On Tuesday 5th October, Harrow College celebrated the return of our Annual Student Awards Ceremony at the KP Centre in Kenton. The Student Awards are held to recognise young people and adults who have excelled in education and skills training, fought against the odds, given time as volunteers, and supported their peers in the past year.Maya Ghazal in her aircraft

RtoL: Group Principal & CEO, HCUC, Dr Darrell DeSouza, Mayoress, Mrs Mamona Ali, Mayor of Harrow, Cllr Ghazanfar Ali and Principal of Harrow College, HCUC,
Jo WithersGuest speaker for the awards night was none other than Maya Ghazal, Goodwill Ambassador for UNHCR! In 2015, Maya Ghazal fled Damascus and aged 16 started a new life in the UK under a family reunification scheme. Unable to speak the language she taught herself English and overcame numerous barriers to secure a place in school to restart her interrupted studies. Through a combination of hard work and tenacity she is now is studying for a degree in Aviation Engineering and Pilot Studies at University in London. Her speech was one of hope, highlighting the importance of education and self confidence. 

The awards night was also graced by the Mayor of Harrow, Cllr Ghazanfar Ali and Mayoress, Mrs Mamona Ali. The Mayor provided atendees with some words of wisdom alongside presenting the cross college awards to a number of winners!

There were a number of talent showcases performed by students and staff alike to keep guests entertained!

Talent Showcases:

Fusion Dance Group - Nikiben Patel, Niti Patel, Palak Patel, Riddhi Patel, Soham Khan and Virali Patel.
Original Vocal Solo - Alessia Zuddas.
Instrumental Guitar Solo - Nicolas Da Silva.
Vocal Solo - Robyn Green

Winners

Business Student Award Winner

Hassan Garawi

Hair & Beauty Student Award Winner

Aaliya Ghani

Sport Student Award Winner

Rashaun Hippolyte

Best wishes to our nominees for Business | Hair & Beauty | Sport

Alaan Shama
Bibi Hussna Shirzad
Brendan McCarthy
Etsegenet Yohanes
Hilton Pieterson
Madalin Zamsa
Raahi Patel
Yoel Yacob

Construction Student Award Winner

Jasmine Abd-Allah

Childcare and Health & Social Care Student Award Winner

Isha Jamnadas

Best wishes to our nominees for Construction | Health & Social Care and Childcare
Abbi Cooley
Charlie Mcintosh
Janeece Mc Donald
Laila McDougall
Nia Gill
Royston Deniz
Rozaria Ramos
Sadie Cristofoli
Salma Dirie
Simran Gorasia
Tyler Power

Art Student Award Winner

Cristina Adam

Foundation Studies / ALS Student Award Winner

Oliver Zelezinski

Entry & LLDD Student Award Winner

Juhi Shah

Best wishes to our nominees for Art & Design | Foundation Studies | ALS | LLDD
Dhruv Patel
Esther Clarke
Janushaan Thavalaban
Niraj Greval
Omari Isaacs
Ranjot Singh
Sona Lakhani

ICT Student Award Winner

Shimon Bloch

Higher Education Student Award Winner

Nitin Parsotam

Science Student Award Winner

Caterina Florescul

Media Student Award Winner

Isabella Waters

Best wishes to our nominees for ICT | Science | Media | Higher Education
Ange Augou
Asab Kumaraswamy
Baran Karayapi
Bartek Zielinski
Daniel Gadd
Diksha Malla
Fazna Farzan
Harshita Maru
Jamie Davis
Jyoti Patel
Niduka Weerathunga
Owen King
Sara Farooq

ESOL Student Award Winner

Moneer Ibrahim

English Student Award Winner

Yasser Tetouani

Maths Student Award Winner

Sara Farooq

Best wishes to our nominees for ESOL | Cross College English & Maths
Brady Landu
Dawud Eliyas
Elakiea Nagendran
Emi Bulica
Fatima Wardag
Iuliana Rebecca Gomoi
Leandro Benito
Malisha Warnakulasooriya
Medhanie Mahari
Mekonen Welday
Mohammad Saeed
Musa Musa
Nicolas Da Silva
Niduka Weerathunga
Sadie Cristofoli
Shehani Fernando
Souleymane Diallo

Cross College Awards

Adult Learner of the Year

Winner

June Nissanka Mudiyanaselage

Highly Commended

Djamila Sidiqi

Apprentice of the Year

Winner

Linn Dybvik

Highly Commended

Keerdana Balachandran

Employer of the Year

Winner

Weald Rise Primary School

Student Ambassador of the Year

Winner

Korie Edwards

Highly Commended

Daniel Badvie

Volunteering Award

Winner

Jasmine Abd-Allah

Highly Commended

Maimuna Ejaria

Student of the Year Award

Winner

Baran Karayapi

Highly Commended

Terence Tetterfio

Principal’s Award

Winner

Fazna Farzan

Highly Commended

Bessie Aban-Owusu

A BIG THANK YOU TO

The Mayor and Mayoress of London Borough of Harrow, Our Students and Staff and all our guests for joining us, make this a real evening of celebration, and to Maya Ghazal for sharing her inspirational journey.

Our British Sign Language (BSL) Interpreters - Debbie Jerrom and Shanie Bowes.

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Staff from the Student Services team at Harrow College participated in the World biggest coffee morning and successfuly fundraised £126.52 for the charity!

According to Macmillan Cancer Support, a £100 donation can pay for a person affected by cancer to attend a health and wellbeing event, providing them with skills to improve the management of these areas in their lives.

Macmillan understands how cancer can affect people’s whole lives – health, money, family, job; everything. 

Macmillan Cancer Support take the time to understand the support people need to live their lives as fully as they can. From the moment of diagnosis and whenever they are most needed, they help people find their best way through. their help is totally focused on each individual person, so everyone receives the support that’s best for them.

If you or someone you love has been affected by Cancer, get in touch with Macmillan. For information, support or just someone to talk to, call them free on 0808 808 00 00 (7 days a week, 8am-8pm).

Osman Peermamode, Director of Data and Analytics at Vodaphone, with level 2 students.

On Wednesday 24th November the Business Studies Department at Harrow had their very own Expo! Expos provide students with the opportunity to share their knowledge and insight with the wider community within the college as well as with guests, and the Business Studies students were more than enthusiastic to do so!

Nikkiben Patel and Alaa Ahmed presenting their chocolate bar.Both the Level 1 and Level 2 students were presenting coursework on how they would analyse, develop and market their own chocolate bar. They had created their own logos, wrappers and some had even created their own adverts! Osman Peermamode, Director of Data and Analytics at Vodaphone, was very impressed with the work that he saw that day, and complimented students on their hard work.

The Level 3 Students presented coursework based on their analysis of Harrow College’s social media presence. They provide great insight and some wonderful tips on what would appeal to students in their age group, looking to apply to college.
Hassan Al Mohammad, Zacaria Garad and Madalin Zamsa presenting their chocolate bar.

Madalin Zamsa, a Level 2 Business student, had the following to say about studying at Harrow College, “I like studying Business because it brings out my competitive and creative nature and helps me to really use my problem solving skills. Especially in Harrow College, where the teachers are very interactive and helpful.”

Interested in doing a course from this department? Click here to view courses.

The L3 Extended Diploma Architecture, Interior and Product Design, Year 2 students were kindly allowed to decorate the studios of Juttla Architect's this Christmas. If you are around Ruislip High Street please have a look at them. The students were given the task to design festive decorative lights which had to be focused around the theme of architecture. Students also researched the history of the Juttla practice and incorporated some of these elements into their designs.

 The Year 1 Architecture, Interior and Product Design students held a festive winter fayre on Wednesday 15th of December at St Annes Shopping Centre in Harrow town centre. The students were there to promote and sell their very own Festive Lights that they had designed and made as part of their course, using CAD software. Students did this in order to raise funds, and to use the proceeds from the sales to arrange for all Year 1 students to enjoy a guided educational tour of architecturally important buildings and structures around London.

The Fayre was a great success and all of the lamps displayed were sold by the end of the day! A fantastic effort from all the students that contributed their art to the cause, and also from the students and tutors that manned the stall on the day!

Over 40 ESOL-related qualifications offered (ESOL/English at all levels, Living and Working in the UK, Employability, Maths, ICT and Progression)
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Course information

ESOL Part-Time Day Courses:

Our ESOL (English for Speakers of Other Languages) courses run in semesters with different enrolment dates. You will learn a lot of important skills and can take a wide range of qualifications in some or all the subjects listed below*:
• Speaking and listening
• Reading
• Writing
• Maths
• Living and Working in the UK
• Employability and Digital Skills
• Volunteering (Level 1 and L2)
• Progression (L2)
• Preparation for Pre-Entry

(The choice will depend on the course you are enrolled on.)

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ESOL Part-Time Evening Courses:

Our English evening courses run in semesters with different enrolment dates. You will learn a lot of important skills and can take a wide range of qualifications in some or all the subjects listed below*:
• Speaking and listening
• Reading
• Writing
• Maths
• ICT

*All courses above are subject to availability

Last month the Level 1 and 3 Hairdressing students at Harrow College took part in an initiative to organise fundraising activities in support of Safe and Sound Dorset; a charity that supports women who are vulnerably housed to access stable accommodation. The charity offers advice for housing, education and employment, 1-1 mentoring and specialist help for things like welfare.

The hairdressing students offered a wash, cut and blow dry to students, tutors, and the public alike, in exchange for a donation towards the charity. They also baked and sold delicious homemade treats as well as stocking fillers, teas and coffees.

As a result of their fantastic efforts, the hairdressing students have raised a massive £235.31 for Safe and Sound Dorset. These funds will be used towards the charity’s 2022 challenge of raising 22k to assist with offering free creative community sessions to women and girls, who are isolated or at risk in and around Bournemouth.

Well done!

Harrow College hosted a pair of ‘Stay Safe’ fayres across Harrow on the Hill and Harrow Weald campuses this January. The idea behind these fayres is to raise awareness off all the resources and information available to young people in order to keep them safe.

There were representatives from a variety of institutions present including the Metropolitan Police, GamCare, Mind Harrow, JHOD, Harrow College Student Union, Digital Skills, The Mosaic Trust and the NHS. Student wellbeing is central to Harrow College’s ethos and the Stay Safe fayres are an important part of the college’s student wellbeing activity.

If you have any questions or concerns you can find more information by clicking here.

Alternatively, please contact our designated officer:
Lee Janaway, Designated Safeguarding Lead and Head of Guidance and Student Services
020 8909 6135 ljanaway@hcuc.harrow.ac.uk

All our students have a success story. Whether it's academic, sporting or personal success - we guide and support our students at every stage to ensure that they gain not just a qualification but also have everything they need to succeed.

Read about some of our student success stories below:

	Awards for West Met Skills Apprentices from Harrow College
	Architecture, Interior and Product Design students showcase their creativity for Juttla Architects
	Harrow College Students reach the final of Fujitsu’s ‘Operation Innovation’ competition
	Strong A Level, Level 2 & 3 Vocational Course and GCSE results at Harrow College in 2021 despite pandemic disruption
	Harrow College Student Awards 2021

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It's all about YOU at Harrow College. We are committed to providing you with the opportunities to go above and beyond to reach your potential. Our students go on to do big things, whether it's joining prestigious universities or making it big in the business/corporate world or excelling in their field.

Read about the progression of our students below:

	Check out our Alumni page here.
	Final year Architecture, Interior and Product Design students collaborate with Juttla Architects.
	Business Students showcased their shrewd insight to senior representative from Vodafone.
	Strong A Level, Level 2 & 3 Vocational Course and GCSE results at Harrow College.

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The Safety and wellbeing of our students and staff is of utmost importance to us. We have a safeguarding team across all college campuses to help you keep safe and secure. Our weekly tutorial sessions deliver a range of topics to our students to help academic and personal development. Topics include: 

• Study skills for students
• Safeguarding
• Prevent
• Sexual Harassment
• British Values
• Mental Health
• Health & Fitness
• Knife Crime
• Volunteering
• Shelter in place
• Career Opportunities
• Student progress

The student support team, in addition to providing help and support to students also organise lectures/presentations and student activities related to several topics affecting students such as:

• Bullying
• Health and fitness
• Environment and sustainability
• Mental health and well being.

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Get career-ready at Harrow College. We work hand-in-hand with over 100's of employers to provide an industry-led curriculum, work experience opportunities, branded assignments, visits, workshops and more to provide you with the skills and opportunities to improve your prospects and be ready for the world of work.

Read about how our students have benefitted from our links with employers:

	Students gain industry insight to help kick start their careers
	Harrow College Students reach the final of Fujitsu’s ‘Operation Innovation’ competition
	Harrow College student is winner of the Apprenticeship in the Sustainable and Responsible Business category

For more information, click on the images below.

Delighted to announce that our IT Entry 3 student, Kaled Yactine, has been awarded the Jack Petchey Award!

Kaled was nominated by his tutor because of his amazing progress on his course, his support of other students in the classroom and for how well he has settled into his new life in the UK, from Lebanon.

As part of his award, Kaled has won £250 for himself and his classmates to put towards a trip to the London Aquarium and a trip on a Thames River cruise later this year.

Well done, Kaled! We're all very proud of you.

Mr Sanjay Shah and his three apprentices, Callum O’Day, Leena Mahmoud and Tyler Lewis visited the ICT department at Harrow-on-the-Hill site on 8 March 2022. Mr Said Shittu briefed them about the ICT infrastructure of the Harrow-on-the-Hill campus. The team then visited our Level-3 classes, the main goal was to motivate them and provide in site information for joining the apprenticeship route.

Mr Sanjay compared studying at University which can be costly, a degree will cost £10k per year in tuition fees, plus additional living expenses. Learners will undoubtedly leave university with student debt without any job guarantee. Apprenticeships, on the other hand, appeal to those looking for alternatives to university as they take a more practical approach to learning. The focus is on training for a specific career and learning and developing skills by doing the job.

"You'll gain hands-on experience and have the opportunity to apply your skills immediately and more importantly, you will get paid from day one.”

Callum O’Day, Leena Mahmoud and Tyler Lewis also shared their apprenticeship experience and day to day routine. This generated a lot of enthusiasm and our learners expressed their interest to pursue the apprenticeship route after their Level 3.

At the end of the day, Ms Rida Butt invited a guest speaker, Ms Jackie Slattery from Computer Stone, who provided information about recycling ICT equipment.

In the Spring term, Level 2 Business students banded together to fundraise for Ukrainians in crisis. Setting up shop in the reception area of the enterprise building, they offered sweets and treats, baked goods and other confectionary for their fellow students to purchase, with all of the profit being donated to the Disasters Emergency Committee for the Ukraine Humanitarian Appeal.

In the end the L2 students raised £127.43 in just two hours! Thank you to all that supported and attended the spring market event. Harrow College is very proud of our students and their commendable activism.

Currently our year 2 Architecture, Interior and Product Design are working on a project with The Museum of London developing ideas based on the Museum's new site at Smithfield's Market in Farringdon. Recently our students had a brilliant opportunity to visit the site and see the work first hand. The students were shown around by representatives from the Museum and the Architects.

Level 3 Media student, Vishalini Mangalarubain is the Jack Petchey Achievement Award winner for her constructive and inspiring contribution to Harrow College’s Enrichment Programme. Vishalini and one of her peers decided to create an Anime and Manga Club for students who have an interest in these two visual storytelling mediums. Within this club, students watch different anime’s, read manga, comics and graphic novels. They also design characters and discuss science fiction, steampunk and fantasy visual arts.

As co-founder of the Anime and Manga Club, Vishalini has promoted this club within the college grounds and most recently at the student fayre in March, where she was able to recruit many new members. The Anime and Manga club has allowed students to express their passion and curiosity for Japanese production and it has been a great contribution to student life at college. In the future, Vishalini hopes to plan club trips that relate to Anime & Manga in London, and to grow the club next year with new members.

Harrow College is a wonderful melting pot of diversity. We have students that have come to us from across the globe. With that being said, many of our students have come from countries that are suffering ongoing difficulties. Students of the ESOL department decided to put together a fundraiser to show support and solidarity with nations across the world that are experiencing crises.

The fundraiser was a remarkable event! There were home-made baked goods as well as snacks and cultural delicacies that one could purchase. There were also henna artists and tuck shop goodies available. In total, the team effort amounted to a whopping £726.82 which will be donated to the Red Cross!

Harrow College ESOL students volunteered to do some litter picking in the park areas around Harrow on the Hill Campus. This was in an effort to promote sustainability and keeping the community clean. Students cleaned up the Lowlands Park area next to Harrow on the Hill Campus and the green hill opposite the college. Their teachers Dahir Hoddoon and Andra Metsaluik were keen for their students to take part in a volunteering activity and show that they care for the local environment. All the students enjoyed the opportunity to do something really good for the local community.

In March, Belinda Asafo-Agyei from Bels Beauty Complex visited Level 3 students at Harrow College to provide specialist insight on Afro hair.

Belinda discussed the different approaches to and frequency in washing afro hair, and what products can and cannot be used on the scalp from a trichologist's point of view - everyone's scalp and hair is different and so no one range suits all. She also talked about a variety of scalp conditions and disorders and how a trichologist differs from a dermatologist.

Belinda also went into detail about what working in the industry is like and how best to navigate dealing with difficult situations or with clients that don't take on her professional recommendations. The Level 3 students were very interested in learning more about trichology and found the training session to be very insightful.