East Durham College has a longstanding tradition of regularly welcoming visiting expert speakers, from across the region, to its campuses. These speakers bring a wealth of diverse experiences, insights, and opinions, which enrich our courses and activities and stimulate discussion and debate among students - and staff.
Some of the benefits
- Deepen our students' learning and understanding of a topic.
- It can help convey current information and offer more diverse points of view not readily available in textbooks.
- Helps students to make the connection between what they learn in class to the real world of work.
- Explain the latest developments in processes and technology in their sector.
- Enriches the curriculum through them sharing their experiences and journeys.
- Informs students about their future options, such as apprenticeships, university or career opportunities.
- Help impart what skills and knowledge employers are looking for in their new recruits.
- Inspires students about their possible futures and what it might take to reach them.
Enrichment