Justin Wong get
Gold Medal in World
Skills UK Web Design Live Final

Clean sweep for college's young designers

Milton Keynes College has swept the board at a national competition to find the world's most talented young designers.

Students at the college took Gold, Silver AND Bronze at the UKSkills contest, which is the equivalent of the Olympic Games for vocational training. The prestigious event, hosted in Milton Keynes for the first time, celebrates the exceptional vocational talents of young people aged under 22.

The winning trio in the graphic design category were Kyla Hillier (gold), George Allen (silver) and Dean Collins (bronze).

 

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Amazingly the college also took gold in the web design group which was won by Justin Wong, 21.

All four now have the opportunity to be selected to represent the UK in an international WorldSkills final to be held either in Canada next year or London in 2011.

Kyla, 19 said: "I can't believe that I have won. We had to design a poster for a new film and also packaging for children's food, it was great."

George, 19, added: "I feel really proud of myself. We are in our first year of the course and I feel I learnt new skills from being in the competition. I can't wait to go to Canada."

Rob Badcock, Principal of MK College said: "This is a major achievement for the college. To beat the cream of the crop from across the UK really shows the high level of skills that our students are working to. We are delighted."

WorldSkills takes place every two years and sees almost a thousand young people from 52 countries compete it a variety of skills from IT networking, engineering and design to welding, landscaping, hospitality and hairdressing.