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Local • Reliable Service BROCK TO BENEFIT FROM £281,135 EXTRA FUNDING AIMED AT FILLING LOCAL AND REGIONAL SKILLS GAPS IDENTIFIED BY EMPLOYERS Brockenhurst College will receive a funding boost of £281,135 over two years from March 2024, senior leaders at the College have announced. The money has been earmarked for equipping students from a range of curriculum areas to fill skills gaps identified by local and regional employers. It represents a share of £2.5m awarded by the government’s Local Skills Improvement Fund (LSIF) to a consortium of colleges in the south. Health and Social Care students at Brock will now benefit from an extra £136,625 over the two years. This will buy 30 VR headsets, a human simulator mannequin, a fully equipped hospital bed, 15 screens for immersive learning and software licences. Meanwhile, on Brock’s creative programmes, £135,000 extra will be spent on equipment to enhance technical arts courses. This will include a music studio refurbishment, which will see a new sound desk and PA system installed. Some of the new learning assets will be shared with other curriculum areas to maximise benefits. Improvement Plan, which was developed alongside local and regional employers. The ultimate goal is to secure improved educational outcomes that correspond more directly with the needs of local and regional industry, boosting productivity and economic development. The College will also receive an extra £2,210 to maintain the Tech:Truck outreach resource, which it shares with other colleges in the consortium. Brockenhurst College Principal, Helen Odhams, said: “We are delighted to be part of the group of colleges that has received this additional funding. It will help us to further develop our provision in areas of local and regional skills need, and it will have a significant impact on student learning.” LSIF was created to enable Further Education providers across a specified geographic area respond collectively and effectively to specific skills shortfalls. Led by South Hampshire College Group, the successful LSIF bid outlined initiatives to strengthen teaching and learning across a range of curriculum areas in accordance with industry priorities. These priorities were specified in the Local Skills Blood Brothers Returns to Mayflower Theatre The legendary, award-winning production of the international smash hit musical, Blood Brothers returns to Mayflower Theatre from 27th February to 2nd March. Niki Colwell Evans and Sean Jones will continue to play the iconic roles of Mrs Johnstone and Mickey Johnstone respectively, with Gemma Brodrick reprising her role of Linda, and Joe Sleight as Eddie. Also returning to the cast for 2024 is Timothy Lucas (Sammy), Josh Capper (Neighbour), Sarah Jane Buckley (Mrs Lyons), Tim Churchill (Mr Lyons), Jess Smith (Brenda), Graeme Kinniburgh (Postman/ Bus Conductor), Chloe Pole (Donna Marie) and Alex Harland (Policeman/Teacher). Award-winning playwright Willy Russell’s epic tale of Liverpool life started as a play, performed at a Liverpool comprehensive school in 1981, before opening at the Liverpool Playhouse in 1983. The musical has since triumphed across the globe, completing sell out seasons in the US, Australia, Canada, New Zealand and Japan. Few musicals have been received with such acclaim as the multi-award-winning Blood Brothers, scooping up four Times). Bill Kenwright Ltd.’s production surpassed 10,000 performances in London’s West End, one of only three musicals ever to achieve that milestone. Blood Brothers tells the captivating and moving tale of twins separated at birth, who grow up on the opposite sides of the tracks, only to meet again with tragic consequences. When Mrs Johnstone, a young mother, is deserted by her husband and left to her own devices to provide for seven hungry children she takes a job as a housekeeper to make ends meet. It is not long before her brittle world crashes around her when she discovers herself to be pregnant yet again - this time with twins! In a moment of weakness and desperation, she enters a secret pact with her employer which leads inexorably to the show’s shattering climax. Tickets for Blood Brothers (Tuesday 27th February to Saturday 2nd March) are on sale at mayflower.org.uk or 023 8071 1811. awards for Best Musical in London and seven Tony Award nominations on Broadway, it is considered ‘one of the best musicals ever written’ (Sunday Blood Brothers returns to The Mayflower
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