Spring Edition: March 2019 Student Newsletter

It’s all about you...Welcome to the Spring edition of the GHQ Student Newsletter! We have decided tocreate a student focused newsletter to keep you all up to date with the latest news,celebrations, events, courses, offers and all things GHQ. Although a majority of the content will be information that we think you need to know,we feel it’s very important that you have an input too! If you have any requests forfuture newsletters, or have a good news story such as a work accomplishment or charityfundraising,  pop Millie an email using marketing@ghqtraining.co.uk – we would loveyou to get involved.

Event UpdatesStudent NoticesRefer a Friend SchemeSocial Media ConnectSector SnapshotsSpring QuoteShort Course Discount

Our team attended Skills South West at Plymouth Pavilions in March, this was agreat opportunity to speak to school students about our apprenticeships andtraining courses. On the 1st day, Dan & Dionne from the Hairdressing & Barbering Departmentcame along to do some demos - Dionne showed students how to style a ‘BeachWave’ and ‘Hollywood Curls’ whilst Dan gave lots of tips on getting the perfect skinfade. On the 2nd day Rachel from the Beauty Dept came along to do nail art andhand massages with one of our Nail Services Students. We would like to say a big thank you to our Level 2 Hairdressing Apprentices, Eva& Lewis, and to our Level 3 Nail Services Student Bethan for giving up time ontheir days off to help us out at the event – you're all stars! If you would like topartake in any future events please let your assessor know.

In this issue:

event updates

skills south west - 13th/14th march

aspire project launch - 7th march

The Aspire Project launched its Opening Event on the 7th Marchat The Future Inn during National Apprenticeship Week. It was aresounding success with schools attending including a presencefrom Building Plymouth and multiple employers. The event sawtalks from employers around Apprenticeships, the value thatapprentices add to their businesses as well as identifying if anapprenticeship could be the right foundation for their careerjourney.

Spring Edition: March 2019 Student Newsletter

STUDENT NOTICESPrevent is a Community Safeguarding Programme which is about safeguarding people andcommunities from the threat of terrorism through radicalisation of individuals and groups. Ifyou suspect any form of extremism/radicalisation you should immediately contact theCentre Manager, James Hughes, as he is the Designated Safeguarding Officer. You shouldalso contact him if you know or suspect that a member of staff or a learner has aprevious history of radical or extreme beliefs/views. For more information on the Prevent Strategy visit the following websites:

What is 'Prevent'?

www.ltai.info/what-is-prevent/ www.educationagainsthate.com

Mind your Ps and Qs...

Your Boss can check your Social Media too!

A friendly to reminder to all students that we have a zero tolerance for bad language withinthe Training Centre. Please be respectful of this at all times. We often have governmentrepresentatives in the building who are responsible for allocating our contracts and fundingand we do not want to jeopardise this with foul language.

According to a 2018 CareerBuilder survey, 70% of employers use social media to screencandidates during the hiring process and about 43% of employers use social media to checkon current employees! Think twice about what you’re posting online, it could cost you a jobopportunity...

upcoming events: Aspire Project Junior Networking - 10th May, Devon Business Show - 12th June

We held an Open Evening to allow potential learners and their parents to tour ourfacilities and to meet out Recruitment Team and Tutors. Our team enjoyed chatting toeveryone that attended about our Further Education opportunities. If you know someone who is interested in training with us who couldn't make theevent, please spread the word that they can call us on 01752 218086 to book in for a 1-1information session.

open evening - 27th march

Spring nail competition - 25th april

The annual Spring Nail Competition was held in our TrainingSalon in April. This competition is a great opportunity for theLevel 3 Nail Services Students to get creative and to showcasethe skills that they have been developing throughout theircourse. All the ladies had to put lots of effort into their designs and hadto create a mood board to base their nail art on. The judgesbased their score on many areas including originality, design,visual interest, balance, presentation, complexity, workmanship,detail and theme. The winner of the competition was Amanda for her ‘Woodlandto Sea’ magical theme, her complex handmade features and wellthought out theme won over the judges! The runner up wasCandy Rain’s Apprentice, Amelia, for her ‘Maleficent’ themedwinged nails. Enjoy your prizes ladies.

Spring Edition: March 2019 Student Newsletter

Level 3 Beauty Therapy @ A Salon Called FishLevel 3 Nail Services @ Network HQLevel 3 Business Admin @ Crown Secuirty Level 3 Business Admin @ Beresford WardLevel 3 Business Admin @ Martin & CoLevel 2 Customer Service @ Eyelash QueenLevel 2 Customer Service @ SMAS WorksafeLevel 2 Hairdressing @ The Cutting GardenLevel 2 Childcare @ Achievers Day NurseryLevel 2 Childcare @ Bambinos Day Nursery

ApprenticeshipVacancies

Spring Edition: March 2019 Student Newsletter

We have had some staff updateswithin the department – the team willnow focus on delivering specificareas which are: Ian - ManagementStacy - Business AdminLee - Customer Service Tina - Functional Skills Business Skills also offer lots ofworkshops such as Learn to Learn,Principles of Business, Personal &Professional Development, ManagingPerformance, ICT for Business, AnIntroduction to Digital Marketing,Bookkeeping & Accounts for SmallBusiness and Living the Brand. Theseworkshops apply to all workplacesand are open to everybody toattend, enquire with recruitment orany of the Business Skills Team forfurther information on how to bookon to a course and possible fundingavailable.

sector snapshots

beauty therapy business skills childcare

education & Training functional skills hairdressing/barberingIn the Break Room we run a ‘Word ofthe Week’ to get everyone's brainthinking. So far this term we havefeatured: Intransigent, cacophony, fastidious,cantankerous, affable,parsimonious, abscond How many do you know themeanings of?  Also, there are changes coming toFunctional Skills assessments inMaths and English for studentsstarting after the Summer. Onechange is that there will be nodictionaries allowed for writing sovocabulary building is one our aims.There will also be a non-calculatorpaper so being able to reachsolutions using mental and writtenmethods will be important.

Have you thought about going intoteaching/ training in the FurtherEducation or Skills Sector? AlthoughGHQ has been delivering assessingand teaching qualifications for awhile, we are very excited toannounce that 'Education & Training'is now a sector of its own! We havebeen linked with Business Skills in thepast, but due to growth we are nowa whole sector of our own. We would like to take thisopportunity to introduce NickyMundy as the new ProgrammeLeader for Education & Training. Thefollowing qualifications fall underour sector: Internal Quality Assurer(IQA), Certificate in AssessingVocational Achievement (CAVA),Award in Education & Training (AET)and the Certificate in Education &Training (CEAT).

After becoming accredited by theGuild of Beauty Therapists inOctober, our short courses are infull swing. These short courses runat GHQ on Thursdays and as theyare fully accredited this means onceyou have passed you can start toearn some money from your newskill straight away. We currently have a special offeropen for all of our students at GHQ.If you are an Apprentice you get a50% discount and if you are anAdvanced Learner Loan Student youget a 25% discount! Enquire withthe team and add some newtreatments to your services! We run the very popular IndividualEyelash Extensions and Eyelash Lift& Tint as well as Waxing, E-Filingand Gel Polish.

Stacey is currently working withGoldwell to organise a training dayfor all of our learners in October!We will hopefully have 3ambassadors from London running3 different training pods forlearners to interact & ask questions. Our first 3 students have startedworking hard to prepare for theirEnd Point Assessments this summerwhich is very exciting. We would also like to welcome Katyto the team who is our new HairAssessor working from Cornwall.Cornwall is becoming a very busyarea for GHQ. Dan will be running a BarberingEvening so keep your eyes peeledas dates will be confirmed soon!

Paediatric First Aid Courses arebeing run on a regular basis now inour Plymouth Centre which countstowards off-the-job training forChildcare Apprentices. These arealso open to any other SupportTeaching & Learning/ChildcareLearners who want to become aFirst Aider or renew their certificateat a small cost. Please contact yourassessor for more information. We have opportunities forApprentices to join various Nurseriesacross the region. Do you knowsomeone who’s looking for anapprenticeship? Maybe you knowsomeone that’s looking for a newcareer in Childcare? If so, tell themto call us on 01752 218086 todiscuss our vacancies (if they’resuccessful you'll win a voucher tosay thanks as part of our ‘Refer aFriend’ scheme!).

spring quote Success is easy! A successful Joe is just anaverage Joe with more focus.