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Sara Turkington, Equality and Inclusion Advisor at the college, has written this blog post for Scottish Trans.

It’s that time of year again, when the Engineering Foundation Apprentices have finished year 1 of their course, and start their summer placement. The placement involves two weeks working at a local engineering company, where they get the opportunity to experience the different types of jobs and routes available in their chosen industry. We caught up with some of the FA’s who selected Spirit Aerosystems for their summer placement.

It’s that time of year again, when the Engineering Foundation Apprentices have finished year 1 of their course, and start their summer placement. The placement involves two weeks working at a local engineering company, where they get the opportunity to experience the different types of jobs and routes available in their chosen industry. We caught up with one of the Foundation Apprentices who selected Collins Aerospace (a part of United Technologies Corporation) for their summer placement.

We caught up with one of the Foundation Apprentices who selected NPI Solutions for their summer placement.

We caught up with some of the FA’s who selected EGGER for their summer placement.

We caught up with some more of the FA’s who selected GE Caledonian for their summer placement.

We caught up with some of the FA’s who selected GE Caledonian for their summer placement.

Thinking of studying a Foundation Apprenticeship in Social Services Children and Young People? Jessica is on the verge of finishing the two-year course, and we caught up with her to find out what she thinks of the course.

Lynn Kelly, Programme Executive for Bridge2Business - Ayrshire College, writes about the her time working with the College so far.

Aaron Gregory, an HNC Business Management student, is one of the first to receive a grant for £5000 from the Ayrshire College Foundation to help him start up his own business.