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AYRSHIRE UPDATE
cross College news
Kilmarnock
College
students
show they
have heart
Kilmarnock College students
have taken a practical approach
to their coursework by launching
“Heart 2 Heart”, a British Heart
Foundation charity shop located
within the College.
James Watt credit union
Students at James Watt College’s North
Ayrshire campus have launched a new
financial support programme to help
encourage students to save more and
avoid loan sharks.
The NC Business and Accounting
students have set up the Credit Union
Access and Information point ‘JWC
Money 1’ in partnership with 1st Alliance
Ayrshire. It will offer facilities from the
North Ayrshire College campus and will
be run on a day-to-day basis by a team of
dedicated 1st Alliance (Ayrshire) Credit
Union staff and JWC students.
JWC Money 1 has been set up after the
students were awarded a £500 grant from
Lloyds Banking Group’s Money for Life
Challenge.
Remarking on the students’ success,
Acting Principal Alastair Milloy said:
“I am delighted to see James Watt
College students working on such
a positive venture for the good of the
college’s local community.”
Katy Clark, MP said: “Credit Unions
provide a safe and affordable alternative
and it is fantastic that the college and its
students are promoting financial literacy
and offering a valuable service to the
community at this difficult time. Working
with 1st Alliance Credit Union I am sure
the project will be a huge success for
the students at James Watt College.”
As part of an exciting
“Apprentice” style task, the
College’s Skills for Employment
and Skills for Learning students
have been busy collecting
unwanted goods in a bid to raise
money for the British Heart
Foundation.
Carol Nisbet, Head of Access
and Inclusion at Kilmarnock
College, said: “The British
Heart Foundation carries out
invaluable research aimed at
preventing heart disease – we
are delighted to be supporting
such a worthy cause.”
Ayr college
Construction
Students rock!
The HNC Construction Management class had a blast (literally) on
a recent trip to Hillhouse Quarry. Quarry Manager, Gary Jones
showed the group the result of using 8 tonnes of explosives to
bring down a section of whinstone, allowing them full access to
the quarrying process. The students followed the stones’ progress
through the crushing and screening plants, seeing how
it is utilised in concrete block manufacture and tarmac production.