Matthew Mead – Career change brings rewards
Matthew Mead won the Institute of Carpenters’ first ever Third Year Student Award in November 2020. A student at the Building Crafts College, Matthew tells us how his change of career coming into carpentry and joinery has given him a …





In the sixth of our interviews with lecturers at IOC member colleges, we talk to John Boult, CLO at City College Plymouth,
In the fifth of our interviews with lecturers at IOC member colleges, we talk to Mike Needham, Shrewsbury Colleges Group.
Continuing our series, we talk to Bill Kirkbright, IOC College Liaison Officer at Derwentside College, about what employers are looking for in Carpentry & Joinery students in County Durham and the wider region.
We continue our journey around the country looking at what employers are seeking from potential employees and for the third interview look at the Sheffield area and South Yorkshire, talking to College Liaison officer Russell Dean at The Sheffield College
In the second of our interviews with lecturers at IOC member colleges, we talk to Brian Tunbridge, Carpentry & Joinery Lecturer at West Suffolk College, about employment prospects in Suffolk and what employers are looking for in potential employees.
First in our series looking at what employers around the country want from students applying for jobs, we talk to Craig Leach, Curriculum Leader in Construction & Engineering at East Riding College(ERC) in Yorkshire, to find out what employers in 
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