Vicky Goif, with her family
- Credit: Vicky Goif
A St Neots mum has shared her struggles through the Covid-19 pandemic lockdown as she juggled home-schooling whilst training to be a midwife.
Vicky Goif, 25, from Great Paxton, is a student at Anglia Ruskin University (ARU), training for her degree in midwifery.
Vicky, previously a student at Cambridge Regional College (CRC) has praised both CRC and ARU for their ongoing support.
Vicky mentioned a particular tutor called Iris Delgado Rosas at CRC who she says was one of her life-lines .
“The amount of times during lockdown that I had a one-to-one video call with my psychology tutor, who was also my personal tutor, Iris and I would just cry on the video call with her, she says.
Vanessa Rice, Charlie’s mother and voluntary fundraiser at the ACF, has also helped the cause.
Charlie has already raised above his original target for the Cambridgeshire Army Cadet Force from his challenge.
- Credit: Supplied/Vanessa Rice
“We set the target at £500, smashed that, so we pushed it up. There’s also another £250 to go in from a national company I deal with,” she said.
“When he walks, he wears his mask because the older generation, when they’re out walking, they like someone to chat to. A lady in the village put in a donation purely because of chatting to him.”
Gavin Williamson announcement: Cambridge colleges cancel BTEC exams after lockdown announcement
The government s lockdown announcement on Monday did not acknowledge that BTEC and other vocational exams were due to start imminently
Cambridge Regional College is one of the colleges that decided to cancel exams. (Image: Cambridge Newspapers Ltd)
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Published:
4:32 PM December 23, 2020
Updated:
4:33 PM December 23, 2020
Cambridge Regional College Level 3 music students have released an educational Band Aid cover in aid of charity this Christmas.
- Credit: Cambridge Regional College
A handful of music college students have teamed up to release an educational Christmas Band Aid cover in aid of the World Health Organisation.
The Level 3 music students at Cambridge Regional College are selling their version of Do They Know it s Christmas ‘Heal The World’.
With the Covid-19 pandemic in mind, the students have adapted lyrics to address the current crisis and will donate all proceeds to help the coronavirus fight.