Learning Support Student Testimonials
Student Testimonials
Ahmad
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hi my name is ahmed ismo i’m 17 and i’m
doing level 3 extended diploma in
business
after my gcses which i completed at the
end of 2018
um i decided to
have lots of visits around different
secondary schools in derby
i had many visits to derby college to
make sure the building and the overall
environment suited my needs college
conducted
risk assessments to make sure that i was
safe while i was at college
right so students
attend college
during the transition period in order to
complete support plans a support plan is
a plan which identifies specific support
needs for the student and and how the
college are able to
cater for their needs a support plan
allows the members of staff who will be
with the students to identify exactly
how they’ll be supported this support
plan is shared amongst all the lecturers
and different members of staff they’ll
be working with
after achieving my gcses and getting the
grades i did
i could have gone on to the level 3
business course straight away however i
decided to
do the level 2 business course this is
because i’ve never studied business as a
subject derby college allowed me to
create and go through with this
personalized study program to
get to know the college get to know
how using assignments
and different forms of submission
over exams
college offer a wide range of support an
option is to have in-class support
available this support will allow
students to achieve the best possible
outcome on their course
college promotes independence this is
done by offering a wide range of
technology that students can access this
technology includes laptops ipads and
livescribe pens okay so students can
access a wide range of support outside
of the classroom whether it be personal
or academic a good example of this is
the base room the base room is available
to all students in which they can use to
get one-to-one support
during the transition period an exam
arrangement is brought up with the
student from their previous educational
provider
this allows students to ensure that they
can access their normal way of working
college offer a wide range of
technological services for students
access
a good example of this is the derby
college onedrive
allows students access their onedrive
from home or within the college in order
to help them complete work college also
allows students to complete printing
from their mobile phones this technology
is put in place in order to promote
students independence
after completing the level two business
course in which i achieved two merits i
was initially going to go to the joseph
right centre to pursue a levels however
after extensive advice and guidance i
decided to progress onto the level 3
course this level 3 course will allow me
to achieve my future goal which is to
study
law at university in order to pursue a
career
in the legal
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sector you
hi my name is ahmed ismo i’m 17 and i’m
doing level 3 extended diploma in
business
after my gcses which i completed at the
end of 2018
um i decided to
have lots of visits around different
secondary schools in derby
i had many visits to derby college to
make sure the building and the overall
environment suited my needs college
conducted
risk assessments to make sure that i was
safe while i was at college
right so students
attend college
during the transition period in order to
complete support plans a support plan is
a plan which identifies specific support
needs for the student and and how the
college are able to
cater for their needs a support plan
allows the members of staff who will be
with the students to identify exactly
how they’ll be supported this support
plan is shared amongst all the lecturers
and different members of staff they’ll
be working with
after achieving my gcses and getting the
grades i did
i could have gone on to the level 3
business course straight away however i
decided to
do the level 2 business course this is
because i’ve never studied business as a
subject derby college allowed me to
create and go through with this
personalized study program to
get to know the college get to know
how using assignments
and different forms of submission
over exams
college offer a wide range of support an
option is to have in-class support
available this support will allow
students to achieve the best possible
outcome on their course
college promotes independence this is
done by offering a wide range of
technology that students can access this
technology includes laptops ipads and
livescribe pens okay so students can
access a wide range of support outside
of the classroom whether it be personal
or academic a good example of this is
the base room the base room is available
to all students in which they can use to
get one-to-one support
during the transition period an exam
arrangement is brought up with the
student from their previous educational
provider
this allows students to ensure that they
can access their normal way of working
college offer a wide range of
technological services for students
access
a good example of this is the derby
college onedrive
allows students access their onedrive
from home or within the college in order
to help them complete work college also
allows students to complete printing
from their mobile phones this technology
is put in place in order to promote
students independence
after completing the level two business
course in which i achieved two merits i
was initially going to go to the joseph
right centre to pursue a levels however
after extensive advice and guidance i
decided to progress onto the level 3
course this level 3 course will allow me
to achieve my future goal which is to
study
law at university in order to pursue a
career
in the legal
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sector you
Bene
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we build personalized study programs
with and for our young people for whom
standard off the peg curriculum model
that we have in place wouldn’t
necessarily work and meet their needs
so building a personalized study program
allows us to use the flexibility in
curriculum design
to put a program together where the
structure the content the delivery and
even the assessment methods are all
adjusted and flexed in order to meet
individual needs so the first thing that
we would look at would be the core
element of the study program so as
simple as thinking about whether that’s
going to be driven by qualification or
whether the focus is going to be on
rapper to develop and prepare for
further education or possibly for
employment
english and maths we would be looking at
whether it’s gcse
it might be more appropriate for a young
person to be working towards functional
skills depending on the level of their
prior qualification and in some cases
we’d also be considering exemption from
english and or maths
either through a young person having an
ehcp or using tolerance within
conditions of funding
we would think about the sorts of time
scales that we’re working to so whether
we’re extending a qualification over a
longer period of time for a young person
we would think about whether there’s
anything in terms of specific content
that we would need to build in for the
individual and we might think about
things like assessment methods and how
those might need to be differentiated
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you
we build personalized study programs
with and for our young people for whom
standard off the peg curriculum model
that we have in place wouldn’t
necessarily work and meet their needs
so building a personalized study program
allows us to use the flexibility in
curriculum design
to put a program together where the
structure the content the delivery and
even the assessment methods are all
adjusted and flexed in order to meet
individual needs so the first thing that
we would look at would be the core
element of the study program so as
simple as thinking about whether that’s
going to be driven by qualification or
whether the focus is going to be on
rapper to develop and prepare for
further education or possibly for
employment
english and maths we would be looking at
whether it’s gcse
it might be more appropriate for a young
person to be working towards functional
skills depending on the level of their
prior qualification and in some cases
we’d also be considering exemption from
english and or maths
either through a young person having an
ehcp or using tolerance within
conditions of funding
we would think about the sorts of time
scales that we’re working to so whether
we’re extending a qualification over a
longer period of time for a young person
we would think about whether there’s
anything in terms of specific content
that we would need to build in for the
individual and we might think about
things like assessment methods and how
those might need to be differentiated
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you
Will
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hello i’m will i’m 20 years old i’m
studying i t at derby college and i’ve
got the opportunity to say that i’ve got
a diagnosis of asd
today i’m here to talk about
the curriculum my adaptable curriculum i
call it the free year thing
my three year thing was my level three
it qualification which would have
normally been two years
but for me it’s been adapted over a
period of three years
in year one i did three units year two i
did five units and year three i did five
units with a total of thirteen units
altogether
this three-year study problem that’s
been successful because it’s made it
more it’s made the world manageable it’s
given me less anxiety
it doesn’t everyone it’s still been
challenging but it’s made it it’s made
it so i can manage my time it’s made it
so i’ve got a longer period of time to
it to achieve what i want to achieve
i’ve become more relaxed and i always
know i will achieve
everything in the end it just takes me a
bit longer so when i finish studying in
june i’ve applied to the university of
south wales to study
bs the honors degree in it
so in 220 days i’m happy with cardiff
which
something real
the difference that coming to derby
college has actually made
five years a day i couldn’t imagine my
life the way it is now
it’s changed incredibly when i first
came to derby college i wasn’t very
confident i didn’t even talk to members
of staff in the past three to four years
i have developed confidence
in december 2019 i was invited to london
taught in front of 200 people in terms
of how confident i’ve become and the
person i am today
i feel that curriculum can be adapted
whatever area you’re gonna study in it’s
all about the learner and the students
needs it’s all about what they want ask
them how do you want to do this course
you want to do over two years or three
years and that is how it should be
adapted that question should be built in
to an interview like when a a student is
applying for college
one of the strategies that i’ve
developed while at college
running in my spare time because running
is so important it gives you the mental
break from everything you’ve got to do
my strategy is to continue on at
university protecting myself that mental
and physical break from coursework and
just life in general if i was to thought
my time at derby college it’d be
excellent amazing emotional
incredible adventurous and thankful
[Music]
you
hello i’m will i’m 20 years old i’m
studying i t at derby college and i’ve
got the opportunity to say that i’ve got
a diagnosis of asd
today i’m here to talk about
the curriculum my adaptable curriculum i
call it the free year thing
my three year thing was my level three
it qualification which would have
normally been two years
but for me it’s been adapted over a
period of three years
in year one i did three units year two i
did five units and year three i did five
units with a total of thirteen units
altogether
this three-year study problem that’s
been successful because it’s made it
more it’s made the world manageable it’s
given me less anxiety
it doesn’t everyone it’s still been
challenging but it’s made it it’s made
it so i can manage my time it’s made it
so i’ve got a longer period of time to
it to achieve what i want to achieve
i’ve become more relaxed and i always
know i will achieve
everything in the end it just takes me a
bit longer so when i finish studying in
june i’ve applied to the university of
south wales to study
bs the honors degree in it
so in 220 days i’m happy with cardiff
which
something real
the difference that coming to derby
college has actually made
five years a day i couldn’t imagine my
life the way it is now
it’s changed incredibly when i first
came to derby college i wasn’t very
confident i didn’t even talk to members
of staff in the past three to four years
i have developed confidence
in december 2019 i was invited to london
taught in front of 200 people in terms
of how confident i’ve become and the
person i am today
i feel that curriculum can be adapted
whatever area you’re gonna study in it’s
all about the learner and the students
needs it’s all about what they want ask
them how do you want to do this course
you want to do over two years or three
years and that is how it should be
adapted that question should be built in
to an interview like when a a student is
applying for college
one of the strategies that i’ve
developed while at college
running in my spare time because running
is so important it gives you the mental
break from everything you’ve got to do
my strategy is to continue on at
university protecting myself that mental
and physical break from coursework and
just life in general if i was to thought
my time at derby college it’d be
excellent amazing emotional
incredible adventurous and thankful
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you
Hope
[Music]
i’m hope and i’m not currently 98 years
old and studying level animal care
school i must say was awful for me it
was not a
present time at all socially and
academically
i joined college in 2017
at the oxton campus of derby college
and i was left two years
on a pathway to working life course
and now i’m at broomfield hall derby
college summer it up
i’d say that it’s the transition i
needed
since i’ve come to broomfield gained a
lot of confidence and independence and
hands-on experience
i’ve started catching both the college
bus and public buses
college are
very supportive in that they’re very
involved in that and
i definitely say that anyone
that comes into college would be in
good hands
my support plan has all of my needs
involved in it such as meet and greet in
the morning off of my college bus and i
get taken back to my bus when the
college day is finished
breaking lunch support base room support
where there’s space
to learn with additional support and
resources
and sort of much more quiet area as well
and one-to-one sessions happen
within that room as well
i definitely couldn’t come to college if
i didn’t have
the support that i have
guaranteed anymore the support i must
say is very there’s a lot of heart that
goes into the sport it’s very
personalized we
do what’s called a rag sheet
and we color code it to
our strengths and how we feel
in lessons and how the lessons are going
and we update it very regularly
it’s always tailored to us
and we have these wristbands and rude
bands on one side it says okay with a
smiley face which represents we’re
feeling okay and on the other side not
okay but a non-smiley face so however
we’re feeling relates to this band
yes it’s a struggle sometimes i won’t
lie but
with the support that i have
it’s it’s doable
and i i can come to college with it i
don’t let it stop me
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you
i’m hope and i’m not currently 98 years
old and studying level animal care
school i must say was awful for me it
was not a
present time at all socially and
academically
i joined college in 2017
at the oxton campus of derby college
and i was left two years
on a pathway to working life course
and now i’m at broomfield hall derby
college summer it up
i’d say that it’s the transition i
needed
since i’ve come to broomfield gained a
lot of confidence and independence and
hands-on experience
i’ve started catching both the college
bus and public buses
college are
very supportive in that they’re very
involved in that and
i definitely say that anyone
that comes into college would be in
good hands
my support plan has all of my needs
involved in it such as meet and greet in
the morning off of my college bus and i
get taken back to my bus when the
college day is finished
breaking lunch support base room support
where there’s space
to learn with additional support and
resources
and sort of much more quiet area as well
and one-to-one sessions happen
within that room as well
i definitely couldn’t come to college if
i didn’t have
the support that i have
guaranteed anymore the support i must
say is very there’s a lot of heart that
goes into the sport it’s very
personalized we
do what’s called a rag sheet
and we color code it to
our strengths and how we feel
in lessons and how the lessons are going
and we update it very regularly
it’s always tailored to us
and we have these wristbands and rude
bands on one side it says okay with a
smiley face which represents we’re
feeling okay and on the other side not
okay but a non-smiley face so however
we’re feeling relates to this band
yes it’s a struggle sometimes i won’t
lie but
with the support that i have
it’s it’s doable
and i i can come to college with it i
don’t let it stop me
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you
David Torrington
[Music]
let me stop by introducing myself my
name is david torrington i’m the
managing director of sky recruitment
solutions so we’re a derby-based
multi-sector recruitment company
we’ve worked with derby college actually
for
four or five years now
through a variety of means so we have an
academy with derby college
but we also provide lots of other
support in terms of
employability for students
the group interviews came about
initially through the academy program so
there was a discussion about derby
educated students having an education in
derby i’m moving away from derby which
obviously is a drain on the resource so
i decided to set an academy up hoping
that my involvement with students would
then lead to them staying in derby
through my academy working in my
business and avoid
a drain of talent if you like moving out
of the city
as a business sky recruitment solutions
um
we’re quite non-traditional in that we
don’t
look for a particular type of person in
terms of work experience qualifications
or anything else so we rely purely on
personality
background irrelevant education
irrelevant
character is what we’re looking for so
in that respect uh being an
all-inclusive company fits in really
well because we get students from a
variety of different backgrounds
different levels different um
society backgrounds etc so yes we with
uh with engage with with a lot of people
with a different background
part of the group
in our current academy one particular
student
approached me
so we did the the presentation we did a
group interview where we explain what
the academy is about specifically
one particular student wanted to apply
for the academy but wanted to know a bit
more about it and how we could help them
in particular to settle in to the group
in the business so they approached us
initially
with their own personal specific needs
which were based around familiarising
themselves with my business with my
staff with the location
really with the end aim of making them
feel comfortable once they actually
start working in the academy itself
i personally recommend the academy
system through derby college to any
employer in the area the only cost
is your own time
but i genuinely believe if you put your
own time into it and
embrace the opportunity embrace the
people that apply for the academy and
put the time in yourself you’ll get the
benefit from it in the long term
you
let me stop by introducing myself my
name is david torrington i’m the
managing director of sky recruitment
solutions so we’re a derby-based
multi-sector recruitment company
we’ve worked with derby college actually
for
four or five years now
through a variety of means so we have an
academy with derby college
but we also provide lots of other
support in terms of
employability for students
the group interviews came about
initially through the academy program so
there was a discussion about derby
educated students having an education in
derby i’m moving away from derby which
obviously is a drain on the resource so
i decided to set an academy up hoping
that my involvement with students would
then lead to them staying in derby
through my academy working in my
business and avoid
a drain of talent if you like moving out
of the city
as a business sky recruitment solutions
um
we’re quite non-traditional in that we
don’t
look for a particular type of person in
terms of work experience qualifications
or anything else so we rely purely on
personality
background irrelevant education
irrelevant
character is what we’re looking for so
in that respect uh being an
all-inclusive company fits in really
well because we get students from a
variety of different backgrounds
different levels different um
society backgrounds etc so yes we with
uh with engage with with a lot of people
with a different background
part of the group
in our current academy one particular
student
approached me
so we did the the presentation we did a
group interview where we explain what
the academy is about specifically
one particular student wanted to apply
for the academy but wanted to know a bit
more about it and how we could help them
in particular to settle in to the group
in the business so they approached us
initially
with their own personal specific needs
which were based around familiarising
themselves with my business with my
staff with the location
really with the end aim of making them
feel comfortable once they actually
start working in the academy itself
i personally recommend the academy
system through derby college to any
employer in the area the only cost
is your own time
but i genuinely believe if you put your
own time into it and
embrace the opportunity embrace the
people that apply for the academy and
put the time in yourself you’ll get the
benefit from it in the long term
you