A college team achieved bronze at the UK national finals of the World Skills UK competitions took place from 15-17th November at the NEC in Birmingham.
The college put forward three students to compete as part of a team in the digital video production competition, being only one of five teams across the UK entered to compete in the finals. The team comprised of students, Harry Austin, Tao Hudson and KJ Drake, who are all studying for a level 3 extended diploma in Creative Media – TV and Film.
The national World Skills competitions see the best of the best compete at the highest level in their chosen skills. Spectators had the opportunity to witness exceptional talents in a wide range of fields, including carpentry and hairdressing to floristry and digital video production.
As part of the three-day long competition, the team were given a brief on the day before competing began. Participants were not allowed to speak to their tutors or peers while they were competing. The students were asked to produce a two-minute film to pair Max Erhmann’s poem ‘Desiderata’ with music to creatively develop the meaning of the WorldSkills 'LIVE' event.
The team competed against five other college and university teams to take the bronze medal. A team from the University of Glasgow took silver, while Hinckley College won gold. The team were the highest performing college in the region for the 6
th consecutive year. This will be the 18
th World Skills medal that the college has won in the Digital Video Production category alone over the years of competing.
Student, Harry Austin said: “
I competed in the Worldskills national final for 4 days. I liked the challenging brief and deadline pressure. It felt like a professional project. I achieved Bronze medal. I feel proud and excited for what's next.”
Lecturer, James Fox, said: “
To create a Worldskills corporate mood film in 4 days is a challenge, but to also achieve Digital Video Production 3rd in the UK is a massive achievement for KJ, Tao and Harry. I hope that they go onto greater challenges and use their new skills in their course and beyond.”
David Pomfret said: “
We are immensely proud of our digital video production student team, who have worked extremely hard to achieve the bronze medal, and immensely proud that this is the 18th college medal over recent years in this vocational competition, ranking the college amongst the very best colleges in the UK.”
The national World Skills competitions see the best of the best compete at the highest level in their chosen skills. Spectators had the opportunity to witness exceptional talents in a wide range of fields, including carpentry and hairdressing to floristry and digital video production.
As part of the three-day long competition, the team were given a brief on the day before competing began. Participants were not allowed to speak to their tutors or peers while they were competing. The students were asked to produce a two-minute film to pair Max Erhmann’s poem ‘Desiderata’ with music to creatively develop the meaning of the WorldSkills 'LIVE' event.
The team competed against five other college and university teams to take the bronze medal. A team from the University of Glasgow took silver, while Hinckley College won gold. The team were the highest performing college in the region for the 6th consecutive year. This will be the 18th World Skills medal that the college has won in the Digital Video Production category alone over the years of competing.
Student, Harry Austin said: “I competed in the Worldskills national final for 4 days. I liked the challenging brief and deadline pressure. It felt like a professional project. I achieved Bronze medal. I feel proud and excited for what's next.”
Lecturer, James Fox, said: “To create a Worldskills corporate mood film in 4 days is a challenge, but to also achieve Digital Video Production 3rd in the UK is a massive achievement for KJ, Tao and Harry. I hope that they go onto greater challenges and use their new skills in their course and beyond.”
David Pomfret said: “We are immensely proud of our digital video production student team, who have worked extremely hard to achieve the bronze medal, and immensely proud that this is the 18th college medal over recent years in this vocational competition, ranking the college amongst the very best colleges in the UK.”