Team Canada are getting ready! 🇨🇦

Ten students and two members of staff from Borders College selected for a trip to Canada, funded by the UK Government’s Turing Scheme UK have been meeting recently to prepare for jetting off in May. ✈️

Almost 50 students enquired about the trip this year and 15 made it to the interview stage, with ten being selected to represent Borders College at Centennial College, Toronto.

The students are from a range of faculties including cyber security, childcare, motor vehicle, business and enterprise and animal care, and include both full and part-time students and apprentices.

Each applicant wrote a personal statement of more than 500 words and also gave a presentation and attended an interview with Assistant Principal, Davie Lowe and Director of Enterprise and Business Innovation, Katharine Mathison.

To help raise funds for this trip, I have decided to do a sponsored swim of 1 mile (64 lengths) sounds easy right...apart from the fact I can't really swim. I have been taking part in lessons and have been practicing daily to help me build up to the big swim!