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Herdip

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Herdip
Herdip first attended Wakefield College in 2005-2006 where she successfully completed the Certificate in Personnel Practice. This was the first time since school that Herdip had been in formal education, but although she found the experience rather daunting, she met every challenge that the course presented to her, and she began to realise her own potential when she received successful assessment grades...

Paul

Paul
Paul has been a volunteer within community boating since the early 90’s. The boat is used to engage young people who are referred to the Bradford Motor Education Project due to behavioural problems, difficulty with mainstream education, special needs and health/victimisation issues. Paul has progressed through the organisation – initially as a volunteer through session work, to become a full time employee...

Phil

Phil
Phil joined the University of Leeds Amaze Yourself enterprise training course in March 2007; at that time he had not been working for over 3 years due to ill health.
Determined to become independent from incapacity benefits and work in an area which mattered to him, Phil sought to acquire the skills and knowledge to set up his own business and develop his future on his terms...

Sheila

Sheila
Sheila left school at 15 with no formal qualifications. She worked for 30 years in administration in various sectors (including insurance, trades unions, transport and engineering). She has worked for the University of Huddersfield since 1997 and joined the School in 2003 as the manager in charge of some administrative staff and of
student records. With the extra responsibility, Sheila was the first member of staff at the university to study at HE level without any formal qualifications...