Former NULC student gives inspirational talk

On Monday 29^th September, former Newcastle-under-Lyme College student, Lance Corporal Thomas Capper, visited Year 11 pupils at Trentham High School.

Thomas gave an inspirational talk about how hard work and determination have enabled him to follow his dream of becoming a paramedic. Despite failing to gain a place at University due to his low confidence, he joined the British Army in 2012. In 2014 he was promoted to Lance Corporal and has never looked back.

Having visited a number of barracks across Britain, he completed a course on sky-diving, joined a tour of Kenya and completed the pre-deployment training used for Afghanistan. At the end of September Thomas is off to Canada for 2 months to drive an ambulance and offer medical support for an army training exercise.

Pupils from Trentham High School were given the chance to ask Thomas about life in the army but also about the BTEC National Diploma in Sport & Exercise Science that he completed at NULC.

If you would like the Newcastle-under-Lyme College Schools Liaison Team to arrange an inspirational talk in your school, contact Gareth or Tara on 01782 254347 or email schools@nulc.ac.uk