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Ivybridge Community College

Royal Air Force - December 2024

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Sergeant Liam Quinn (pictured) visited our Year 9 students recently to deliver a year group assembly on careers and opportunities in the Royal Air Force

He then met with a group of Year 9 and 10 students for an in depth Question and Answer workshop where he chatted to students about his own pathway into the Forces via a Uniformed Protective Service course, his progression through Phase One and Two Training before entering the Air Corps Unit.  

He explained the many different roles of the RAF, including ‘Being a Force for Good in the World’, and talked about the different entry levels into the Force, including Apprenticeship pathways and degree sponsorship via University Air Squadrons

Sergeant Quinn advised students that working towards getting the best grades they can in the GCSEs and also getting involved in activities such as...

Air Cadets

Duke of Edinburgh

Work Experience

...can all help to demonstrate team building, leadership and management, which are skills that are highly valued in the Forces

The students asked Liam a wide range of questions including...

“Does your family go with you when you are away?”

“Does the RAF accommodate neurodivergence?”

“What does an
Air Traffic Controller do?”

Following the session, Sergeant Quinn fed back, “Thank you for this morning, it was very rewarding and nice to engage with the students who were impeccable with their questions, representing the school excellently.”