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  • This section contains links to recordings of many of the guest speaker talks and information sessions hosted as part of Higher Education Week at the Chichester College Group.

    • The SLN Connect team and expert guest Richard Hopkins, Managing Director of Fargro ltd and chair of the West Sussex Growers Association, discuss the exciting career opportunities emerging in the Agricultural and Environmental sectors. Richard focusses on new technology in farming and horticulture and the highly-skilled workforce that will be needed in this sector in the future. Steve Millam also discusses Brinsbury College's HNC in Horticulture Management and Foundation Degree in Sustainable Food Production.

    • The SLN Connect team and expert guest James Pyrah, Head of Marketing for The Warehouse Project and Parklife Festival, discuss exciting career opportunities in the Music and Events sector. James discusses his own career path and the training and skills that he has needed to get to his current position.

    • The SLN Connect team talk to Charlene Simms & Charisios Lioutas of the multinational technology and engineering firm Thales. Charlenne is the STEM Education and Outreach Manager at Thales and Charisios is a graduate engineer. Charlene talks about Thales's early career programmes and apprenticeships and how to get on the career ladder in this sector. Charisios talks about his experience of starting out his career at Thales.

    • Meet the team at American Express and Albion in the Community to learn how to develop your employability skills. Graduates also talk about their career paths and the exciting opportunities available to you.

    • Stephen Braybrook, course leader on the foundation degree, and Nathan Da Costa of the Sussex Performance Centre provide an overview of the Foundation Degree (FdSc) in Sport, Exercise and Health Sciences, taught at Worthing College