Highlands College Podcast: Recent Episodes
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Welcome to the highlands college podcast, where we try and find out about interesting things, by talking to interesting people.
In this episode of the Highlands College Podcast Paul Spencer & Paul Bisson sit down to have a chat with Andy Dewhurst.
Andy is a Sport Lecturer at Highlands College. Unsurprisingly Andy is a keen sportsman, and is this episode we talk Cricket.
Andy has played International Cricket for Jersey in multiple competitions across the globe. Andy talks about the professionalism and commitment that is needed to reach these different levels in sport.
Andy also talks about the different experiences that he has had travelling the world representing Jersey at a high level of sport.
In this episode of the Highlands College Podcast Paul Spencer and Paul Bisson welcome Deputy Carina Alves to the studio.
Elected to the States Assembly in 2018, Carina discusses her reasons for standing for election, her experiences as a politician and and the importance of engaging young people with the political process, including voting.
In this episode of the Highlands College Podcast Paul Spencer sit down to have a chat with Ben Pirozzolo.
Ben is a training technician at Highlands College with a huge wealth of technical knowhow and experience .
Ben talks about taking risks and putting himself out there to gain relevant experience, and explore a professional field that he was interested in at the media Giant the BBC.
We discuss the value of taking calculated risks and the importance of establishing good working relationships.
View some of the projects Ben has worked on below:
Refugees of the Lost Rainforest - BBC Documentary - YouTube
This podcast shines a light on mental health amongst young people in the world today.
Paul Spencer a lecturer from Highlands college and Hugo Forrester a mental health expert from mind jersey discuss the highs and lows around mental health with Musician Kinz who kindly shares his story focusing on mental health and the trials and tribulations he faced.
And how he was able to express these issues in his track proud.
Remeber if you are struggling reach out!
Useful links:
Instagram: @KinzlmKinz Proud music video: https://youtu.be/h73cI8G_Gz4Mind jersey : Mindjersey.org Twitter: @mmsherpa
In this episode of the Highlands College Podcast Paul Spencer sit down to have a chat with Simon MacDonald.
Simon is an English Lecturer at Highlands College. Simon is a so a creative person who has written a number of plays .
Simon talks about gaining inspiration, taking chances and handing off his hard work to others to interpret, and add their own flair to.
Simons newest play is called 'Not Improved' follow the link below for more details.
Shorts Festival 2.0 | The White Bear Theatre
Some of Simons previous works:
Simon MacDonald: Going Underground | Culture Jersey
Highlands College and ArtHouse film ’Come to where we’re from’ focuses on Life skills course - Channel Eye
This episode may inspire you to follow on a similar path to Simon. Enjoy
In this episode of the Highlands College Podcast the council of Pauls' (Paul Bisson and Paul Spencer) sit down to have a chat with Dreena Collins.
At the time of recording Dreena was the assistant principal at Highlands College. Dreena is also a award winning writer and prolific author.
Dreena talks to us about the high and lows, peaks and troughs faced by creative writers, and the challenges / necessities of social media in the modern climate.
This episode may inspire you to follow on a similar path to Dreena. Enjoy
In this episode of the Highlands College Podcast the council of Pauls' (Paul Bisson and Paul Spencer) sit down to have a chat with Brandon Kempster.
Brandon works in the technical support team at Highlands College. Brandon also runs a twitch channel and live streams multiple times a week.
Brandon talks us through the medium and highlights some of the wonderful experiences that can be had online, including the benefits to mental health in the modern era.
This episode may inspire you to follow on a similar path to Brandon. Enjoy
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In this episode of the Highlands College Podcast the council of Pauls' (Paul Bisson and Paul Spencer) sit down to have a chat with Rob Cameron.
Rob works in the learning support team at Highlands College. Rob is also the manager of the Jersey Wanderers football team and the proud owner of the UEFA A coaching Badge
Rob talks us through the difficult journey to gain the qualification and the impact the journey has had on his love of the beautiful game.
This episode may inspire you to follow on a similar path to Rob. Enjoy
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