Students take a bow as Leeds City College hosts first ever virtual awards ceremony

It's the awards ceremony which recognizes the achievements of students at Leeds City College, often against extreme adversity.
Yusuf Hussain. PIC: Leeds City CouncilYusuf Hussain. PIC: Leeds City Council
Yusuf Hussain. PIC: Leeds City Council

This year the annual event went virtual for the first time and was attended by more than 350 people featuring with performances from students from across the College who showcased their talents through music and art.

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Public Services student, Yusuf Hussain won the overall Student of the Year Award.

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Yusuf, who would like to work for the police force one day, has excelled on his course and played an instrumental role within the students’ union, serving as an ambassador for various initiatives and volunteering to support events.

As campaigns officer, he established the Empower platform that gives students a voice on how to improve their college experience.

Other winners included Jack Goode, who won the Principal’s Award for Overcoming Adversity.

Jack joined Leeds City College in 2017, initially to be a chef, but he soon transferred on tO the Level 2 Professional Food and Beverage Service course. With his unique communication

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and interpersonal skills, his tutors saw his talent and ability and it was clear he would be a natural at the front of house. Tragically that Christmas, he lost his mother and then his

grandmother but continued with his studies and maintained his grades.

In March, Jack lost his father and uncle in the space of two days, just after lockdown was announced. Despite this personal tragedy, Jack's resilience and determination has

continued to shine through. He has continued to check in to classes every week and still offers everyone else support and humour in these extraordinary times.

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Bill Jones, principal of Leeds City College commended the winners and runners up, saying that despite many of them facing some challenges during the academic year, they

persevered and achieved outstanding results.

“Leeds City College’s core purpose is to enable and improve social mobility. We want to harness every resource available to accelerate progression, improve the achievements and

destinations of our students, and remove every possible barrier within our influence, and this year’s pioneering awards event proved this in many ways.

“We want to equip students with the adequate skills and opportunities to help them develop their self-confidence as they begin to understand who they are as individuals, what their

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strengths are and what career paths they want to take in the future.”

LCC is the largest member of the Luminate Education Group with over 20,000 students and more than 1,300 staff.

Shaid Mahmood, chair of Luminate Education Group congratulated the winners and finalists in his closing address.

“Education is inspirational and transformational. Our aim is always to support our students so that they progress in their chosen area of study and also grow as individuals. Our aspiration is for them to not just be good students, but to be even greater citizens, who go on to contribute to our society, economically, civically and socially.”

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