Students create winning education film

Engineering students at Cambridge Regional College have scooped an award for a film promoting higher education qualifications.

Their video ‘Why choose a BTEC?’ was one of 10 winning entrants from colleges around the world chosen to feature in a global campaign by awarding organisation Pearson.

The CRC students, Leigh Sessions and Michael Hallam, put together their 30-second film in the college’s electronics labs with the help of fellow engineering students studying at HNC level – the equivalent to the first year of university.

Their film has now been put together with those of the other winners to form one video which Pearson – BTEC qualifications – is sharing on its website, through direct mail, newsletters and social media.

Leigh, who is studying an HNC part-time at CRC as part of his job at TTP, Europe’s leading independent technology development company, said he was delighted with the win.

“Michael and I had some great responses from other students when we asked them why they were studying an HNC in engineering at CRC and putting all the answers together gave us a winning film,” he said.

“We’re very pleased Pearson liked it – and it’s fantastic to see our work featured so widely by Pearson.”

Among the reasons students gave for studying their BTEC HNC course at Cambridge Regional College were the variety of work, prospects, tutors, knowledge, experience and outcomes.

To see the final video, click here – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TjBqHBPeHn8

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