‘T-party’ celebration for T-level graduates
Thu, 15 August 2024
Health students at Tameside College were celebrating as they collected their T-level results at a ‘T-party’ in their honour
The success of the first ever T-level graduates at Tameside College was reflected in the students accepting places at Keele University and Manchester Metropolitan University as well as apprenticeship and employment opportunities.
The health T-level was run in partnership with Tameside and Glossop Integrated Care Foundation who provided placements in a diverse range of clinical care roles. Andrea Powers, lead clinical education and training practitioner, said: ‘T-level qualifications open up opportunities alongside traditional health roles. Placements with the allied health professional teams have brought the students into contact with professions such as: dieticians, midwives, podiatrists and radiographers. It gives students a first-hand experience to explore different roles’.
Graduates of the course include Matilda Ocran who has accepted a place in diagnostic radiography at Keele University, who said: ‘The T-level in health has helped me enormously. I was able to describe my experience on placement at the admissions interview. The teachers and health professionals have helped develop my confidence and achieve my goal to become a sonographer’.
Amy Sherriff, is the first in her family to study at university after accepting a place at Manchester Metropolitan University to study Integrated Health and Social Care. Gabe Fraser has his sights set on joining the marines as a frontline medic who cites his experience with podiatrist team in helping to confirm his career goal. Chloe Fellowes is exploring relevant apprenticeships to become a paramedic whilst Shaylee Woodward and Keisha Finn are looking forward to pursuing careers working in health and children.
Jo Beresford, head of department for health and social care at Tameside College, said: ‘We are so proud of the achievements of the first cohort of T-level students at Tameside College. They have benefited from the close relationship between the employer and college and the guidance offered to them. We have seen them grow and are delighted with what they have achieved during the course’.
To find out more visit: www.tameside.ac.uk