Caps, gowns and brollies as students go to graduation

The college’s brightest and best attended a ceremony at Worcester Cathedral after making their way along the High Street in procession, wearing caps and gowns.

Special guests included the city’s mayor councillor Lucy Hodgson, Gill Howland, Staffordshire University’s pro vice-chancellor, Eric Wiles, Worcester College of Technology corporation chairman and Chris Morecroft, college principal and chief executive.

Speaking afterwards, Mr Morecroft said: “They’ve done fantastically well.

“Really the message was one of not resting too long on their laurels. Using the Olympics as an example, I said if they want to be the best they have to keep training and developing.”

In 2008 the college enrolled about 15,000 students, more than 1,500 of which will be studying in higher education.

WORCESTER COLLEGE OF TECHNOLOGY’S NEW GRADUATES

BTEC HIGHER NATIONAL CERTIFICATE IN COMPUTING Claire Gaines Kerri Staples BTEC HIGHER NATIONAL DIPLOMA IN COMPUTING Marcin Adamski Rory Anderson Daniel Gibbs Sam Isaacs Richard Meredith TOP UP HNC TO HND COMPUTING Emma Faulkner BTEC HIGHER NATIONAL DIPLOMA IN MUSIC PRODUCTION Dominic Adana Peter Butler Salvatore Fanara Corin Harper Emma Howett James Jenkins Natasha Kuiper Carl Main Raju Mali Natalie Parkes Christopher Rigby Robert Smith Jack Spacie Peter Timmins Andrew West Danny Williams BTEC HIGHER NATIONAL DIPLOMA IN PERFORMING ARTS Carlos Balbino Rebecca Davies Laura Deacon BTEC HIGHER NATIONAL CERTIFICATE IN ADVANCED PRACTICE IN WORK WITH CHILDREN AND FAMILIES Sarah Bartley Charlotte Randell BTEC HIGHER NATIONAL DIPLOMA IN ADVANCED PRACTICE IN WORK WITH CHILDREN AND FAMILIES Zoe Holland Nicola Said Holly Taylor BTEC HIGHER NATIONAL DIPLOMA IN DESIGN MULTI MEDIA Michelle Bloomer Robert Brown Paul Dowdall Robert Hunt Aryan Pishneshin Shaun Sparkes Kristofer Whitford Imogen Williams BTEC HIGHER NATIONAL DIPLOMA IN THEATRICAL MEDIA MAKEUP AND COSTUME Elise Baker Jane Bakewell Jessica Bissell Ellie Fairchild Samantha Franklin Laura Gray Rhian Jones Cheryl Lewis Simone MacDonald Aleks Needham Nathalie Page Kaylee Powell Alexandra Underwood FOUNDATION DEGREE IN CULINARY SKILLS Susan Jones Anthony Powell Monica Vilhena FOUNDATION DEGREE IN HEALTHY LIFESTYLES Melissa Ryder FOUNDATION DEGREE IN SPORT TOURISM Sean Earlam Daniel Lacey Jonathan Lavery Carrie Lloyd Katy Lowe Matthew Thomson Mohammed Waseem BTEC HIGHER NATIONAL CERTIFICATE IN BUILDING STUDIES Nicholas Bishop Christopher Charlton Jaroslav Cifrik Paul Davies Andrew Gough Andy Knight Nigel Lawley William Mann Karen Roberts Simon Rodgers Laura Williams Stanley Wood Rebecca Wormington BTEC HIGHER NATIONAL DIPLOMA IN BUILDING STUDIES Chris Gripton BTEC HIGHER NATIONAL CERTIFICATE IN ENGINEERING (MANUFACTURE) Christopher Bills Steve Bisley Darren Devaney Adam Galpin Daniel Rosagro Andrew Sealy Adrian Williams TOP UP HNC TO HND IN ENGINEERING (MANUFACTURE) Greg Bell Richard Meadows BTEC HIGHER NATIONAL CERTIFICATE IN ENGINEERING (ELECTRICAL/ELECTRONICS) Michael Berry Lucy Calvert Jason Fenn James Green Christopher Hewitt David Higgs John Ling BTEC HIGHER NATIONAL DIPLOMA IN ENGINEERING (ELECTRICAL/ELECTRONICS) Stephen Bamforth Nicholas Rizzardini TOP UP HNC TO HND CONSTRUCTION Steven Birchley James Buchanan Mark Haines Mark Higgins Harry Rouse Paul Sharpe BTEC HIGHER NATIONAL CERTIFICATE IN ENGINEERING (MECHANICAL) Darren Edwards Philip Kinch David Oliver Alex Roberts Jack Tunstall BTEC HIGHER NATIONAL CERTIFICATE IN HOUSING STUDIES Denise Hobbs BTEC HIGHER NATIONAL CERTIFICATE IN LOCAL GOVERNMENT ADMINISTRATION Rebecca Catherall Deborah Dale Tracey Harman Sandra Hopkins Gail Kemp Wendy Mann Daniel Sparkes BTEC HIGHER NATIONAL DIPLOMA IN PUBLIC SERVICES Stephen Buchanan Dean Cook Duncan Cooper Lucy Diment Aaron Hall James Hall Matthew Hill Abigail Ireland Nancy Quinn Joseph Rabin Abigail Taylor Laura Taylor Christopher Teuwen Christopher Wickett Stephanie Williams Stuart Williams BTEC HIGHER NATIONAL DIPLOMA IN BUSINESS AND FINANCE Emma Haines Michael Hearmon Martin Rover-Parkes Benjamin Rowe Jessica Skinner FOUNDATION DEGREE SERVICE SECTOR MANAGEMENT Jonathan Bishop Rachel Chivers Matthew Dainty Joseph Gorman Zarko Hasardzhiev Joanna Lewak Kirsty Lewis Wayne Nevey Hayley Peoples Kate Spink Thomas Stone Christopher Thacker Martin Tomanek Sarah Wynne Tatiana Zalobinova CHARTERED MANAGEMENT INSTITUTE DIPLOMA IN MANAGEMENT Adrian Brown Vicki Byallas Helen Danks Marc Gray Amanda Laight Esther Monk Jill Mustard Lisa Nash Wendy Parry CHARTERED MANAGEMENT INSTITUTE EXECUTIVE DIPLOMA IN MANAGEMENT Yvonne Reeve CHARTERED INSTITUTE OF PERSONNEL DEVELOPMENT Victoria Bamber Laura Bray Rebecca Cleeton Emily Cox Andrea Gomm Nicola Hodge Jo Holding Naomi Holdstock Phillip Hoyle Faye Lewis Kathryn Pound Arabella Risbey Jennifer Scott Leonie Shuck Leanne Spittle Lindsay Stark Sarah Watkins Ceri Wilding Anne Willis Harriet Woodall Naomi Woodcock BTEC HIGHER NATIONAL DIPLOMA LAW Syed Ahmed Sean Ashton Neelam Baig Andrew Bailey Hajera Dad Beth Homer Sufyan Hussain Cherilyn Mackenzie Mahejabeen Naz Nigel Rutter Benjamin Whitehouse ILEX Hannah Bassett Jaqueline Benitez de Birch Laura Box Trula Brunsdon Sally Carter Carla Dulare Theresa Freer-Ward Michaella Gibbs Jeanette Griffiths Jessica Martin Katie Potter Gemma Robinson Kathryn Sears Katie Turner Cecilia Westmore LLB LAW Syed Alam Annette Apperley Emily Bishop Emma Brazier Magdelena Gittings Amy Jaworska Heather Jones Patrick Kelly Sara Peers Grace Perks John Rigby Joanne Watson Sallie Woolford POSTGRADUATE DIPLOMA IN LEGAL STUDIES Sarah Buchanan Paul Francis Emma Hemming Rachael Houghton Samantha Hulse Roger Owen Bridget Powell Janna Pugh Corinne Smurthwaite CERTIFICATE IN EDUCATION Wendy Ashcroft Kim Bakewell Fiona Barrett Katherine Baume Craig Bradley Rachel Briggs Amanda Burton Jane Cale Patrick Clark Lucy Costello Steven Dixon Joseph Ellis Sara Faulkner Helen Garfield Christopher Giles Katherine Haines Sara Hayward Thomas Hill Bob Hopkins Heather Hurley Stuart James Nicola Anne Jones Paul Joynes Christian Koisser Paul Lack Ghizlane Lafdi Sharon Langford Jennie Lo Paula McElearney Tracy McGrath Sarah Millin Elaine Newey Mariella Praeli Ryan Probert Matthew Roberts Sarah Robertshaw James Rothery Andrew Sadler Suzanne Scott Harriet Skelton Annette Smith Jeremy Snoad Neil Sysum Janet Tayler Stacey Thomas Paul Tipper Susan Walker Wendy Watkins Jane White Bridget Williams Neil Williams Louise Wilson WORCESTER LAW SCHOOL PRIZE AWARDED BY THURSFIELDS SOLICITORS Nigel Rutter BEST LL.B STUDENT PRIZE AWARDED BY HARRISON CLARK SOLICITORS Amy Jaworska BEST CPE STUDENT PRIZE AWARDED BY THE WORCESTERSHIRE LAW SOCIETY Janna Pugh BEST HND LAW STUDENT PRIZE AWARDED BY HALLMARKS SOLICITORS Sean Ashton