Aero, Auto & Engineering Awards Ceremony
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ero, Auto and Engineering students from Northbrook College celebrated their achievements at the College’s annual Awards Ceremony.
Alan Mackrill, Managing Director of IMI Awards, was guest of honour at the ceremony and delivered an inspiring and valuable speech to the students.
Alan presented the students with cups, shields and other trophies. Northbrook’s Aero, Auto and Engineering awards are presented each year from the likes of Esso, British Aerospace and Mr and Mrs Mollison on behalf of Amy Johnson. Many of the awards were first donated to the College in the 1930s, when the Shoreham Airport campus was the famous Chelsea College of Aeronautical and Automobile Engineering, and they have been presented to students every year since then. Sponsored awards included shields from Frosts, Buck & Hickman, Frenches Autos and Ricardo Consulting Engineers as well as an award from the Fleet Air Arm Association.
After the awards of excellence and the sponsored awards, students who had successfully completed their studies were presented with their certificates.
Guest of honour, Alan Mackrill, has worked in the retail motor industry for 40 years starting his career as an Automotive Technician apprentice in 1967. During his career he worked as Training and Development Manager with Anglo American and ran the training facility on a diamond mine in Botswana. When he returned to the UK he worked as a Head of Department in Automotive Engineering before securing the Managing Director’s position at IMI Awards. IMI Awards is the leading Awarding Body for the retail sector of the motor industry.
The ceremony took place at the Charmandean Centre in Worthing and was attended by The Deputy Mayor, the new Principal, Chair of the Governors, local councillors and businesses, as well as the families and friends of the recipients.