Engineering & Motor Vehicle - Leeds City College

Olympic Success: The College was heavilyinvolved with the London 2012 Olympic Games,with students taking part in everything fromcarrying the Olympic torch, baking cakes forcelebration events in Leeds, dancing to crowdson the relay route, and helping out as torchambassadors. Team GB’s Nicola Adams (whobecame the first female boxer to win an Olympicgold medal in the Women’s Fly Final) was aformer student of Leeds City College on theNational Diploma in Software Development.College Opens New Dining Destination:Leeds City College has joined up with TheFlannels group to open a restaurant in aprestigious city centre location. The FoodAcademy, on the third floor of Flannels,Leeds, showcases the College’s most talentedstudents. On completing training, studentswho excel have the opportunity to secure anapprenticeship at the restaurant, providinginvaluable experience in a professional, highquality environment. Recently, the studentshave worked with Michelin-starred chef,Steve Smith.Sauce of Inspiration: The man behind ReggaeReggae Sauce, Levi Roots, shared the story of hisrise to sauce super stardom with students at LeedsCity College. Levi visited the College’s ThomasDanby Campus to chat to Hospitality & Catering andBusiness students about setting up and succeedingin business. His appearance on the BBC’s Dragons’Den brought both Levi and his Reggae Reggae Sauceto the public’s attention, with his sauce now stockedby major retailers and the Levi Roots brand extendedacross a range of other products.Once in a Lifetime Experience: Students and stafffrom Leeds City College received the opportunityof a lifetime when they were granted a privateaudience with His Holiness the Dalai Lama duringhis visit to the city in 2012. The Tibetan spiritualleader and Nobel Peace Prize Laureate was inLeeds as the keynote speaker at the YorkshireInternational Business Convention (YIBC) Leeds2012. As a sponsor of the YIBC, the College wasinvited to bring 100 students and staff to meetprivately with the Dalai Lama, to enable him to givea special message to the young people of the city.leedscitycollege.ac.uk | course.enquiry@leedscitycollege.ac.uk | 0113 386 1997 9