Students and staff at Suffolk New College travelled to the Jubilee Room in the House of Commons to celebrate Suffolk Day.
Principal Alan Pease was joined by students Alex Grigoriciuc, Leo Banfield and Maliki Mullett as the county came together in the corridors of power to celebrate the brilliance of living and working in this part of the world.
Mr Pease met up with industry partners like Mark Murphy, CEO of Cancer Support Suffolk and Andrew Heffer-Lamond from HF Bond. He also saw friends of the college, such as Liz Nice, editor of the EADT and Ipswich Star, as well as the local MP, Jack Abbott.
On this occasion, he said: “As a county and as people, Suffolk folk tend to like to fly under the radar – that’s why Suffolk Day is such an important event.
“It’s a wonderful place and I’m proud to work and support so many people who live here via the work we do at Suffolk New College.
“Last year, some of our learners wrote love letters to the county about why they love living here as part of Suffolk Day – and this year it was a great honour to fly the flag for this wonderful county in one of the most iconic buildings in the world.” Alan went on to add: “It was a great occasion where Terry Baxter (chair of governors at Suffolk New College) and Brendan Keaney (another governor at the college) joined me in celebrating the county. We met up with many friends of the college including Nigel Cann, Joint MD of Sizewell C.
Nigel was incredibly generous with his time where he helped advise three of our T Level Engineering learners, Maliki, Leo and Alex. He was able to give them great advice on their future careers. He also got to hear how Maliki and Alex met up with Sir Keir Starmer last week. It was wonderful to be part of this.”