Interior D�cor student bags top excellence award
Added: (Mon Apr 23 2007)
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Interior D�cor student bags top excellence award
Interior D�cor student from West Kirby, Jen Stewart, has scooped a rare City & Guilds Medal for Excellence award in recognition of her exceptional work.
Jen, a student at Wirral Metropolitan College, is one of only 87 lucky people to scoop the 2006 award and pipped over 750,000 other entrants to land the City & Guilds Medal for Excellence for her outstanding performance on the Interior Decor course.
City & Guilds, the UK�s leading awarding body for work-related qualifications, awards the coveted Medals for Excellence, which reward talented people who have displayed exceptional standards as students or educational professionals, and whose portfolio and achievements put them a cut above the rest.
According to the City & Guilds judging panel: �work of an extremely high standard is presented in this nomination in which the care and consideration of the craftsperson is evident. She is a deserving recipient of the Medal for Excellence and we are delighted to have chosen her for this award.�
Presented by Mr Trevor Myers at the City & Guilds ceremony in Reading on 16th March 2007, a thrilled Jen said: �When I was asked how it felt to receive the medal for excellence I couldn�t describe it, so I slightly adapted a Chinese proverb: give a woman a design and she�s happy for a day. Give her the knowledge and the skills to create her own designs, and she�s happy for a life time!!
I�ve always had a passion for art and design and wanted to realise this. The City and Guilds course was perfect, I started part time and was able to look after my young son and study too. Level 2 led on to Level 3 and before I knew it, I was on the full time diploma course, with a part time job and a seven year old son to pick up from school. I intend to set up a business designing and making craft items for individual clients, and hope to build the business up to include some commercial clients too.
I�m currently employed by Wirral Metropolitan College as a part time tutor teaching the City and Guilds Design and Craft, so that�s a kind of medal too!�
Jen is now in the running to win one of eight prestigious Lion Awards, dubbed the �education Oscars�, which will be announced later this year at a gala event to celebrate learning, success and achievement, in London.
Dot Rowe at Wirral Metropolitan College, said: �Jen has deservedly won this mark of special distinction. She is a real inspiration to others and demonstrates that getting the right skills can be the passport to fulfilling your true potential and, more importantly, your dreams.�
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Photographs are available from Nadia Mahmud on 020 7294 8054 or nadia.mahmud@cityandguilds.com
For further information contact:
Nadia Mahmud (name of college contact)
PR Executive, City & Guilds (title, name of college)
Tel: 0207 294 8054 (tel no)
E-mail: nadia.mahmud@cityandguilds.com (e-mail address)
Notes to editor:
� City & Guilds (www.cityandguilds.com) is the UK's leading awarding body for work-related qualifications.
� City & Guilds Medals for Excellence 2006 were awarded to 117 people (learners, lecturer and City & Guilds verifiers) who specialise in a broad range of subjects from management and IT to care and creative studies.
� In total, City & Guilds awards 1.3 million certificates to learners each year on over 500 subjects ranging from hair and beauty to catering and management. 1.9 million people are currently working towards a City & Guilds qualification.
� The City & Guilds Group operates from three major hubs: London (servicing Europe, the Caribbean and Americas), Johannesburg (servicing Africa), and Singapore (servicing Asia, Australia and New Zealand).
� The City & Guilds Group comprises the Institute of Leadership & Management (management and leadership qualifications), NPTC (land-based qualifications) and the Hospitality Awarding Body (catering and hospitality qualifications).