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  • Pearson TQ hosts Captain Sir Tom Moore’s family

    Pearson TQ hosts Captain Sir Tom Moore’s family

    On Wednesday 7 July 2021 Pearson TQ supported the college hosting the family of Captain Sir Tom Moore.

    Sir Tom is Honorary Colonel of the Army Foundation College; the college created the ‘Captain Sir Tom Moore Walk’. This is the path Junior Soldiers will tread as they graduate from the Army Foundation College.

    Sir Tom’s daughter, Hannah, chatted at length about her father’s legacy after he passed and how proud he was to be a part of the college.

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  • Smart Apprentices Learner Resilience Award Winner for Pearson TQ

    We were informed by Smart Apprentices, our partner who deliver our e-portfolio platform Smart Assessor, that we were able to nominate learners who we felt had showed exceptional resilience over the last twelve months, navigating their apprenticeship alongside other challenges brought on by the pandemic. Over 70 learners were nominated from Smart Apprentices customers, all worthy and humbling stories of how apprentices have shown real resilience in the face of how extraordinary adversity.

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  • Pearson TQ tutors presented with civilian Long Service Awards

    Civilian Long Service Awards presented to Army Foundation College (AFC) Pearson TQ (PTQ) tutors Paul Taylor and Viv Lord

    Pearson TQ tutors Paul Taylor and Viv Lord were presented with Civilian Long Service Awards, with 17 and 19 years of dedicated service respectively, to Junior Soldiers (JS) passing through the Army Foundation College in Harrogate.

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  • Pearson TQ tutor presented with civilian Trainer of the Year 2020

    Army Recruiting & Initial Training Command (ARITC) Civilian Trainer of the Year 2020 awarded to Army Foundation College (AFC) Pearson TQ (PTQ) tutor/instructor

    We are pleased to announce that Pearson TQ colleague Dr Clark Colman PhD, a Functional Skills tutor and Sports & Skills instructor at the MOD's Army Foundation College (AFC) in Harrogate, North Yorkshire, has been confirmed as the Army Recruiting & Initial Training Command (ARITC) civilian Trainer of the Year 2020.

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