Cadbury World

On the 12^th May 2009 the BTEC National Diploma Business year 2 students, BTEC National Diploma Year 1 ICT/Business and the BTEC First Diploma Business students took part in an educational talk and tour of Cadbury World.

As part of the Cadbury experience students were able to actively participate in an educational talk delivered by Cadbury World staff regarding business studies and topics that are studied on the BTEC Business curriculum. 

In the afternoon the students were able to enter the exhibition to visit the fourteen amazing zones of the Cadbury World experience and enjoy the delights of sampling numerous Cadbury products.

 Lorna Edwards - Business Studies Lecturer

On Thursday 18^th June the BTEC National Diploma Business Year 2 students visited the Galleries of Justice in Nottingham. 

The day started with a re-enactment of an actual murder case ‘The blazing car murder trial’ that took place in the 1930’s.  This was followed by a crime and punishment tour of the courts and prison area.  After lunch the visit involved a tour of the City of Caves beneath the Broadmarsh Centre in Nottingham.  The day was an excellent enrichment activity enjoyed by staff and students that gave an insight in to the way businesses and the court system operated from medieval to Victorian times, with comparisons made to the modernday.                                                                                

Judge in residence Pavandeep ‘Hang them high’ Manan

The defendant Emma ‘It wasn’t my fault’ Stanley played the role of Arthur Rouse who was accused of falsifying his own death by picking up a stranger on Bonfire night and subjecting him to a Guy Fawkes style execution in order to rid himself of debts.

The Defendant played by Emma Stanley is accused of murder

Scott Partington, Josh Talbot, Richard Kiernan and Suraj Lakhanpal were witnesses in Court with Gurpinder Fagura for the Defence and Santino Genovese for the Prosecution. 

With the introduction of CSI and new technology new evidence came to light in 2009 that found the following culprits.

As if butter wouldn’t melt’ The co-accused from left to right Helen ‘Quick Draw’ Lillie, Pam ‘Cattle Rustler’ Holmes, Kally ‘Dolly Peg’ Mylvahan and  Pauline of the ‘SS’.  These dubious Characters protested their innocence but were obviously guilty until proven innocent.

Not really part of the actual case but part of the ‘JWC Four’

The Clerk of the Court Neleam Pabla fought hard to keep these four in order and eventually held them for 6 hours in contempt of court for bad behaviour and several inappropriate outbursts.

 The Clerk of the Court played by Neelam Pabla

The Jury, Rachelle Brown, Gavindeep Singh, Melissa Gamble, Babita Butoy and Tom Shaw returned a verdict of guilty for Arthur Rouse.  Arthur was then sentenced to death by hanging.  The hanging step is located at the main entrance to the Galleries of Justice and was well used that day.

The whereabouts of the JWC Four is currently unknown.  However we have evidence to suggest that they are actively involved in other educational trips and visits within the county.                            

                                                                                                    The Jury

Lorna Edwards - Business Lecturer

Derby College win science poster competition.

Science students from the Joseph Wright Centre, Derby College (pictured) won £100 worth of book tokens for their poster entry into the ‘Evolution East Midlands’ sixth form conference at BioCity Nottingham on 24th June. The students’ research into the National DNA Database drew credits from the judges for being eye-catching, informative and well thought-out.

In the first sixth form conference of its kind, over 100 young delegates from across the East Midlands gathered at BioCity to listen to Professor Sir Alec Jeffreys, father of genetic fingerprinting, zoologist and Naked Scientist Ben Valsler, stem cell expert Lorraine Young and bioscience entrepreneur Stefan Ogrodzinski. The day was packed with lectures and lab-based workshops, educating students about GM crops, astrobiology, bird flu and stem cell research so they could get a feel for the fascinating and varied career of the scientist.

The event was devised by BioCity Nottingham with the support of the bioscience knowledge exchange bioKneX, Nottingham Science City, Nottingham Trent University and the East Midlands Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths (STEM) Partnership.

Sally Baker of bioKneX said: “We were so impressed by the students who attended. The Derby students excelled in their poster presentation, delegates kept the experts busy with incisive questions and everyone went away feeling fired-up about science.” 

Well Done and a Big Thank You to all who took part.

Sara Porter - Biology Lecturer

The film “The Age of Stupid” questioned our current way of life.

The Astro Biology talk by Prof Steven Forsythe discussed the potential of life on other planets which interested both staff and students.

Prof Steven Forsythe – Astrobiology 

Dr JulianLove - Forensic Science

Dr Sally Chappell put forward some real case studies and how molecular Biology is changing the life of Haemophiliacs.

Dr Sally Chappell – Molecular Biology

Jay Trivedy enjoying Astrobiology

David Ballard showed ways of improving grades and how not to behave in the lab!!

There was also a chat from local GPs Dr Trafford and Dr Gurn on the reality of being a GP.

The winners of the poster competition won book tokens and chocolates.

Thanks to all the students and visiting lecturers who are very keen to return.

Thanks

Sara Porter

Biology Lecturer

The winners of the science poster competition are:

Weird Science

1^st Prize - Naeema Abusamra, Roseanne Orr, Alex Stopford.

2^nd Prize -  Harriet Turner/Helen Brough.

Biology

1^st Prize - Jess Cresswell, Geena Badwell, Russell Whitlock, Tom Wynne,     Alisha Stramer

2^nd Prize - Lauren Oxtoby, Emma Scott, and Jake Walter (very close)

Special mention for Megan Sheehan and

Josh Pepper for their neat and precise poster.

Thank You

Sara Porter