Helicopter flights!

 

Entrepreneur Richard Harpin, chief executive of the domestic insurance company HomeServe, visited the college recently, inspiring A-Level Business and Applied Business students with his practical tips on how to become a successful entrepreneur. Richard’s first business was selling conkers in the school playground and now he runs an international business worth £16 billion, so would-be entrepreneurs, take notice!

Ten Top Tips for budding entrepreneurs from businessman Richard Harpin

1.      Never give up.

2.      Every ‘no’ is really a ‘yes’.

3.      Failures are just learning points along the way.

4.      It’s not the idea, it’s making it happen.

5.      Stick with it and think big.

6.      Find an opportunity in every problem.

7.      Get the right people into the right business.

8.      Speed is undervalued.

9.      People who are busiest get the most done.

10.    If it isn’t making money, don’t persevere.

The visit ended with Richard flying his personal helicopter around Loughborough with four lucky students on board – what an experience!



Results Day

It's Results Day a week today (Thursday 10th March), when our AS and A2 students will be finding out what grades they got in the January exams - a very exciting time of year!

The AS students will discover how they have fared in the step up from GCSE, and if they have done as well as we are all hoping. We know that the vast majority of our students are happy here and they're pleased that they left their schools behind for a more mature atmosphere, but that isn't the only reason they come here; they also want all their hard work to translate into improved grades! We are quietly confident that the good grades will be forthcoming, and that bit of extra independence and responsiblity will have enabled our students to excel.

It's an important day for the A2 students too, who are now only six months away from university, and they will be keen to find out if they are on track for getting the grades they need for their first choice of uni. *drum roll*

Undoubtedly there will be plenty of success stories - several of our students have been predicted straight 'A's so it will be great if they have managed to reach their potential. I won't write their names here as I don't want to tempt fate, but you know who you are!

Good luck!!