1 00:00:01,520 --> 00:00:02,720 Welcome to Lunch Bites 2 00:00:02,720 --> 00:00:04,120 this is our second session, 3 00:00:04,120 --> 00:00:06,080 so just to explain lunch bites 4 00:00:06,080 --> 00:00:08,040 to anyone who's not been been 5 00:00:08,040 --> 00:00:10,320 to one before, it's a social debate. 6 00:00:10,320 --> 00:00:12,920 We're not here to tell you the rules 7 00:00:12,920 --> 00:00:15,200 or or a particular opinion on something. 8 00:00:15,200 --> 00:00:16,840 We're here to open up a conversation 9 00:00:16,840 --> 00:00:18,040 and start thinking about things. 10 00:00:18,040 --> 00:00:20,280 So it's very, very much a debate. 11 00:00:20,280 --> 00:00:21,680 We may start, but we would hope 12 00:00:21,680 --> 00:00:22,440 that you interact 13 00:00:22,440 --> 00:00:23,480 and possibly finish for us 14 00:00:23,480 --> 00:00:24,880 if anyone wants to join us on the stage. 15 00:00:24,880 --> 00:00:26,760 We've got a spare seat. 16 00:00:27,000 --> 00:00:29,120 Today, we're exploring 17 00:00:29,120 --> 00:00:31,120 what it is to be British. 18 00:00:31,120 --> 00:00:32,760 So as part of the framework 19 00:00:32,760 --> 00:00:34,720 that our government and our education 20 00:00:34,720 --> 00:00:36,440 policies tell us to explore. 21 00:00:36,440 --> 00:00:38,240 We're looking at British values, 22 00:00:38,240 --> 00:00:39,560 so you may have already been spoken 23 00:00:39,560 --> 00:00:41,760 to about British values by your tutor, 24 00:00:41,760 --> 00:00:42,480 and it's something that 25 00:00:42,480 --> 00:00:44,520 we are asked to explore with you. 26 00:00:44,520 --> 00:00:45,360 But in this debate 27 00:00:45,360 --> 00:00:47,360 today, we're exploring. 28 00:00:47,360 --> 00:00:48,320 Do we need to do that? 29 00:00:48,320 --> 00:00:49,320 Should we do that? 30 00:00:49,320 --> 00:00:50,720 Are British values 31 00:00:50,720 --> 00:00:52,960 different to European values, 32 00:00:52,960 --> 00:00:54,600 different to international values? 33 00:00:54,600 --> 00:00:55,480 And that's where we would 34 00:00:55,480 --> 00:00:57,520 welcome some discourse 35 00:00:57,520 --> 00:00:58,560 on that particular topic. 36 00:00:58,560 --> 00:01:00,600 So I'll start by talking about 37 00:01:00,600 --> 00:01:02,440 my investment in the topic. 38 00:01:03,560 --> 00:01:04,640 I was the kid that 39 00:01:04,640 --> 00:01:05,800 never went home and said, 40 00:01:05,800 --> 00:01:07,560 Can I go on a trip? 41 00:01:07,560 --> 00:01:09,360 Because my parents, 42 00:01:09,360 --> 00:01:10,480 when they were starting out, 43 00:01:10,480 --> 00:01:12,280 they used to save their money in a pot 44 00:01:12,280 --> 00:01:13,200 that looked like an onion 45 00:01:13,200 --> 00:01:13,960 on the windowsill. 46 00:01:13,960 --> 00:01:15,320 And when we run out of money 47 00:01:15,320 --> 00:01:17,240 each week, we'd run out of money. 48 00:01:17,240 --> 00:01:19,360 Now, over time, my dad was a mechanic 49 00:01:19,560 --> 00:01:21,320 and he set up his business 50 00:01:21,320 --> 00:01:22,400 and he did well. 51 00:01:22,400 --> 00:01:24,160 But when I was a young kid, 52 00:01:24,160 --> 00:01:25,360 I was really, really conscious 53 00:01:25,360 --> 00:01:27,400 of going home and saying, Can I have? 54 00:01:27,400 --> 00:01:29,640 So not once did I ever say, 55 00:01:29,640 --> 00:01:30,280 we've got a trip. 56 00:01:30,280 --> 00:01:30,840 Can I go? 57 00:01:30,840 --> 00:01:32,040 Because I knew the situation 58 00:01:32,040 --> 00:01:34,080 it would put my parents in 59 00:01:34,240 --> 00:01:36,560 so I had not traveled overseas 60 00:01:36,560 --> 00:01:37,720 and I didn't really understand 61 00:01:37,720 --> 00:01:39,080 anything about cultural difference 62 00:01:39,080 --> 00:01:40,560 or anything else. 63 00:01:40,720 --> 00:01:43,360 And I went all the way through school, 64 00:01:44,200 --> 00:01:45,120 went to college, 65 00:01:45,120 --> 00:01:47,440 went to university, did an M.A.. 66 00:01:47,440 --> 00:01:50,120 So I was 23 before I travelled 67 00:01:51,040 --> 00:01:52,680 and the first time I traveled 68 00:01:52,680 --> 00:01:54,080 was in my first job. 69 00:01:54,080 --> 00:01:57,040 I signed up as a tutor and I was running 70 00:01:57,040 --> 00:01:58,520 a degree program in Wales 71 00:01:58,520 --> 00:01:59,320 and they said, Oh, 72 00:01:59,320 --> 00:02:00,520 can you go and teach in Finland? 73 00:02:00,520 --> 00:02:01,240 Someone's noticed 74 00:02:01,240 --> 00:02:02,000 your work and your degree 75 00:02:02,000 --> 00:02:03,920 so they'd like to teach in Finland? 76 00:02:03,920 --> 00:02:04,840 And that was the British 77 00:02:04,840 --> 00:02:06,400 consulate at the time. 78 00:02:06,400 --> 00:02:07,640 So they paid for me 79 00:02:07,640 --> 00:02:08,760 to go over there and teach 80 00:02:09,720 --> 00:02:10,960 so me not knowing anything, 81 00:02:10,960 --> 00:02:11,920 particularly about travel. 82 00:02:11,920 --> 00:02:13,120 I've got no fears about travel 83 00:02:13,120 --> 00:02:14,480 because there were no nerves. 84 00:02:14,480 --> 00:02:16,720 I didn't have any context, so 85 00:02:16,720 --> 00:02:17,920 I thought, Okay, 86 00:02:17,920 --> 00:02:20,400 I've got to get to the airport. 87 00:02:20,440 --> 00:02:21,400 So I remember distinctly, 88 00:02:21,400 --> 00:02:23,440 I hitched a lift to the airport, 89 00:02:24,480 --> 00:02:25,600 which was fine. 90 00:02:25,600 --> 00:02:27,480 Now I would never do that. 91 00:02:27,480 --> 00:02:28,720 I got to the airport, 92 00:02:28,720 --> 00:02:30,040 didn't know anything about flying, 93 00:02:30,040 --> 00:02:31,320 worked it all out for myself. 94 00:02:31,320 --> 00:02:32,920 I'd got this ticket, 95 00:02:32,920 --> 00:02:34,360 obviously trying to get through security 96 00:02:34,360 --> 00:02:35,800 and kind of figuring out what you do. 97 00:02:35,800 --> 00:02:37,120 And all the different 98 00:02:37,120 --> 00:02:37,840 things was new to me, 99 00:02:37,840 --> 00:02:38,800 and I went through that on my own 100 00:02:38,800 --> 00:02:40,360 for the first time, which was fine. 101 00:02:40,360 --> 00:02:42,920 I was a grown up and I could handle it. 102 00:02:42,920 --> 00:02:45,400 But when I got over to Finland, 103 00:02:46,080 --> 00:02:47,680 I was absolutely blown away 104 00:02:47,680 --> 00:02:49,120 at the difference 105 00:02:49,120 --> 00:02:50,240 in the expectations 106 00:02:50,240 --> 00:02:52,120 of a teacher over there 107 00:02:52,120 --> 00:02:53,160 to the expectations 108 00:02:53,160 --> 00:02:55,800 that were on me as a teacher in the UK. 109 00:02:55,800 --> 00:02:57,880 So I've not been teaching very long. 110 00:02:57,880 --> 00:03:00,160 But when I came to a session, 111 00:03:00,160 --> 00:03:01,280 the students kind of arrived 112 00:03:01,280 --> 00:03:02,280 as I was arriving. 113 00:03:02,280 --> 00:03:04,000 When we broke for lunch, we kind of said 114 00:03:04,000 --> 00:03:04,800 It's about lunchtime. 115 00:03:04,800 --> 00:03:07,960 Let's break, absolutely not in Finland. 116 00:03:08,840 --> 00:03:10,440 So when I went to a session, 117 00:03:10,440 --> 00:03:11,600 the students were there ready 118 00:03:11,600 --> 00:03:13,280 and then the half an hour 119 00:03:13,280 --> 00:03:14,640 before 50 minutes 120 00:03:14,640 --> 00:03:16,040 before whatever making notes 121 00:03:16,040 --> 00:03:17,640 and everything set out. 122 00:03:17,640 --> 00:03:18,440 When I even arrived 123 00:03:18,440 --> 00:03:20,760 at the college they had got 124 00:03:20,760 --> 00:03:22,000 hand-made flowers, 125 00:03:22,000 --> 00:03:23,920 all on the entrance as you come in 126 00:03:23,920 --> 00:03:24,520 because they knew that 127 00:03:24,520 --> 00:03:27,000 there was a craftsperson coming to visit. 128 00:03:27,000 --> 00:03:28,160 When I was giving lectures, 129 00:03:28,160 --> 00:03:28,520 they said to me, 130 00:03:28,520 --> 00:03:29,200 Can you do a lecture 131 00:03:29,200 --> 00:03:30,320 about some of your professional work? 132 00:03:30,320 --> 00:03:31,200 Because I did some work with 133 00:03:31,200 --> 00:03:33,000 Hello magazine and 134 00:03:33,000 --> 00:03:34,600 cosmopolitan and so on. 135 00:03:34,600 --> 00:03:36,000 So I went into the lecture theater. 136 00:03:36,000 --> 00:03:37,000 It was nothing like this. 137 00:03:37,000 --> 00:03:38,120 It was 1000 seats 138 00:03:38,120 --> 00:03:40,400 and it was absolutely packed 139 00:03:40,400 --> 00:03:41,600 and this was in the olden days. 140 00:03:41,600 --> 00:03:42,640 So I'd got little slides 141 00:03:42,640 --> 00:03:44,360 that you probably haven't even seen. 142 00:03:44,360 --> 00:03:45,320 And I was right at the back 143 00:03:45,320 --> 00:03:46,240 and I've got these slides 144 00:03:46,240 --> 00:03:47,720 and I thought, Oh my goodness. 145 00:03:47,720 --> 00:03:49,720 And the cultural difference was 146 00:03:49,920 --> 00:03:51,520 was just massive. 147 00:03:51,520 --> 00:03:53,240 So the respect for the tutor 148 00:03:53,240 --> 00:03:54,000 and the respect for a 149 00:03:54,000 --> 00:03:55,440 practitioner was immense 150 00:03:55,440 --> 00:03:57,360 and I was not prepared for it 151 00:03:57,360 --> 00:03:58,240 may be a good thing. 152 00:03:58,240 --> 00:03:59,600 Maybe not, I don't know, 153 00:03:59,600 --> 00:04:00,640 but some simple things. 154 00:04:00,640 --> 00:04:02,880 So I would say, Oh, it's about lunchtime. 155 00:04:02,880 --> 00:04:03,360 But you know what? 156 00:04:03,360 --> 00:04:04,800 Let's work over a bit 157 00:04:04,800 --> 00:04:06,240 because we're casting this resin 158 00:04:06,240 --> 00:04:07,000 and it needs to set. 159 00:04:07,000 --> 00:04:07,600 We need to kind of 160 00:04:07,600 --> 00:04:08,800 watch it and monitor it. 161 00:04:08,800 --> 00:04:10,360 And it was, you know, 162 00:04:10,360 --> 00:04:11,320 I was put to one side, 163 00:04:11,320 --> 00:04:12,640 but that's not what we do. 164 00:04:12,640 --> 00:04:13,640 We stop for an hour. 165 00:04:13,640 --> 00:04:15,160 We have a three course meal. 166 00:04:15,160 --> 00:04:16,480 The principal joins us. 167 00:04:16,480 --> 00:04:18,000 This is what we do. 168 00:04:18,000 --> 00:04:20,520 And it was completely different for me. 169 00:04:20,560 --> 00:04:22,000 I had no comprehension 170 00:04:22,000 --> 00:04:22,880 of that way of working, 171 00:04:22,880 --> 00:04:24,080 so I had to really quickly 172 00:04:24,080 --> 00:04:25,560 learn on my feet. 173 00:04:25,560 --> 00:04:26,520 And it struck me that 174 00:04:26,520 --> 00:04:28,720 if I'd had that experience 175 00:04:28,720 --> 00:04:30,680 or even been spoken to about it 176 00:04:30,680 --> 00:04:32,080 when I was training, 177 00:04:32,080 --> 00:04:34,200 I'd been in much better place 178 00:04:34,200 --> 00:04:36,000 because for most of us, 179 00:04:36,000 --> 00:04:37,520 we're going to have 180 00:04:37,520 --> 00:04:39,640 between six and eight different careers. 181 00:04:40,520 --> 00:04:41,840 It's very unlikely 182 00:04:41,840 --> 00:04:44,200 that we're only going to work in the UK, 183 00:04:44,200 --> 00:04:46,240 very unlikely. Even within the UK. 184 00:04:46,240 --> 00:04:47,320 It can be different working here 185 00:04:47,320 --> 00:04:48,160 and working in London. 186 00:04:48,160 --> 00:04:49,600 But for lots of us in 187 00:04:49,600 --> 00:04:50,440 this room, we'll be working 188 00:04:50,440 --> 00:04:51,160 in different countries. 189 00:04:51,160 --> 00:04:52,240 So I've worked in 13 190 00:04:52,240 --> 00:04:53,760 different countries now 191 00:04:53,760 --> 00:04:55,160 and it's really important for me 192 00:04:55,160 --> 00:04:57,600 to recognize the cultural difference 193 00:04:57,600 --> 00:04:59,080 and the similarities. 194 00:04:59,080 --> 00:05:01,440 So that was my. first introduction. 195 00:05:01,440 --> 00:05:02,720 And at that point, I thought, 196 00:05:02,720 --> 00:05:06,760 OK, I'm going to dedicate my work 100% 197 00:05:06,760 --> 00:05:08,040 to enabling the people 198 00:05:08,040 --> 00:05:08,800 to have the experience, 199 00:05:08,800 --> 00:05:10,880 I didn't have to prepare them, 200 00:05:10,880 --> 00:05:12,520 so they're not in the position I'm in. 201 00:05:12,520 --> 00:05:13,720 And also to value 202 00:05:13,720 --> 00:05:14,880 the idea of travel because, 203 00:05:15,880 --> 00:05:16,720 you know, for as much money 204 00:05:16,720 --> 00:05:18,040 as I earn in that job, 205 00:05:18,040 --> 00:05:19,560 that experience repaid me 206 00:05:19,560 --> 00:05:21,800 so much more in terms of value. 207 00:05:21,800 --> 00:05:22,720 So from there, 208 00:05:22,720 --> 00:05:24,520 that was a long, long time ago. 209 00:05:24,520 --> 00:05:26,760 I've worked for 21 years now 210 00:05:26,760 --> 00:05:28,600 looking at European travel. 211 00:05:28,600 --> 00:05:30,040 I work as part of the British 212 00:05:30,040 --> 00:05:32,320 Council on their panel. 213 00:05:32,320 --> 00:05:34,480 I work as part of the Association 214 00:05:34,480 --> 00:05:35,920 of Colleges Roundtable 215 00:05:35,920 --> 00:05:37,560 and I also work on the policy group. 216 00:05:37,560 --> 00:05:39,040 So there's a pot of funding 217 00:05:39,040 --> 00:05:39,640 that we've been working 218 00:05:39,640 --> 00:05:40,360 with for a long time 219 00:05:40,360 --> 00:05:41,080 that's been called 220 00:05:41,080 --> 00:05:42,440 lots of things like Leonardo 221 00:05:42,440 --> 00:05:44,200 was called camellias for a while. 222 00:05:44,200 --> 00:05:45,160 It was called Erasmus 223 00:05:45,160 --> 00:05:46,520 and now it's called Turin. 224 00:05:46,520 --> 00:05:49,040 So I've been involved in writing 225 00:05:49,040 --> 00:05:50,200 around that, and Darren's 226 00:05:50,200 --> 00:05:50,920 joined me on some of 227 00:05:50,920 --> 00:05:51,680 the meetings as well. 228 00:05:51,680 --> 00:05:53,520 Now, so we've got a good. 229 00:05:54,480 --> 00:05:56,560 We're authentic here at the 230 00:05:56,560 --> 00:05:57,480 institute in terms 231 00:05:57,480 --> 00:05:59,320 of accessing that money. 232 00:05:59,320 --> 00:06:01,680 And in fact, for the past four years, 233 00:06:01,680 --> 00:06:02,440 we've been award winners, 234 00:06:02,440 --> 00:06:04,760 so we have been seen as best in country 235 00:06:05,440 --> 00:06:07,240 and some international 236 00:06:07,240 --> 00:06:08,120 recognition as well. 237 00:06:08,120 --> 00:06:09,880 So lots of practice 238 00:06:09,880 --> 00:06:11,040 that's happening here, 239 00:06:11,040 --> 00:06:12,240 which we're really pleased to see 240 00:06:12,240 --> 00:06:13,400 because it may be that for 241 00:06:13,400 --> 00:06:15,280 some of you, you've not travelled 242 00:06:15,280 --> 00:06:15,920 and you may be in 243 00:06:15,920 --> 00:06:17,920 the position that I was in. 244 00:06:17,920 --> 00:06:19,120 So that's exactly why 245 00:06:19,120 --> 00:06:20,640 I wanted to do this. 246 00:06:20,640 --> 00:06:21,360 But I'm going to hand over 247 00:06:21,360 --> 00:06:22,800 now to Darren to explain 248 00:06:22,800 --> 00:06:23,760 in a more practical level 249 00:06:23,760 --> 00:06:25,400 what we've been doing here. 250 00:06:26,600 --> 00:06:29,120 I want to start with a question, 251 00:06:29,120 --> 00:06:31,240 if I can, just by a show of hands, 252 00:06:31,240 --> 00:06:32,760 how many people have left the country? 253 00:06:35,600 --> 00:06:36,840 Quite a few. 254 00:06:37,040 --> 00:06:37,800 OK. 255 00:06:37,880 --> 00:06:40,280 So I came when I first joined 256 00:06:40,280 --> 00:06:41,160 as part of Erasmus, 257 00:06:41,160 --> 00:06:42,920 I went on a staff mobility 258 00:06:42,920 --> 00:06:44,280 and we went with about 259 00:06:44,280 --> 00:06:46,040 five of the members of staff. 260 00:06:46,040 --> 00:06:48,120 And some of those members of staff 261 00:06:48,400 --> 00:06:50,120 who had been teaching here for a while 262 00:06:50,120 --> 00:06:51,160 had never left the country. 263 00:06:51,160 --> 00:06:53,280 Some of them never left the area. 264 00:06:53,280 --> 00:06:54,920 And the change that I saw 265 00:06:54,920 --> 00:06:57,000 in those members of staff 266 00:06:57,000 --> 00:06:58,480 and then as we've gone on 267 00:06:58,480 --> 00:07:00,040 to putting students into 268 00:07:00,040 --> 00:07:02,360 those mobilities has been huge 269 00:07:02,360 --> 00:07:03,960 and the opportunities 270 00:07:03,960 --> 00:07:06,520 you can kind of reach through these 271 00:07:07,240 --> 00:07:09,480 Erasmus visits is absolutely huge. 272 00:07:09,480 --> 00:07:12,120 And I've just written a list 273 00:07:12,520 --> 00:07:14,720 of the areas that we have links with 274 00:07:15,960 --> 00:07:18,280 across Germany, Finland, France and Malta 275 00:07:18,680 --> 00:07:20,880 got building services, mechanical, 276 00:07:20,880 --> 00:07:22,240 electrical, air conditioning, 277 00:07:22,240 --> 00:07:23,360 engineering, art, 278 00:07:23,360 --> 00:07:26,000 media, games design and photography. 279 00:07:26,000 --> 00:07:27,200 So all of those areas, 280 00:07:27,200 --> 00:07:28,480 you could potentially 281 00:07:28,480 --> 00:07:31,360 have access to those opportunities 282 00:07:31,840 --> 00:07:34,080 in a variety of different countries. 283 00:07:34,080 --> 00:07:35,600 The experience that that's given 284 00:07:35,600 --> 00:07:37,640 the students the staff 285 00:07:37,640 --> 00:07:39,920 is incredible, and hopefully 286 00:07:39,920 --> 00:07:42,560 I'll be able to pass onto and answer off 287 00:07:42,560 --> 00:07:44,120 who've been the benefactors 288 00:07:44,120 --> 00:07:45,360 of some of those events. 289 00:07:48,920 --> 00:07:51,680 Did you want to comment on Erasmus? 290 00:07:51,680 --> 00:07:53,640 OK, so my name is Angela Pearson, 291 00:07:53,640 --> 00:07:56,000 and I teach for performing arts, 292 00:07:56,240 --> 00:07:57,640 but I was really 293 00:07:57,640 --> 00:07:58,920 lucky to be able 294 00:07:58,920 --> 00:08:00,360 to go out on one of the first 295 00:08:00,360 --> 00:08:01,160 exchange programs 296 00:08:01,160 --> 00:08:03,480 we did with France, primarily 297 00:08:03,480 --> 00:08:05,320 with members of staff 298 00:08:05,320 --> 00:08:07,280 to see different practices 299 00:08:07,280 --> 00:08:08,600 and how I could implement that 300 00:08:08,600 --> 00:08:10,160 within my practice. 301 00:08:10,160 --> 00:08:10,960 And one of the things 302 00:08:10,960 --> 00:08:11,920 I learned immediately 303 00:08:11,920 --> 00:08:13,640 was the fact that 304 00:08:13,640 --> 00:08:15,440 we have specific lessons for an hour 305 00:08:15,440 --> 00:08:17,440 and a half, two hours, sometimes 306 00:08:17,720 --> 00:08:18,920 and sometimes in performing arts, 307 00:08:18,920 --> 00:08:20,840 We don't really have enough time to grasp 308 00:08:20,840 --> 00:08:23,440 hold of a full performance in that time. 309 00:08:23,440 --> 00:08:25,080 So one of the things we brought back 310 00:08:25,080 --> 00:08:26,240 and used within our practice 311 00:08:26,240 --> 00:08:27,800 now is we have production days 312 00:08:27,800 --> 00:08:30,400 where we do a show in a full day 313 00:08:30,400 --> 00:08:32,000 instead of just an hour and a half here 314 00:08:32,000 --> 00:08:32,960 and an hour and a half there, 315 00:08:32,960 --> 00:08:35,280 because it gave us more of 316 00:08:35,280 --> 00:08:37,800 an industry related experience, 317 00:08:37,960 --> 00:08:40,080 but also mimicked what they did 318 00:08:40,080 --> 00:08:42,080 in a different country 319 00:08:42,080 --> 00:08:44,640 and just looking at the way they worked 320 00:08:44,640 --> 00:08:45,760 with their students 321 00:08:45,760 --> 00:08:47,640 and how we could talk 322 00:08:47,640 --> 00:08:49,160 and have a conference 323 00:08:49,160 --> 00:08:50,280 between each other 324 00:08:50,280 --> 00:08:51,560 to see how we can implement 325 00:08:51,560 --> 00:08:52,600 some of the things that they do 326 00:08:52,600 --> 00:08:53,960 and then some of the things that we do. 327 00:08:53,960 --> 00:08:54,920 It's not just going there 328 00:08:54,920 --> 00:08:56,040 and saying, Well, what do they do? 329 00:08:56,040 --> 00:08:57,000 Do they do it better 330 00:08:57,000 --> 00:08:57,920 no because we do 331 00:08:57,920 --> 00:08:59,120 some things better as well, 332 00:08:59,120 --> 00:09:02,320 and it's about sharing that experience. 333 00:09:02,480 --> 00:09:03,480 And then I was lucky enough 334 00:09:03,480 --> 00:09:04,640 to take a group of students 335 00:09:04,640 --> 00:09:06,240 art and design and photography 336 00:09:06,240 --> 00:09:07,840 students to Germany 337 00:09:07,840 --> 00:09:10,720 and to see the change of the students 338 00:09:11,320 --> 00:09:14,320 when they first leave here with us. 339 00:09:14,320 --> 00:09:16,080 And then three weeks later, 340 00:09:16,080 --> 00:09:17,200 when I go and collect them again 341 00:09:17,200 --> 00:09:20,600 because we take them to the airport, 342 00:09:20,600 --> 00:09:22,120 we are on the bus, we go to the airport, 343 00:09:22,120 --> 00:09:23,360 we get on the plane, 344 00:09:23,360 --> 00:09:25,920 we get off, we set them in a hotel, 345 00:09:26,040 --> 00:09:26,920 take them to the college 346 00:09:26,920 --> 00:09:28,160 for the first couple of days 347 00:09:28,160 --> 00:09:29,520 and then literally, that's it. 348 00:09:29,520 --> 00:09:31,160 You are then on your own 349 00:09:31,160 --> 00:09:32,520 with us in the background, 350 00:09:32,520 --> 00:09:33,600 but you're just going 351 00:09:33,600 --> 00:09:34,680 to college as normal, 352 00:09:34,680 --> 00:09:36,280 but you're taking part in lessons 353 00:09:36,280 --> 00:09:37,640 that are going to be 354 00:09:37,640 --> 00:09:38,720 in a different language. 355 00:09:38,720 --> 00:09:40,080 They are going to be 356 00:09:40,080 --> 00:09:41,160 in a different language, 357 00:09:41,160 --> 00:09:42,000 but the teachers 358 00:09:42,000 --> 00:09:43,600 can all speak English very well, 359 00:09:43,600 --> 00:09:45,440 and we'll keep you involved with 360 00:09:45,440 --> 00:09:46,280 what's going on. 361 00:09:46,280 --> 00:09:47,240 You'll have your own project 362 00:09:47,240 --> 00:09:48,520 that you'll take from college 363 00:09:48,520 --> 00:09:49,880 because you've still got your own work 364 00:09:49,880 --> 00:09:52,080 to do from your own courses, 365 00:09:52,280 --> 00:09:54,280 but you'll get to do it in an environment 366 00:09:54,280 --> 00:09:55,120 which may be different 367 00:09:55,120 --> 00:09:56,680 to what you're used to. 368 00:09:56,680 --> 00:09:58,000 And then when I came back 369 00:09:58,000 --> 00:09:59,440 to bring the students back 370 00:09:59,440 --> 00:10:01,120 after those three weeks, 371 00:10:01,120 --> 00:10:03,960 I saw four different students. 372 00:10:04,640 --> 00:10:06,880 People who were more confident, 373 00:10:06,880 --> 00:10:10,240 more energetic, wanted to get back to 374 00:10:10,240 --> 00:10:11,000 their colleagues 375 00:10:11,000 --> 00:10:12,280 and their fellow students. 376 00:10:12,280 --> 00:10:14,440 And the teachers go, guess what I did. 377 00:10:14,440 --> 00:10:16,040 We did this and we did that. 378 00:10:16,040 --> 00:10:17,280 And what was really nice. 379 00:10:17,280 --> 00:10:18,760 Yes, they went to college every day 380 00:10:18,760 --> 00:10:20,000 with these students. 381 00:10:20,000 --> 00:10:21,720 But one of the things that I saw 382 00:10:21,720 --> 00:10:22,800 was the relationships 383 00:10:22,800 --> 00:10:24,000 they built with the students 384 00:10:24,000 --> 00:10:26,440 and then took that out in the evenings 385 00:10:26,440 --> 00:10:27,720 they went bowling. 386 00:10:27,720 --> 00:10:29,800 They went out for meals with each other. 387 00:10:30,040 --> 00:10:31,120 And by the end of it, 388 00:10:31,120 --> 00:10:32,680 by the end of the three or four weeks, 389 00:10:32,680 --> 00:10:33,920 they had this real bond 390 00:10:33,920 --> 00:10:35,800 that some of them still have now. 391 00:10:35,800 --> 00:10:38,360 So that leads me very nicely onto Sophie, 392 00:10:38,360 --> 00:10:39,800 because Sophie went out 393 00:10:39,800 --> 00:10:42,880 on one of our trips just before corona, 394 00:10:43,120 --> 00:10:44,720 and I'm going to hand over to her 395 00:10:44,720 --> 00:10:46,160 and she can tell you about 396 00:10:46,160 --> 00:10:47,360 her experience. 397 00:10:48,560 --> 00:10:50,440 So, yeah, my name is Sophie. 398 00:10:50,440 --> 00:10:52,520 I studied performing arts here 399 00:10:52,560 --> 00:10:53,880 a few years ago. 400 00:10:53,880 --> 00:10:55,120 I'm at the uni now. 401 00:10:55,120 --> 00:10:58,360 But I went out to Malta for three weeks 402 00:10:58,720 --> 00:11:04,280 and I first got I realized about Erasmus 403 00:11:04,280 --> 00:11:06,680 because I got told about it and it was 404 00:11:07,520 --> 00:11:08,840 something an experience 405 00:11:08,840 --> 00:11:10,560 I'd never thought I'd be able to do. 406 00:11:10,560 --> 00:11:11,520 I was like, Oh yeah, what? 407 00:11:11,520 --> 00:11:13,600 three weeks in a different country, 408 00:11:13,800 --> 00:11:15,960 I can never afford that. 409 00:11:15,960 --> 00:11:18,440 I'd never like Emma. 410 00:11:18,440 --> 00:11:21,080 I was 19 when I went when I was 19. 411 00:11:21,240 --> 00:11:22,520 I'd never been on a plane. 412 00:11:22,520 --> 00:11:23,400 Never been abroad. 413 00:11:23,400 --> 00:11:26,000 Oh, sorry, I've been to Paris, but. 414 00:11:26,000 --> 00:11:27,560 With with school again 415 00:11:27,560 --> 00:11:28,480 when I was in high school, 416 00:11:28,480 --> 00:11:30,560 but I'd never been on a plane 417 00:11:30,560 --> 00:11:31,600 and I was like, Oh, 418 00:11:31,600 --> 00:11:33,120 I won't be able to afford it. 419 00:11:33,120 --> 00:11:35,200 Malta for three weeks? Absolutely not. 420 00:11:35,440 --> 00:11:37,440 But it's all funded 421 00:11:37,440 --> 00:11:40,520 like that to me was like next level. 422 00:11:40,640 --> 00:11:42,040 I was like, what? 423 00:11:42,040 --> 00:11:43,840 All funded for three weeks. 424 00:11:43,840 --> 00:11:45,600 You don't pay anything. 425 00:11:45,600 --> 00:11:46,960 And it's not just about that 426 00:11:46,960 --> 00:11:47,760 it's everything. 427 00:11:47,760 --> 00:11:51,440 Like, I went there and I did 428 00:11:51,440 --> 00:11:53,400 get stopped in the airport, 429 00:11:53,400 --> 00:11:55,040 my bag got searched and I was like, what. 430 00:11:55,040 --> 00:11:56,920 I'd never experienced that. 431 00:11:56,920 --> 00:11:57,840 And I was stood there and was like, 432 00:11:57,840 --> 00:11:58,360 why me? 433 00:11:58,360 --> 00:11:59,520 I was like, Oh my God, this is 434 00:11:59,520 --> 00:12:02,280 I'd never been and I was so nervous. 435 00:12:02,480 --> 00:12:03,200 But coming back, 436 00:12:03,200 --> 00:12:05,480 I was like, I've got this. It's fine. 437 00:12:05,480 --> 00:12:06,920 And it's just little 438 00:12:06,920 --> 00:12:08,680 things like that that you don't 439 00:12:08,680 --> 00:12:09,960 if you've been abroad. 440 00:12:10,960 --> 00:12:12,280 You 441 00:12:12,440 --> 00:12:13,440 when you're younger, 442 00:12:13,440 --> 00:12:14,760 you don't think about stuff like that 443 00:12:14,760 --> 00:12:15,960 because you've done it, 444 00:12:15,960 --> 00:12:17,960 but when you're 19 445 00:12:17,960 --> 00:12:19,880 and everyone else that you're with 446 00:12:19,880 --> 00:12:21,520 has been abroad, you're like, 447 00:12:21,520 --> 00:12:23,200 Oh my God, I'm really nervous. 448 00:12:23,200 --> 00:12:24,640 Like, I was going, Oh my God, 449 00:12:24,640 --> 00:12:25,320 I was sat behind 450 00:12:25,320 --> 00:12:27,400 Darren on the plane and I was like, 451 00:12:27,400 --> 00:12:28,960 Oh my God, I've never been on a plane. 452 00:12:28,960 --> 00:12:29,560 Oh my God. 453 00:12:29,560 --> 00:12:32,520 It was genuinely so exciting. 454 00:12:32,520 --> 00:12:33,560 The entire journey. 455 00:12:33,560 --> 00:12:34,600 But, you know, 456 00:12:34,720 --> 00:12:37,840 but once you're there, the culture 457 00:12:37,960 --> 00:12:39,400 like the difference 458 00:12:39,400 --> 00:12:41,880 in culture that is just. 459 00:12:42,200 --> 00:12:44,280 Beautiful, it really is beautiful. 460 00:12:44,280 --> 00:12:46,280 So I obviously went to Malta, 461 00:12:46,280 --> 00:12:48,160 but I know that there are different 462 00:12:48,160 --> 00:12:50,320 places like Finland and Germany, 463 00:12:50,320 --> 00:12:51,960 so I can't comment on them. 464 00:12:51,960 --> 00:12:54,120 But when I went to Malta, 465 00:12:54,120 --> 00:12:56,400 they love British people 466 00:12:56,400 --> 00:12:57,880 like genuinely it's 467 00:12:57,880 --> 00:12:59,480 like you're one of them. 468 00:12:59,480 --> 00:13:01,080 Like a lot of places 469 00:13:01,080 --> 00:13:02,440 with British people, 470 00:13:02,440 --> 00:13:04,440 they look down at you. 471 00:13:04,440 --> 00:13:06,400 But Malta Maltese people 472 00:13:06,400 --> 00:13:08,360 love British people so much. 473 00:13:08,360 --> 00:13:10,520 So when we went into their college, 474 00:13:10,520 --> 00:13:11,560 there was like, Oh my god, 475 00:13:11,560 --> 00:13:12,440 we love your voice. 476 00:13:12,440 --> 00:13:14,600 Like your accents are great, like they, 477 00:13:14,600 --> 00:13:16,400 you felt like 478 00:13:16,400 --> 00:13:18,400 they wanted you to be there. 479 00:13:18,400 --> 00:13:19,560 And sometimes when you're there 480 00:13:19,560 --> 00:13:20,280 for three weeks. 481 00:13:20,280 --> 00:13:23,640 So we was all on on the coach 482 00:13:23,640 --> 00:13:24,560 trip like going, 483 00:13:24,560 --> 00:13:26,120 Oh my God, they're not going to want us. 484 00:13:26,120 --> 00:13:26,560 Like, we're going to 485 00:13:26,560 --> 00:13:27,800 just feel really like 486 00:13:28,920 --> 00:13:30,560 not part of their group, but 487 00:13:30,560 --> 00:13:32,200 instantly, instantly. 488 00:13:32,200 --> 00:13:34,040 I still talk to them now, 489 00:13:34,040 --> 00:13:34,840 like I'm still friends 490 00:13:34,840 --> 00:13:35,880 with them all on Facebook 491 00:13:35,880 --> 00:13:37,400 and I see what they're doing. 492 00:13:37,400 --> 00:13:39,120 And 493 00:13:40,000 --> 00:13:42,200 with performing arts, 494 00:13:42,200 --> 00:13:44,000 they have all been 495 00:13:44,000 --> 00:13:46,000 in short movies and trailers 496 00:13:46,000 --> 00:13:47,640 and advertisements. 497 00:13:47,640 --> 00:13:49,920 Here it is a bit harder to get into that, 498 00:13:49,920 --> 00:13:51,080 but over there, over 499 00:13:51,080 --> 00:13:53,640 in Malta, it's so easy. 500 00:13:54,200 --> 00:13:55,760 And if we'd have been there, 501 00:13:55,760 --> 00:13:56,600 if we'd have gone 502 00:13:56,600 --> 00:13:58,920 the couple of weeks after, 503 00:13:58,920 --> 00:14:00,800 we could have been in that. 504 00:14:00,800 --> 00:14:03,640 So it's you get so many opportunities. 505 00:14:04,280 --> 00:14:05,280 Like, honestly, like, 506 00:14:05,280 --> 00:14:06,960 it's amazing and I loved it 507 00:14:06,960 --> 00:14:08,200 and I want to go again. 508 00:14:08,200 --> 00:14:09,720 Can I just pick up on the language 509 00:14:09,720 --> 00:14:10,480 you talked about? 510 00:14:10,480 --> 00:14:13,000 Because the language 511 00:14:13,000 --> 00:14:13,880 is a really interesting one. 512 00:14:13,880 --> 00:14:16,320 So when we go to Malta, 513 00:14:16,320 --> 00:14:18,320 if you catch a student 514 00:14:18,320 --> 00:14:19,720 or member of staff off guard, 515 00:14:19,720 --> 00:14:21,400 they'll talk in Maltese, 516 00:14:21,400 --> 00:14:21,960 which is a really, 517 00:14:21,960 --> 00:14:24,440 really difficult language to master. 518 00:14:24,440 --> 00:14:26,960 And I've yet I've been there 13 times 519 00:14:26,960 --> 00:14:28,080 yet to master the language, 520 00:14:29,160 --> 00:14:31,640 but they should teach in English. 521 00:14:32,200 --> 00:14:33,520 So when we walk in the room 522 00:14:33,520 --> 00:14:34,400 or when they've got guests 523 00:14:34,400 --> 00:14:35,000 that walk in the room 524 00:14:35,000 --> 00:14:36,400 or the management or anything else, 525 00:14:36,400 --> 00:14:37,480 they'll instantly change 526 00:14:37,480 --> 00:14:38,760 to talk in English and English 527 00:14:38,760 --> 00:14:40,440 is the aspirational language, 528 00:14:40,440 --> 00:14:41,920 which is strange, isn't it? 529 00:14:41,920 --> 00:14:43,120 So we do get a lot of praise 530 00:14:43,120 --> 00:14:43,800 about our accent 531 00:14:43,800 --> 00:14:45,040 and we're encouraged to, 532 00:14:45,040 --> 00:14:45,640 you know, I've given 533 00:14:45,640 --> 00:14:47,640 English classes over there 534 00:14:47,640 --> 00:14:49,600 because it's seen as in business, 535 00:14:49,600 --> 00:14:52,640 the language to talk, and it's seen 536 00:14:52,640 --> 00:14:54,440 as the sort of lesser 537 00:14:54,440 --> 00:14:56,640 and the more traditional 538 00:14:57,080 --> 00:14:58,680 the smaller SMEs 539 00:14:58,680 --> 00:15:00,760 that were talking Maltese. 540 00:15:00,760 --> 00:15:02,840 So it's really interesting to know 541 00:15:02,840 --> 00:15:03,960 that in terms of the island 542 00:15:03,960 --> 00:15:04,680 when you're on the island, 543 00:15:04,680 --> 00:15:06,240 because when we go to France, 544 00:15:06,240 --> 00:15:06,680 if any of you were 545 00:15:06,680 --> 00:15:07,320 interested in traveling 546 00:15:07,320 --> 00:15:08,920 to France with us it's 547 00:15:08,920 --> 00:15:11,080 absolutely not acceptable 548 00:15:11,080 --> 00:15:12,680 to speak in English. 549 00:15:12,680 --> 00:15:14,040 If you speak in English, that's 550 00:15:14,040 --> 00:15:15,280 you kind of giving up. 551 00:15:15,280 --> 00:15:16,440 So it's really important 552 00:15:16,440 --> 00:15:17,560 that we've got different language tools, 553 00:15:17,560 --> 00:15:19,000 but it's really important that you master 554 00:15:19,000 --> 00:15:21,040 at least some of the basics in French 555 00:15:21,040 --> 00:15:21,840 and you make an effort 556 00:15:21,840 --> 00:15:22,880 to speak in French. 557 00:15:22,880 --> 00:15:25,120 The same as I suppose you could talk. 558 00:15:25,120 --> 00:15:26,120 You know, food terms, 559 00:15:26,120 --> 00:15:28,360 very similar Malta in France, 560 00:15:28,640 --> 00:15:30,080 if you say no and they're offering you 561 00:15:30,080 --> 00:15:31,160 some hospitality. 562 00:15:31,160 --> 00:15:34,040 It's not culturally part of what we do. 563 00:15:34,040 --> 00:15:36,040 Germany, you know, it's 564 00:15:36,040 --> 00:15:37,000 kind of middle ground, 565 00:15:37,000 --> 00:15:38,160 but I absolutely found that 566 00:15:38,160 --> 00:15:40,040 in terms of language with Malta did you? 567 00:15:40,040 --> 00:15:40,480 Yeah. 568 00:15:40,480 --> 00:15:43,600 So, actually, some of one of the 569 00:15:43,600 --> 00:15:46,680 we was in near the end of it, 570 00:15:46,680 --> 00:15:48,920 the tutor actually asked us 571 00:15:48,920 --> 00:15:52,000 to stand up and talk like through 572 00:15:52,000 --> 00:15:54,240 because they the students, particularly 573 00:15:54,240 --> 00:15:56,000 they switch between 574 00:15:56,000 --> 00:15:57,760 Maltese and English, literally 575 00:15:57,760 --> 00:15:59,760 within the same sentence. 576 00:15:59,760 --> 00:16:01,080 They'd be speaking to you 577 00:16:01,080 --> 00:16:02,920 and speaking to one of their friends 578 00:16:02,920 --> 00:16:04,720 and not not in a nasty way, 579 00:16:04,720 --> 00:16:06,840 but they'd then switch into Maltese 580 00:16:06,840 --> 00:16:07,320 and then be like, 581 00:16:07,320 --> 00:16:08,360 Oh my God, I'm so sorry. 582 00:16:08,360 --> 00:16:10,400 And then they'd repeat what they said. 583 00:16:10,400 --> 00:16:12,880 And the tutor actually asked us 584 00:16:12,880 --> 00:16:15,440 as a group to like, 585 00:16:15,440 --> 00:16:16,720 sit down and read like 586 00:16:16,720 --> 00:16:17,840 through one of their scripts 587 00:16:17,840 --> 00:16:19,640 so they could pick up 588 00:16:19,640 --> 00:16:21,960 how English people spoke. 589 00:16:21,960 --> 00:16:24,000 Spoke the dialect. So 590 00:16:26,200 --> 00:16:27,920 how can I ask this group here, 591 00:16:27,920 --> 00:16:28,640 how would you feel 592 00:16:28,640 --> 00:16:30,440 if we had some French students 593 00:16:30,440 --> 00:16:31,720 that joined you in the group? 594 00:16:31,720 --> 00:16:32,480 Do you think you should speak 595 00:16:32,480 --> 00:16:34,360 French the more English? 596 00:16:34,600 --> 00:16:35,080 On the front row. 597 00:16:35,080 --> 00:16:36,080 What would you do? 598 00:16:36,960 --> 00:16:38,040 You speak English 599 00:16:38,040 --> 00:16:39,680 and do you think that's OK? 600 00:16:39,680 --> 00:16:42,080 Because because why they're coming here, 601 00:16:42,080 --> 00:16:42,800 would you do the same 602 00:16:42,800 --> 00:16:44,160 if you went to France? 603 00:16:46,880 --> 00:16:48,840 Would you try and speak French? 604 00:16:51,000 --> 00:16:52,200 Not sure. 605 00:16:52,200 --> 00:16:53,800 But there is something to be said 606 00:16:53,800 --> 00:16:55,640 sorry about hearing French, 607 00:16:55,640 --> 00:16:57,680 in a really thick Grimsby accent. 608 00:16:57,680 --> 00:16:59,400 Because when Ash went out 609 00:16:59,400 --> 00:17:00,640 and one of the one 610 00:17:00,640 --> 00:17:01,920 of the programme leaders 611 00:17:01,920 --> 00:17:02,880 picked up quite a lot of French, 612 00:17:02,880 --> 00:17:04,560 and he did really well, far 613 00:17:04,560 --> 00:17:05,640 more than I learned. 614 00:17:05,640 --> 00:17:06,680 But hearing it in a really 615 00:17:06,680 --> 00:17:07,960 thick Grimsby accent is. 616 00:17:09,040 --> 00:17:10,760 Little bit surreal, I'm going 617 00:17:10,760 --> 00:17:12,520 to be honest, it is a bit bizarre. 618 00:17:12,520 --> 00:17:14,680 But knowing the expectation 619 00:17:14,680 --> 00:17:15,240 is really important 620 00:17:15,240 --> 00:17:16,360 before you go somewhere. 621 00:17:16,360 --> 00:17:17,760 The same I touched on with food. 622 00:17:17,760 --> 00:17:19,720 But you know, when I went to Finland 623 00:17:19,720 --> 00:17:21,640 knowing that you've got that break 624 00:17:21,640 --> 00:17:22,680 in the middle of the day 625 00:17:22,680 --> 00:17:23,960 and that culture is really important 626 00:17:23,960 --> 00:17:26,680 is something in France. 627 00:17:26,680 --> 00:17:27,280 How would you feel 628 00:17:27,280 --> 00:17:28,320 about having a two hour lunch 629 00:17:28,320 --> 00:17:30,720 break every single day? 630 00:17:32,720 --> 00:17:34,520 And when where we go in France, 631 00:17:34,520 --> 00:17:35,800 the school is fairly remote. 632 00:17:35,800 --> 00:17:37,560 There's nowhere else to go. 633 00:17:37,560 --> 00:17:38,680 So if you're going to get rained 634 00:17:38,680 --> 00:17:39,400 on, you're going to get rained on. 635 00:17:39,400 --> 00:17:40,800 But there is absolutely 636 00:17:40,800 --> 00:17:42,800 a two hour break every day. 637 00:17:42,800 --> 00:17:44,480 Staff and students all in together. 638 00:17:44,480 --> 00:17:47,120 But that is the rule. So 639 00:17:48,200 --> 00:17:49,240 there's lots of different choice here. 640 00:17:49,240 --> 00:17:50,360 There's no choice there, 641 00:17:50,360 --> 00:17:51,560 there's one place that you go, 642 00:17:51,560 --> 00:17:52,320 that's what you do 643 00:17:52,320 --> 00:17:53,640 and you have two hours. 644 00:17:53,640 --> 00:17:54,840 And that's the same right across 645 00:17:54,840 --> 00:17:56,360 France, from school, college 646 00:17:56,360 --> 00:17:58,120 university two hour break. 647 00:17:58,120 --> 00:17:59,840 And that's part of their welfare policy. 648 00:17:59,840 --> 00:18:01,080 They believe that you need time 649 00:18:01,080 --> 00:18:02,080 to turn off your brain 650 00:18:02,080 --> 00:18:03,400 to kind of calm down from whatever 651 00:18:03,400 --> 00:18:04,440 you've learned in the morning 652 00:18:04,440 --> 00:18:05,400 and then to gear back up 653 00:18:05,400 --> 00:18:06,000 for the afternoon. 654 00:18:06,000 --> 00:18:08,320 So it's a much longer study day as well. 655 00:18:08,320 --> 00:18:08,960 So you'll be studying 656 00:18:08,960 --> 00:18:10,680 there till 6:00, 7:00. 657 00:18:10,680 --> 00:18:12,800 You can also, in France, 658 00:18:12,800 --> 00:18:15,080 you can work with alcohol. 659 00:18:15,080 --> 00:18:17,120 And so if you're in hospitality, 660 00:18:17,960 --> 00:18:19,000 you're encouraged to taste 661 00:18:19,000 --> 00:18:21,000 the alcohol quite regularly 662 00:18:21,000 --> 00:18:22,360 so you can be 14 15. 663 00:18:22,360 --> 00:18:23,000 As long as it's to do 664 00:18:23,000 --> 00:18:24,120 with business purposes, 665 00:18:24,120 --> 00:18:25,000 then you're encouraged to do it 666 00:18:25,000 --> 00:18:26,800 a bit like in Maltese. 667 00:18:26,800 --> 00:18:27,800 As long as it's business, 668 00:18:27,800 --> 00:18:28,720 then you speak English, 669 00:18:28,720 --> 00:18:29,640 so there's a real definition 670 00:18:29,640 --> 00:18:31,760 between business and social. 671 00:18:32,040 --> 00:18:33,720 So that was an interesting difference. 672 00:18:34,720 --> 00:18:36,160 Any other differences we want to pick up. 673 00:18:36,160 --> 00:18:37,200 I was wondering if there was 674 00:18:37,200 --> 00:18:38,120 any any questions 675 00:18:38,120 --> 00:18:39,080 about European travel 676 00:18:39,080 --> 00:18:40,440 from anyone or anything 677 00:18:40,440 --> 00:18:41,640 that wanted to pick up 678 00:18:41,640 --> 00:18:42,520 on anything we've said. 679 00:18:42,520 --> 00:18:43,920 Anyone interested in 680 00:18:43,920 --> 00:18:45,160 asking about Erasmus 681 00:18:45,160 --> 00:18:46,720 or studying at different 682 00:18:46,720 --> 00:18:47,560 colleges, obviously, 683 00:18:47,560 --> 00:18:48,320 we've got a student here 684 00:18:48,320 --> 00:18:50,280 that studied at a different college for 685 00:18:50,280 --> 00:18:51,480 for three weeks. 686 00:18:51,480 --> 00:18:54,320 Is there anyone that had anything to add? 687 00:18:54,320 --> 00:18:55,840 Yeah, I'm going to come across 688 00:18:55,840 --> 00:18:57,080 so I can stick a mic under your face 689 00:18:57,080 --> 00:18:57,800 if that's ok? 690 00:19:02,960 --> 00:19:05,040 What different countries 691 00:19:05,040 --> 00:19:07,080 do you offer for obviously 692 00:19:07,840 --> 00:19:10,640 electrical or mechanical engineering? 693 00:19:10,640 --> 00:19:12,040 Well, we've got contacts 694 00:19:12,040 --> 00:19:14,280 across a range of the ones 695 00:19:14,280 --> 00:19:16,760 the France, Finland, Malta and Germany. 696 00:19:17,800 --> 00:19:19,800 The partnerships that we develop are 697 00:19:19,800 --> 00:19:22,760 constantly evolving, so 698 00:19:23,120 --> 00:19:24,680 I can't remember which ones 699 00:19:24,680 --> 00:19:25,840 are specifically engineering, 700 00:19:25,840 --> 00:19:27,760 to be honest, but Emma? 701 00:19:27,760 --> 00:19:29,600 Yeah so in Malta. 702 00:19:29,600 --> 00:19:31,200 It's a real engineering island, 703 00:19:31,200 --> 00:19:33,280 so there's opportunity in Malta. 704 00:19:33,280 --> 00:19:34,360 Just about half of the industry 705 00:19:34,360 --> 00:19:36,280 is linked in some way to engineering, 706 00:19:36,280 --> 00:19:37,280 obviously marine engineering. 707 00:19:37,280 --> 00:19:38,880 So there's some real opportunities there, 708 00:19:38,880 --> 00:19:40,400 but also in Germany as well. 709 00:19:40,400 --> 00:19:41,360 So at Metmin college in 710 00:19:41,360 --> 00:19:42,280 the college based in Bonn. 711 00:19:50,480 --> 00:19:51,520 Who was that? 712 00:19:51,520 --> 00:19:52,680 Was that a question 713 00:19:52,680 --> 00:19:53,000 or just saying you're interested 714 00:19:53,000 --> 00:19:54,000 in going abroad? 715 00:19:54,000 --> 00:19:55,640 What question have you got? 716 00:19:59,680 --> 00:20:02,920 No question, no question. 717 00:20:18,040 --> 00:20:19,280 I think that's a really good thing 718 00:20:19,280 --> 00:20:20,600 to pick up on the positivity 719 00:20:20,600 --> 00:20:21,480 around the groups, 720 00:20:21,480 --> 00:20:23,120 seeing the dynamic changing 721 00:20:23,120 --> 00:20:25,120 with both the staff groups 722 00:20:25,120 --> 00:20:26,560 and the student groups. 723 00:20:26,560 --> 00:20:28,680 I think I went with staff members 724 00:20:28,680 --> 00:20:30,240 that I had never really worked before 725 00:20:30,240 --> 00:20:32,240 and actually now work with quite a lot. 726 00:20:32,240 --> 00:20:33,440 And I think the student groups 727 00:20:33,440 --> 00:20:34,600 I've taken out across 728 00:20:34,600 --> 00:20:35,640 the different sectors 729 00:20:35,640 --> 00:20:37,320 that we worked in in 730 00:20:37,320 --> 00:20:39,040 performing arts, media, games design 731 00:20:39,040 --> 00:20:40,720 the friendship groups like you said 732 00:20:40,720 --> 00:20:42,520 the people in the other countries 733 00:20:42,520 --> 00:20:43,280 you make friends 734 00:20:43,280 --> 00:20:45,200 and also the friendship groups 735 00:20:45,200 --> 00:20:46,880 that you bring back to college 736 00:20:46,880 --> 00:20:48,800 is actually really, really useful. 737 00:20:48,800 --> 00:20:51,200 Can I go to a member of staff? 738 00:20:51,200 --> 00:20:53,160 So Rachel I'm going to ask you. 739 00:20:53,160 --> 00:20:54,960 When you come to work normally, 740 00:20:54,960 --> 00:20:56,680 you see colleagues day to day. 741 00:20:56,680 --> 00:20:57,480 How do you normally say 742 00:20:57,480 --> 00:20:58,200 hello or greet them? 743 00:20:59,480 --> 00:21:00,240 Hello. 744 00:21:00,760 --> 00:21:02,640 So you speak to them. 745 00:21:02,640 --> 00:21:04,560 Yeah, just normally. 746 00:21:04,560 --> 00:21:05,960 Any physical contact in any way, 747 00:21:05,960 --> 00:21:08,800 just as a normal kind of British 748 00:21:08,800 --> 00:21:10,480 Grimsby person? 749 00:21:10,480 --> 00:21:13,080 No, not really. 750 00:21:13,080 --> 00:21:15,320 OK. 751 00:21:17,560 --> 00:21:22,720 I'm just crazy anyway aren't I. 752 00:21:22,720 --> 00:21:23,440 Obviously, there was a 753 00:21:23,440 --> 00:21:24,400 lot of meet and greet 754 00:21:24,400 --> 00:21:25,560 with us at the box office, 755 00:21:25,560 --> 00:21:26,360 so we had quite a lot 756 00:21:26,360 --> 00:21:28,720 of contact with them. 757 00:21:29,160 --> 00:21:30,640 But they were lovely, I missed them 758 00:21:30,640 --> 00:21:31,360 when they went, 759 00:21:31,360 --> 00:21:33,720 and I had the opportunity to go. 760 00:21:33,720 --> 00:21:34,280 But unfortunately 761 00:21:34,280 --> 00:21:36,000 I was pregnant at the time, 762 00:21:36,000 --> 00:21:38,320 so I had to give up my place, 763 00:21:38,320 --> 00:21:40,040 but I'm still waiting to go. 764 00:21:40,040 --> 00:21:42,640 So I'm going to be on one of them. 765 00:21:42,640 --> 00:21:45,240 So can I come to you, so normally 766 00:21:45,240 --> 00:21:46,400 where we're at work. 767 00:21:46,400 --> 00:21:47,120 I've got colleagues here. 768 00:21:47,120 --> 00:21:49,360 So in the morning I say, morning, 769 00:21:49,360 --> 00:21:50,360 how are you doing? 770 00:21:50,360 --> 00:21:51,200 What happens in France? 771 00:21:51,200 --> 00:21:54,200 They'll kiss you. 100% every time. 772 00:21:56,840 --> 00:21:58,160 Well, I would just say hello don't 773 00:21:58,160 --> 00:21:59,160 you in the morning 774 00:21:59,160 --> 00:22:00,000 Charlie, we just go, hi. 775 00:22:00,000 --> 00:22:01,400 But in France, they'll 776 00:22:01,400 --> 00:22:03,400 kiss you on both cheeks. 777 00:22:03,400 --> 00:22:04,560 Went to bed early 778 00:22:04,560 --> 00:22:05,960 the night before, Charlie. 779 00:22:05,960 --> 00:22:09,440 So if you are a member of staff in France 780 00:22:09,440 --> 00:22:11,200 and you walked into a 781 00:22:11,200 --> 00:22:12,920 staff room with 20 people, 782 00:22:12,920 --> 00:22:16,080 you would make the effort to go in kiss 783 00:22:16,080 --> 00:22:18,160 and we saw this every time. 784 00:22:18,400 --> 00:22:21,800 All 20 members of staff double kiss, 785 00:22:21,800 --> 00:22:23,040 100% every time. 786 00:22:23,040 --> 00:22:25,240 And it may be that you go in 787 00:22:25,240 --> 00:22:26,240 and you have a chat with them, 788 00:22:26,240 --> 00:22:27,480 you come out and you're away for an hour 789 00:22:27,480 --> 00:22:28,040 because you're delivering 790 00:22:28,040 --> 00:22:29,160 or whatever and you go back 791 00:22:29,160 --> 00:22:30,440 and then you do it again. 792 00:22:30,440 --> 00:22:33,880 And it was consistent every time. 793 00:22:35,840 --> 00:22:37,520 I think that's you've 794 00:22:37,520 --> 00:22:38,800 got a really interesting point there, 795 00:22:38,800 --> 00:22:40,400 because our greetings have changed 796 00:22:40,400 --> 00:22:41,680 recently, haven't they 797 00:22:41,680 --> 00:22:44,800 I have met a few new people recently 798 00:22:44,800 --> 00:22:46,240 as we've started to open up. 799 00:22:46,240 --> 00:22:48,120 And one of the first things I say is 800 00:22:48,120 --> 00:22:49,040 I won't shake your hand, 801 00:22:49,040 --> 00:22:50,680 and sometimes they offer an elbow. 802 00:22:50,680 --> 00:22:51,840 Sometimes they just 803 00:22:51,840 --> 00:22:53,880 just just in the kind of like that. 804 00:22:54,160 --> 00:22:55,480 But our greetings very much 805 00:22:55,480 --> 00:22:56,920 have changed because 806 00:22:56,920 --> 00:22:57,760 because of COVID, 807 00:22:57,760 --> 00:22:59,480 and I would be very interested 808 00:22:59,480 --> 00:23:00,800 to know how it's changed 809 00:23:00,800 --> 00:23:01,560 across there, how 810 00:23:01,560 --> 00:23:03,440 they've adapted to those greetings 811 00:23:03,440 --> 00:23:05,680 because they were culturally expected. 812 00:23:08,240 --> 00:23:08,960 That's something to kind 813 00:23:08,960 --> 00:23:10,680 of maybe look in to. 814 00:23:11,040 --> 00:23:12,680 Yeah, it'll be really interesting to see, 815 00:23:12,680 --> 00:23:14,720 but as you go in, it is again 816 00:23:14,720 --> 00:23:15,760 a bit like, you know, if you 817 00:23:15,760 --> 00:23:16,680 if you're accepting food, 818 00:23:16,680 --> 00:23:18,040 it is an absolute expectation 819 00:23:18,040 --> 00:23:19,080 that you embrace the culture 820 00:23:19,080 --> 00:23:20,840 that you've chosen to enter. 821 00:23:20,840 --> 00:23:22,080 And it's rude not to do that. 822 00:23:22,080 --> 00:23:24,120 So that's the practice that we adopted 823 00:23:24,120 --> 00:23:24,960 Darren didn't adopt it 824 00:23:24,960 --> 00:23:25,600 because Darren's allergic 825 00:23:25,600 --> 00:23:27,000 to physical contact, 826 00:23:27,000 --> 00:23:28,120 and it was quite amusing to see 827 00:23:28,120 --> 00:23:28,960 social distancing 828 00:23:28,960 --> 00:23:30,400 was a gift it's brilliant, 829 00:23:30,400 --> 00:23:33,640 but it was really interesting. 830 00:23:34,000 --> 00:23:36,000 So you said about going to Erasmus 831 00:23:36,000 --> 00:23:37,280 then you went on to university. 832 00:23:37,280 --> 00:23:39,080 Did you build confidence 833 00:23:39,080 --> 00:23:39,720 to go into Erasmus 834 00:23:39,720 --> 00:23:41,000 that helped to go to university? 835 00:23:41,000 --> 00:23:42,080 Would you have gone to university 836 00:23:42,080 --> 00:23:43,080 had you not gone to Erasmus? 837 00:23:44,560 --> 00:23:45,920 I think I always 838 00:23:45,920 --> 00:23:47,000 wanted to go to university, 839 00:23:47,000 --> 00:23:49,080 but it gave me. 840 00:23:49,080 --> 00:23:50,080 I was 841 00:23:50,080 --> 00:23:51,360 I went to Manchester 842 00:23:51,360 --> 00:23:53,080 for a few months last year 843 00:23:53,080 --> 00:23:55,080 and it gave me that push to do it 844 00:23:55,520 --> 00:23:56,480 because I was umming 845 00:23:56,480 --> 00:23:57,400 and arring quite a lot. 846 00:23:57,400 --> 00:23:59,200 Do I stay here and stay on? 847 00:23:59,200 --> 00:24:01,280 Obviously, I'm back now, but I was like, 848 00:24:01,280 --> 00:24:03,280 Oh, do I go elsewhere? 849 00:24:03,560 --> 00:24:04,920 And it actually did give me that 850 00:24:04,920 --> 00:24:06,480 because I I've lived my, 851 00:24:06,480 --> 00:24:09,000 my mom and my dad for my entire life. 852 00:24:09,520 --> 00:24:11,640 So I was like three weeks away from what 853 00:24:11,640 --> 00:24:12,480 my parents like. 854 00:24:12,480 --> 00:24:13,840 Oh my God, I've never washed 855 00:24:13,840 --> 00:24:15,560 clothes in my life, 856 00:24:15,560 --> 00:24:17,200 but like, it gave me that. 857 00:24:17,200 --> 00:24:20,200 I had to do it because my my mum was back 858 00:24:20,200 --> 00:24:23,240 in England, but so it gave me that like. 859 00:24:24,320 --> 00:24:30,040 Trial like a free trial, so. 860 00:24:33,040 --> 00:24:37,160 Yeah, I'd actually put in my notes to ask 861 00:24:37,160 --> 00:24:38,240 that as a follow up question, 862 00:24:38,240 --> 00:24:39,600 and I completely forgot 863 00:24:39,600 --> 00:24:40,760 because it's completely 864 00:24:40,760 --> 00:24:41,280 different, isn't it? 865 00:24:41,280 --> 00:24:41,880 Without a support 866 00:24:41,880 --> 00:24:44,160 network, we essentially. 867 00:24:44,240 --> 00:24:46,160 I want to sound sound as positive 868 00:24:46,160 --> 00:24:46,800 as I can about this, 869 00:24:46,800 --> 00:24:49,400 but abandon you in another country 870 00:24:49,400 --> 00:24:51,560 and you have to fend for yourselves . 871 00:24:51,560 --> 00:24:52,760 We're not going to be there to kind of 872 00:24:52,760 --> 00:24:54,080 we'll be there 873 00:24:54,080 --> 00:24:55,920 to kind of pick you up if needed, 874 00:24:55,920 --> 00:24:58,120 and we're there as a support network. 875 00:24:58,120 --> 00:25:00,840 But it's going to be your first. 876 00:25:00,880 --> 00:25:02,000 It could be potentially 877 00:25:02,000 --> 00:25:03,560 your first experience 878 00:25:03,560 --> 00:25:06,040 of living completely alone. 879 00:25:06,040 --> 00:25:08,040 So it sounds really dark and depressing. 880 00:25:08,240 --> 00:25:09,840 That's not how I meant. 881 00:25:25,920 --> 00:25:26,400 Exactly. 882 00:25:26,400 --> 00:25:28,120 So if you if you think now 883 00:25:28,120 --> 00:25:29,440 about the people on your left 884 00:25:29,440 --> 00:25:31,800 and on your right, they might be mates. 885 00:25:31,800 --> 00:25:33,120 They're also your competitors 886 00:25:33,120 --> 00:25:33,920 for your next job. 887 00:25:34,920 --> 00:25:35,920 You doing the same course? 888 00:25:35,920 --> 00:25:36,880 So what else is there 889 00:25:36,880 --> 00:25:38,120 that can set you aside? 890 00:25:38,120 --> 00:25:39,760 So when you write your CV 891 00:25:39,760 --> 00:25:40,920 and your mate on the left writing theirs. 892 00:25:40,920 --> 00:25:43,360 What have you got that's different? 893 00:25:43,360 --> 00:25:45,040 If you can say that you've been overseas, 894 00:25:45,040 --> 00:25:45,880 you've worked with this employee 895 00:25:45,880 --> 00:25:46,960 you've done this and that. 896 00:25:46,960 --> 00:25:49,240 It's massive it's absolutely massive. 897 00:25:49,880 --> 00:25:51,400 So not only do you get the experience, 898 00:25:51,400 --> 00:25:52,160 it also can give you 899 00:25:52,160 --> 00:25:53,400 a leg up in terms of, 900 00:25:53,400 --> 00:25:54,160 you know, all the things 901 00:25:54,160 --> 00:25:54,960 that you can access 902 00:25:54,960 --> 00:25:57,960 with the confidence that you've got. 903 00:25:58,240 --> 00:25:59,280 Right. Let me come to this then. 904 00:25:59,280 --> 00:26:01,440 So what do you think? 905 00:26:01,440 --> 00:26:03,360 I'm going to ask you on the front row 906 00:26:03,360 --> 00:26:05,560 what is a stereotypical 907 00:26:05,560 --> 00:26:07,440 characteristic of being British, 908 00:26:07,440 --> 00:26:09,440 do you think? 909 00:26:09,440 --> 00:26:12,200 Drinking tea, drinking tea. 910 00:26:12,800 --> 00:26:13,640 All right, what else? 911 00:26:16,000 --> 00:26:18,280 Fish and chips, fish and chips. 912 00:26:18,560 --> 00:26:19,880 All right, so we got drinking 913 00:26:19,880 --> 00:26:25,760 tea, fish and chips. 914 00:26:25,760 --> 00:26:32,160 Being polite. 915 00:26:32,160 --> 00:26:35,320 Absolutely. 916 00:26:35,320 --> 00:26:37,400 Standing in the queue, yeah, definitely. 917 00:26:37,480 --> 00:26:38,200 Yeah, how many times 918 00:26:38,200 --> 00:26:38,960 if we stood in a queue 919 00:26:38,960 --> 00:26:41,320 they don't do that in France or Germany. 920 00:26:42,200 --> 00:26:44,080 Yes, you're still stood in the queue. 921 00:26:44,080 --> 00:26:45,520 Yeah, you can be the person 922 00:26:45,520 --> 00:26:46,080 that stood there 923 00:26:46,080 --> 00:26:47,200 and everyone else is gone in front of you 924 00:26:47,200 --> 00:26:48,600 and elbow past you. 925 00:26:48,600 --> 00:26:52,360 So who has been abroad on their own? 926 00:26:55,040 --> 00:26:55,800 Without your parents, 927 00:26:55,800 --> 00:26:56,920 so three out of all of you, 928 00:26:56,920 --> 00:26:58,280 so it's an opportunity, 929 00:26:58,280 --> 00:27:00,240 definitely for you guys 930 00:27:00,240 --> 00:27:02,040 to keep your ear to the ground 931 00:27:02,040 --> 00:27:04,160 because we're hoping to 932 00:27:04,880 --> 00:27:06,360 send groups of students out 933 00:27:06,360 --> 00:27:08,120 aren't we over the next few years. 934 00:27:08,120 --> 00:27:08,880 There'll be opportunities 935 00:27:08,880 --> 00:27:09,640 again, for sure. 936 00:27:09,640 --> 00:27:11,920 We we're really dedicated to it 937 00:27:11,920 --> 00:27:13,400 for the reasons that we've talked about. 938 00:27:13,400 --> 00:27:14,560 Obviously, we're in a situation 939 00:27:14,560 --> 00:27:15,520 at the moment with COVID, 940 00:27:15,520 --> 00:27:16,600 so we need to think practically 941 00:27:16,600 --> 00:27:17,800 about what we can do. 942 00:27:17,800 --> 00:27:19,560 And it's in terms of accessing funding, 943 00:27:19,560 --> 00:27:20,120 but it's something 944 00:27:20,120 --> 00:27:21,080 that we are committed to 945 00:27:21,080 --> 00:27:22,520 when it's possible to do it. Yeah. 946 00:27:22,520 --> 00:27:23,720 And what normally happens 947 00:27:23,720 --> 00:27:26,000 with the application process. 948 00:27:26,200 --> 00:27:28,040 You'll put forward your application 949 00:27:28,040 --> 00:27:29,040 and you'll have to do 950 00:27:29,040 --> 00:27:30,280 a PowerPoint presentation 951 00:27:30,280 --> 00:27:32,360 or I think you have to write something, 952 00:27:32,360 --> 00:27:32,960 didn't you Sophie? 953 00:27:33,280 --> 00:27:35,240 Yeah. So you have to like, apply. 954 00:27:35,240 --> 00:27:36,880 And I did a presentation 955 00:27:36,880 --> 00:27:39,160 and one of the slides was 956 00:27:39,160 --> 00:27:42,400 I did like fun facts about Malta. 957 00:27:42,400 --> 00:27:44,440 And there was so much like 958 00:27:44,440 --> 00:27:46,280 so many weird facts 959 00:27:46,280 --> 00:27:49,280 about Malta that you'd never think like. 960 00:27:49,600 --> 00:27:51,720 I think I found that 961 00:27:51,720 --> 00:27:52,960 it used to be illegal 962 00:27:52,960 --> 00:27:55,040 to run in the street 963 00:27:55,040 --> 00:27:56,160 and like, there was so many, 964 00:27:56,160 --> 00:27:57,320 like when you research 965 00:27:57,320 --> 00:27:58,760 about where you're going as well, 966 00:27:58,760 --> 00:28:00,800 you find out so much like please, 967 00:28:00,800 --> 00:28:02,680 when if you do go research 968 00:28:02,680 --> 00:28:03,240 about where you're going 969 00:28:03,240 --> 00:28:06,240 you get told, like all of the basics 970 00:28:06,240 --> 00:28:07,720 that you need to know. 971 00:28:07,720 --> 00:28:09,440 But there's so much 972 00:28:09,440 --> 00:28:10,520 more interesting facts 973 00:28:10,520 --> 00:28:12,720 that you would would never think to know 974 00:28:12,800 --> 00:28:14,520 and make sure you've all got a passport 975 00:28:14,520 --> 00:28:16,360 that's got at least six months on it. 976 00:28:16,360 --> 00:28:18,360 Because obviously with EU Brexit, 977 00:28:18,640 --> 00:28:20,440 we have to make sure that you all have 978 00:28:20,440 --> 00:28:22,360 the right documentation 979 00:28:22,360 --> 00:28:23,720 to get in and out of the country. 980 00:28:23,720 --> 00:28:26,040 Yeah, don't do what I did 981 00:28:26,040 --> 00:28:26,640 and leave it until the last minute. 982 00:28:27,760 --> 00:28:29,400 It will be a proviso 983 00:28:29,400 --> 00:28:30,400 of the application 984 00:28:30,400 --> 00:28:31,960 that you have to have a passport. 985 00:28:31,960 --> 00:28:33,360 And it's got at least six months 986 00:28:33,360 --> 00:28:35,120 before you travel on it. 987 00:28:35,560 --> 00:28:37,160 So the first thing that you'll see, 988 00:28:37,160 --> 00:28:38,680 sorry we've got a couple of questions on 989 00:28:38,680 --> 00:28:40,120 on the back of that. 990 00:28:44,520 --> 00:28:46,720 As soon as we know when the funding is, 991 00:28:47,200 --> 00:28:48,760 when we know we can go again, 992 00:28:48,760 --> 00:28:51,240 we will let every department know. 993 00:28:51,360 --> 00:28:53,640 So every department that we can 994 00:28:53,640 --> 00:28:55,680 facilitate in one of these countries 995 00:28:55,680 --> 00:28:57,480 will be able to then 996 00:28:57,480 --> 00:28:58,360 pass that information 997 00:28:58,360 --> 00:28:59,080 on to their students. 998 00:28:59,080 --> 00:29:01,200 So I promise as soon as we know, 999 00:29:01,440 --> 00:29:02,680 you'll know. 1000 00:29:23,120 --> 00:29:24,240 Absolutely widening 1001 00:29:24,240 --> 00:29:24,960 your horizons 1002 00:29:24,960 --> 00:29:26,160 and taking in different cultures 1003 00:29:26,160 --> 00:29:27,560 and different beliefs. 1004 00:29:27,560 --> 00:29:29,440 Absolutely. It's massively important. 1005 00:29:29,440 --> 00:29:32,120 Completely. I really agree. 1006 00:29:32,120 --> 00:29:33,920 And on that, it's important 1007 00:29:33,920 --> 00:29:34,520 that, you know, the reason 1008 00:29:34,520 --> 00:29:35,120 I was asking about 1009 00:29:35,120 --> 00:29:35,720 what is it to be 1010 00:29:35,720 --> 00:29:38,480 British is to try and be really open 1011 00:29:38,720 --> 00:29:40,960 to understanding stereotypes, 1012 00:29:40,960 --> 00:29:42,880 but also seeing beyond them. 1013 00:29:42,880 --> 00:29:44,880 So, you know, if you think about me, 1014 00:29:44,880 --> 00:29:46,720 I'm look like I'm white British. 1015 00:29:46,720 --> 00:29:48,840 Well, actually, I'm 50% Afro-Caribbean, 1016 00:29:49,960 --> 00:29:52,600 and there's a quarter of me is Russian, 1017 00:29:52,920 --> 00:29:54,720 so I'm probably like a quarter 1018 00:29:54,720 --> 00:29:56,800 left as as white British. 1019 00:29:56,800 --> 00:29:58,400 So yes, I might queue 1020 00:29:58,400 --> 00:30:00,520 because I'm quite polite person, 1021 00:30:00,520 --> 00:30:02,160 and I do like some of the food 1022 00:30:02,160 --> 00:30:03,160 that you talked about. 1023 00:30:03,160 --> 00:30:05,080 But also, I can speak a little bit 1024 00:30:05,080 --> 00:30:08,240 different languages and I, you know, 1025 00:30:08,240 --> 00:30:09,760 I greet someone in the way they do it 1026 00:30:09,760 --> 00:30:10,880 when we go to France 1027 00:30:10,880 --> 00:30:12,000 and all sorts of things. 1028 00:30:12,000 --> 00:30:13,480 And the more you can 1029 00:30:13,480 --> 00:30:14,480 sort of gather together 1030 00:30:14,480 --> 00:30:15,720 in terms of your cultural 1031 00:30:15,720 --> 00:30:17,520 portfolio, the stronger 1032 00:30:17,520 --> 00:30:18,400 you'll be when you go 1033 00:30:18,400 --> 00:30:19,640 to different environments. 1034 00:30:19,640 --> 00:30:22,000 Because it may well be that 1035 00:30:22,000 --> 00:30:25,120 you found a pocket of culture in England 1036 00:30:25,480 --> 00:30:26,640 that actually replicates 1037 00:30:26,640 --> 00:30:28,560 a pocket of culture in a different place 1038 00:30:28,560 --> 00:30:29,560 in a different country because, 1039 00:30:31,440 --> 00:30:32,480 culture develops where 1040 00:30:32,480 --> 00:30:33,880 people come together. 1041 00:30:33,880 --> 00:30:35,840 So it's important to know, 1042 00:30:35,840 --> 00:30:37,000 as we say, the characteristics. 1043 00:30:37,000 --> 00:30:38,880 You know, we all wear bowler hats 1044 00:30:38,880 --> 00:30:40,520 and we all know the Queen. 1045 00:30:40,520 --> 00:30:41,440 And when we went to Malta, 1046 00:30:41,440 --> 00:30:42,240 that's what they expect. 1047 00:30:42,240 --> 00:30:43,160 I mean, how many times 1048 00:30:43,160 --> 00:30:44,160 have you met the Queen? 1049 00:30:44,160 --> 00:30:45,280 Well, she's not my gran, 1050 00:30:45,280 --> 00:30:45,960 but they just think, Oh, 1051 00:30:45,960 --> 00:30:46,800 you're a small island. 1052 00:30:46,800 --> 00:30:47,720 We absolutely have. 1053 00:30:47,720 --> 00:30:48,560 We've met, you know, 1054 00:30:48,560 --> 00:30:49,600 and we all have our big black 1055 00:30:49,600 --> 00:30:50,320 umbrellas and stuff. 1056 00:30:50,320 --> 00:30:51,040 So it's really important 1057 00:30:51,040 --> 00:30:52,560 to understand what people expect of us, 1058 00:30:52,560 --> 00:30:54,920 but also to challenge that a little bit. 1059 00:30:55,160 --> 00:30:56,000 And also, 1060 00:30:56,000 --> 00:30:56,760 you know, we've talked 1061 00:30:56,760 --> 00:30:57,680 about some of the differences 1062 00:30:57,680 --> 00:30:59,320 when you go to different countries, 1063 00:30:59,320 --> 00:31:00,640 but challenge that too 1064 00:31:00,640 --> 00:31:01,640 in a really polite way 1065 00:31:01,640 --> 00:31:02,760 and have those conversations. 1066 00:31:02,760 --> 00:31:05,040 So for example, 1067 00:31:05,040 --> 00:31:06,480 if any of you travel with us to France, 1068 00:31:06,480 --> 00:31:08,760 you can't talk about religion, 1069 00:31:08,760 --> 00:31:10,160 you cannot talk about religion. 1070 00:31:10,160 --> 00:31:12,200 So it's really important to understand 1071 00:31:12,200 --> 00:31:13,840 and do your research as Soph says 1072 00:31:13,840 --> 00:31:14,680 before you go into 1073 00:31:14,680 --> 00:31:15,440 different environments. 1074 00:31:15,440 --> 00:31:17,120 Because if you start to have a big debate 1075 00:31:17,120 --> 00:31:19,920 about religion in a class that is not OK. 1076 00:31:20,560 --> 00:31:22,560 But outside of class, 1077 00:31:22,560 --> 00:31:23,360 to start having those 1078 00:31:23,360 --> 00:31:24,600 conversations, actually, 1079 00:31:24,600 --> 00:31:25,880 we were told it's really refreshing 1080 00:31:25,880 --> 00:31:27,160 and we had some really interesting 1081 00:31:27,160 --> 00:31:29,040 conversations in Germany. 1082 00:31:29,040 --> 00:31:30,080 You know, the idea 1083 00:31:30,080 --> 00:31:31,160 do we talk about the war? 1084 00:31:32,200 --> 00:31:34,000 You know, kind of un said thing. 1085 00:31:34,000 --> 00:31:35,960 Of course, we talk about the war 1086 00:31:35,960 --> 00:31:37,520 because we all think that terrible things 1087 00:31:37,520 --> 00:31:38,440 happened in the war, 1088 00:31:38,440 --> 00:31:39,920 and that's no different. 1089 00:31:39,920 --> 00:31:41,840 Are you doing the side shuffle? 1090 00:31:41,840 --> 00:31:43,560 Cool. And 1091 00:31:45,680 --> 00:31:47,440 so that's no different. 1092 00:31:47,440 --> 00:31:48,200 Whoever we are, 1093 00:31:48,200 --> 00:31:49,000 because we've all got 1094 00:31:49,000 --> 00:31:50,080 the same hearts and minds. 1095 00:31:50,080 --> 00:31:51,800 So think about stereo type 1096 00:31:51,800 --> 00:31:53,200 but think beyond stereotype. 1097 00:31:53,200 --> 00:31:54,840 And it's a really important message 1098 00:31:54,840 --> 00:31:56,240 that our colleague made there about that 1099 00:31:56,240 --> 00:31:58,240 and about opening her eyes and so, 1100 00:31:58,240 --> 00:31:59,840 I am aware that we're out of time. 1101 00:31:59,840 --> 00:32:02,160 Thank you very much for your time today. 1102 00:32:02,160 --> 00:32:03,360 We are very proud 1103 00:32:03,360 --> 00:32:05,080 that we pioneer opportunities 1104 00:32:05,080 --> 00:32:06,920 for you to travel fully funded 1105 00:32:06,920 --> 00:32:08,520 and when we're in a position to do that 1106 00:32:08,520 --> 00:32:09,200 with all of the different 1107 00:32:09,200 --> 00:32:10,520 external factors, we will let you know. 1108 00:32:10,520 --> 00:32:12,280 But thank you for your time today. 1109 00:32:12,280 --> 00:32:13,120 If you've got any questions, 1110 00:32:13,120 --> 00:32:15,160 we'll still be here. Thanks, guys. 1111 00:32:22,320 --> 00:32:22,960 We've been taught 1112 00:32:22,960 --> 00:32:26,040 about different cultural places 1113 00:32:26,280 --> 00:32:27,840 where we could go to study 1114 00:32:27,840 --> 00:32:30,880 there as a experience. 1115 00:32:30,880 --> 00:32:34,000 Is it something you are interested in 1116 00:32:34,000 --> 00:32:34,440 and did you know 1117 00:32:34,440 --> 00:32:34,480 anything about it before today? 1118 00:32:34,480 --> 00:32:35,960 I didn't know anything about it, 1119 00:32:35,960 --> 00:32:38,320 but I would really be interested in it. 1120 00:32:38,880 --> 00:32:40,440 And what have you learned 1121 00:32:40,440 --> 00:32:41,400 about other cultures 1122 00:32:41,400 --> 00:32:45,240 today is there anything in particular 1123 00:32:45,240 --> 00:32:45,760 you have picked up on? Well, 1124 00:32:45,760 --> 00:32:47,000 because I've I've researched 1125 00:32:47,000 --> 00:32:47,920 other cultures before 1126 00:32:47,920 --> 00:32:49,480 because I've always been interested 1127 00:32:49,480 --> 00:32:51,040 in learning French, and stuff 1128 00:32:51,040 --> 00:32:51,960 I've known things 1129 00:32:51,960 --> 00:32:53,520 like they greet each other 1130 00:32:53,520 --> 00:32:55,400 with a kiss on the cheek. 1131 00:32:55,400 --> 00:32:56,680 So there is the odd thing 1132 00:32:56,680 --> 00:32:59,520 what I've learned. Malta, 1133 00:33:00,320 --> 00:33:02,400 you know what I mean, 1134 00:33:02,400 --> 00:33:04,920 but I didn't know about them. 1135 00:33:04,920 --> 00:33:07,480 There is. There is a lot I've learned. 1136 00:33:07,480 --> 00:33:11,200 So for someone who has never come 1137 00:33:11,200 --> 00:33:11,360 to a debates day 1138 00:33:11,360 --> 00:33:11,520 would you recommend someone 1139 00:33:11,520 --> 00:33:11,960 to come to the next one? 1140 00:33:12,160 --> 00:33:15,320 Definitely if they eant to progress 1141 00:33:15,320 --> 00:33:18,400 into their career 1142 00:33:18,800 --> 00:33:20,360 because if you're offering things 1143 00:33:20,360 --> 00:33:21,480 over a different country, 1144 00:33:21,480 --> 00:33:22,240 it could be different to 1145 00:33:22,240 --> 00:33:23,880 what we're learning here. 1146 00:33:26,120 --> 00:33:27,600 So we've been having a 1147 00:33:27,600 --> 00:33:29,840 debate about the travel 1148 00:33:29,840 --> 00:33:31,640 and culture around it. 1149 00:33:31,640 --> 00:33:33,280 And talking about British values 1150 00:33:33,280 --> 00:33:36,080 and how it's seen in other countries. 1151 00:33:36,640 --> 00:33:37,440 Perfect. 1152 00:33:37,440 --> 00:33:39,760 And also, you were part of the panel, 1153 00:33:39,760 --> 00:33:41,160 but what did you learn when you travelled 1154 00:33:41,160 --> 00:33:42,280 and would you recommend travel 1155 00:33:42,280 --> 00:33:43,200 to other students? 1156 00:33:43,200 --> 00:33:45,480 I would 1,000% recommend travel 1157 00:33:45,480 --> 00:33:48,920 to other students like I loved it. 1158 00:33:49,120 --> 00:33:52,240 I I learned so much about myself, 1159 00:33:52,600 --> 00:33:54,760 but also about the other cultures. 1160 00:33:54,760 --> 00:33:58,080 Like when I went to Malta, 1161 00:33:58,120 --> 00:34:00,600 we we learned that 1162 00:34:01,200 --> 00:34:03,200 over there it's such a small thing. 1163 00:34:03,200 --> 00:34:04,320 But in the college 1164 00:34:04,320 --> 00:34:06,360 they had cats just roaming around 1165 00:34:06,360 --> 00:34:07,360 and they used to feed them 1166 00:34:07,360 --> 00:34:09,440 and the wildlife 1167 00:34:09,440 --> 00:34:12,120 and the animals, were so well kept. 1168 00:34:12,760 --> 00:34:13,440 And they'd be like, 1169 00:34:13,440 --> 00:34:16,280 we'd be walkin in in the country 1170 00:34:17,120 --> 00:34:20,160 and they'd have bird boxes and 1171 00:34:20,640 --> 00:34:22,200 cat food and cat trays 1172 00:34:22,200 --> 00:34:24,240 so that the wild cats 1173 00:34:24,240 --> 00:34:25,840 could like, eat and drink. 1174 00:34:25,840 --> 00:34:27,280 And what did you learn about yourself 1175 00:34:27,280 --> 00:34:29,840 when you travelled 1176 00:34:29,840 --> 00:34:30,640 and what can other people expect 1177 00:34:30,640 --> 00:34:30,680 who have not been abroad, 1178 00:34:30,920 --> 00:34:33,320 what do you come back with, 1179 00:34:33,320 --> 00:34:33,600 were you a different 1180 00:34:33,600 --> 00:34:34,120 person, more confident 1181 00:34:34,120 --> 00:34:35,680 and organized things like that. 1182 00:34:35,680 --> 00:34:38,320 I didn't think I'd be able to do it. 1183 00:34:38,320 --> 00:34:39,120 I didn't think I'd be able 1184 00:34:39,120 --> 00:34:40,240 to go abroad on my own 1185 00:34:40,240 --> 00:34:41,160 without my parents. 1186 00:34:41,160 --> 00:34:42,360 Like I never been about anywhere 1187 00:34:42,360 --> 00:34:43,720 but on my own. 1188 00:34:43,720 --> 00:34:46,560 Completely pretty much. And you, you 1189 00:34:47,520 --> 00:34:48,600 learn so much more about 1190 00:34:48,600 --> 00:34:50,080 yourself when you're there 1191 00:34:50,080 --> 00:34:51,360 so I didn't think I'd be able to do 1192 00:34:51,360 --> 00:34:53,480 it, and I came back and I'd done it 1193 00:34:54,080 --> 00:34:55,240 and I was like, Oh my God, 1194 00:34:55,240 --> 00:34:56,280 I want to do it again 1195 00:34:56,280 --> 00:34:57,920 and again and again. 1196 00:34:57,920 --> 00:35:00,680 And it just gives you that newfound 1197 00:35:00,680 --> 00:35:01,880 confidence of actually, 1198 00:35:01,880 --> 00:35:03,440 you don't want to 1199 00:35:03,440 --> 00:35:05,000 sometimes meet new people 1200 00:35:05,000 --> 00:35:08,080 but actually meeting new people, opens 1201 00:35:08,080 --> 00:35:08,560 so many more doors.