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City College builds links with Saudi Aramco

10 February 2009

City College Brighton and Hove has been building training links with Saudi Aramco, the state-owned national oil company of Saudi Arabia. It is the largest oil corporation in the world with the largest proven crude oil reserves and production. A group of six Saudi Aramco employees recently took part in a four month Instructor training course which provided them with a City & Guilds Level 3 Award in Preparing to Teach in the Lifelong Learning Sector.

The course involved students being equipped with the necessary teaching and training skills to contextualise the delivery of vocational education within their own specialist area. Students were assigned members of staff to shadow and they were then required to complete a portfolio of tasks and deliver lessons to City College students.

Students Hashem Alsaeedi (left) and Saad Al-Qahtani (right) with tutor Peter Strickla

Students Hashem Alsaeedi (left) and Saad Al-Qahtani (right) with tutor Peter Strickla

Saad Al-Qahtani, who teaches gas and oil operation engineering for Saudi Aramco, says:

'The teaching style is exciting here and the staff are lovely people and very supportive. We found Brighton a very friendly place and our time here seemed to go very quickly. It was a good experience to benefit from the expertise at City College and I'll do my best to use this new knowledge when I'm teaching back in Saudi Arabia.'

City College Principal Phil Frier says:

'At City College, we have over 600 international students throughout the year studying vocational and English courses and the project with Saudi Aramco is one of our key projects. The students are great ambassadors for their country and from visits to Saudi Arabia, our staff know that the Company has a long term commitment to working with City College. We welcome the strong relationship that we are building with them to secure a trained technical workforce for the future.'

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About City College Brighton and Hove: Situated in the heart of Brighton, City College Brighton and Hove has become an international centre of vocational excellence. Every year 2,000 full-time, 10,000 part time, over 500 Higher Education and 250 14-16 year old students as well as many international and European students choose City College as their place of further and higher education training. In addition, the College provides training to over 2,000 businesses via its 'City Business Skills' department which focuses on employer training needs. Offering over 700 courses from basic level right through to business and postgraduate training, City College is working with its partners to develop the workforce of the future.