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International students celebrate diversity at City College
1 February 2012
International students from as far afield as Africa, Taiwan, China and Iran recently took part in a week of events to celebrate diversity at City College Brighton and Hove.
The College’s Student Support team organised a range of activities throughout the week to celebrate the diverse range of students at the College and to raise awareness of the issues that may be faced by minority groups. Activities included sign language workshops, a Young Muslim Group meeting and a disabled learners’ forum. At the event hosted by international students, they showed fellow-students how to write their names in five different alphabets, demonstrated Japanese calligraphy, made henna tattoos, held a language matching quiz and brought in a range of exotic foods from their various home nations for students to sample.
Diversity Week at City College
'We’re so lucky at City College to have such a diverse student body and these events gave us an opportunity to celebrate this diversity', said Susan De Jesus, the College’s International Student Officer. 'Every year, our international students go the extra mile in preparing activities and food to showcase their cultures. Local students really embraced the opportunities that come from being part of such a diverse student population by trying foods that they’d never tried before, engaging in discussion with our international students and learning hands-on about the wider world.'
For more information on opportunities for International Students at City College, call Sian Tarratt on 01273 667788 x 752 or email STA@ccb.ac.uk
For City College media enquiries, please call Brian Bell, Marketing Communications Officer, on 01273 667788 Ext. 488 or email bb1@ccb.ac.uk website www.ccb.ac.uk
About City College Brighton and Hove: Situated in the heart of Brighton and graded ‘Outstanding’ in key areas by Ofsted in its June 2011 report, City College Brighton and Hove is an international centre of vocational excellence and one of the top performing Further Education Colleges in the country. Every year, 2,000 full-time, 7,000 part time, 400 Higher Education and 400 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.
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