Student's high level meeting in London

A WARRINGTON student travelled to London for a high-level meeting about his course.
Priestley College student Dan Smith, 18, went to the capital with Julie Bond, the diploma lead at Skills Academy for Health North West to meet Sir Alan Jones, chairman of Toyota, and Education Minister Jim Knight.
Dan was invited to talk about his experiences on one of the new advanced diploma pathways. He will be among the first students in the country to graduate from such a course next summer, in Society, Health and Development.
Warrington has been one of the first authorities to adopt this new way of learning with schools, colleges and employers collaborating on the programme that is a part of the move to develop 14-19 education options.
Dan said: “It was the first time I had ever visited London, so to do that and also meet with these very important people was really interesting.
“I suppose it was a little intimidating at first but I was happy to see that the Minister really was interested to hear what I had to say and potentially use it as a basis for future decisions that are to be made.”
From September Priestley will be adding two new advanced diploma qualifications to its range in the areas of Creative and Media and Business, Administration and Finance.
Picture shows (left to right) Julie Bond, Jim Knight, Dan Smith and Sir Alan Jones.