inspire others to travel and develop an insight to global citizenship. The opportunity will also be beneficial to the wider college as through others witnessing the experience, they may also be encouraged to develop their understanding, promote the views and encourage multiculturalism within Borders College. 

I have already seen the hard work the student have put into fundraising already and getting organised for the excursion.

I am enormously grateful for this opportunity to represent Borders College, and looking forward to this trip of a lifetime!"


- Hannah, Tutor/Assessor of Social Services and Healthcare with the Department of Enterprise and Business Innovation. 





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