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The College of West Anglia is proud to celebrate the success of Amy Durrant from The Queen Elizabeth Hospital King’s Lynn Foundation Trust, who was awarded Highly Commended in the Level 4/5 category at the Norfolk Apprenticeship Awards.
Amy completed the Operations Departmental Manager Level 5 Apprenticeship with the College, developing advanced leadership and operational management skills, while continuing to make a meaningful impact within her role at QEH. The recognition reflects her commitment to professional development and her contribution to strengthening healthcare services through effective management.
The Level 5 apprenticeship programme equips apprentices with the skills required to lead teams, manage projects, and drive organisation improvement; qualities that Amy demonstrated throughout her apprenticeship journey.
Amy said, “Completing my apprenticeship at CWA has allowed me to unlock my potential within my career. With the support of my Commercial Trainer, David Colgan, I have been able to apply the knowledge I have learnt to make a real, positive change in my role. At the Queen Elizabeth Hospital, I have implemented learning from all modules in the Level 5 operational standard, making improvements in digitisation and overall staff experience.
It has also allowed me to progress further in my role. I started as an apprentice with the management team with five direct reports, and I now manage four separate areas of work with 10 direct reports. Including taking over our outreach team that administers all our apprenticeships. I’m happy that I can use my own positive experience with apprenticeships to help promote this within my own organisation.”
David Colgan, Apprenticeship Assessor at the College of West Anglia, said: “Watching Amy be recognised at the Norfolk Apprenticeship Awards was an incredibly proud moment. She has shown such dedication and growth throughout her Level 5 Apprenticeship, which resulted in her winning the Apprentice of the Year award at the College of West Anglia student awards last year. Her recognition is so well deserved and reflects not only her hard work, but the positive impact apprenticeships can have when learners fully commit to the opportunity. It was an honour to celebrate her success.”
Students from the College of West Anglia’s Performing Arts courses took to the stage for their much anticipated ‘Solos and Duets’ performances, delivering an evening of powerful, creative and diverse performances at the King’s Lynn campus.
The studio-based showcase featured a dynamic programme of short scenes created, choreographed and performed by Level 2 and Level 3 Acting, Dance and Musical Theatre students. Entirely student-led, each piece reflected the individuality, skill and artistic growth developed throughout the term.
Audiences were treated to a varied line-up of performance styles and influences, with extracts and interpretations inspired by titles such as Bonnie and Clyde, Good Will Hunting, Footloose, Elvis, Pearl Dangerous, I Hear a Symphony, Goo Goo Muck , Hazbin Hotel, Little Women, Knives Out, alongside original devised work created by the students themselves.
The evening provided performers with the opportunity to demonstrate both technical ability and emotional depth, while giving family, friends and supporters a glimpse into the progress made across the academic year so far. From dramatic intensity to high energy musical numbers, the showcase highlighted the versatility and confidence of CWA’s emerging performers.
The spring performance forms a key part of the Performing Arts calendar, offering students a professional platform to refine their craft in front of a live audience and gain invaluable performance and experience.
Connor Brightman, who is studying the UAL Extended Diploma in Performing Arts Level 3, said, “For my solos and duets performance I chose a piece from Black Mirror, as it is something out of my comfort zone. However, even though it was a challenge, I was able to develop new skills to build a new character. I enjoyed having the opportunity to work on projects that enabled me to challenge myself, work with new people, build confidence and new skills.”
Lily Corby who is also undertaking the UAL Extended Diploma in Performing Arts Level 3, reflected on her performance, saying, “I enjoyed taking part in the solos and duets performance. As I was able to dance, which is my passion and I love but I also got the opportunity to perform in front of an audience, which is what I want to do in the future. I performed a jazz solo called Move from ‘Dreamgirls’ and a lyrical duet with another student called Ethan performing ‘Die on this Hill’ by Sienna Spiro. My solo was easy to develop as jazz is my strong suit and I’m comfortable performing this style. The duet was more of a challenge as it involved partner work and taking into consideration the choreography of two people rather than one.”
The NEBOSH Working with Wellbeing course is assessed in two parts:
Candidates will first reflect on and provide details of their organisation’s current strengths and weaknesses in relation to each branch of the NEBOSH ‘wellbeing tree’.
The second portion of the assessment involves producing an intervention plan. Candidates must choose and describe three interventions to improve wellbeing in their place of work. For each choice, a justification must be provided, as well as a plan to assess the effectiveness of each intervention.
Once you complete the course and assessment, a confirmation of results is available immediately. This certificate can be printed or saved as proof of completion.
Content Details
Education Level: Level 2 | Hours of Study: 1 day + Assessment
Course Content
The NEBOSH Working with Wellbeing course consists of three elements:
Element 1: Foundations of wellbeing Element 2: The branches of wellbeing; benefits and what this means in practice Element 3: Interventions in the workplace
Upon completion of the NEBOSH Working with Wellbeing course, candidates will understand:
What wellbeing is and why it matters How wellbeing can be improved How to use interventions to improve wellbeing in the workplace
The start of a new year often brings change – and for
many UK employers, this year was no exception.
Now we’re in February, businesses are reflecting on the impact of the “January
exodus” – from unexpected resignations to increased hiring pressure and
stretched teams.
But workforce change doesn’t have to mean disruption.
In our latest blog, we look back at what January taught employers and explore
how organisations can turn reactive hiring into a smarter, more strategic
recruitment approach for 2026.
✅ Why January
consistently triggers job movement ✅ The hidden cost
of reactive hiring ✅ How to rethink
roles instead of simply replacing them ✅ Ways to improve
candidate quality while reducing time-to-hire
If the start of the year reshaped your workforce, now is the time to reset your
recruitment strategy and move forward with confidence.
Norfolk Constabulary wants to hear from you on crime and police and is inviting you to take part in its Business Crime Survey. The aim of the survey is to better understand the real experiences and concerns of businesses across the county. It will help capture issues that may not always be reported to us and provides insight into crime, antisocial behaviour and prevention. The results will help us shape local policing priorities, problem solving and partnership activity based on business feedback. The survey is running for two months and will close on Tuesday 31 March. Take part in the survey here: https://www.smartsurvey.co.uk/s/NorfolkBusinessCrimeSurvey/ Please do share this survey with your networks and newsletters.
Choking can happen quickly and without warning. Knowing what to do in those first moments can make all the difference.
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We are running an open IOSH Managing Safely Course at Ayton House, Wymondham on 27th,28th & 29th April 2026.
This 3 day course is designed for managers, team leaders and supervisors across all sectors. This training provides essential knowledge to help delegates confidently manage health and safety responsibilities within their teams.
Course includes
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Managing Safely
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Incidents
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Light lunch, refreshments and free parking.
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