Haywards Heath College Hosts British Army for Interactive Career Day  

Last week, Haywards Heath College welcomed public service students from Crawley College for a day of talks and activities run by the British Army. 

The day began with a variety of talks from the Army Infantry, Royal Engineers, the Intelligence Core, and the Royal Logistics Core.  

In the afternoon students were given the opportunity to take part in some practical activities.  

These activities included ‘Blaze Pods’, a smart light-based reflex training system, and an interactive shooting range using VR headsets, and more.  

Cpl Gohegan – Infantry, who participated in the event, said:  

“Everything we do in our team is on our feat, we use up to Foxhound light mechanised vehicles.  

“We try to give students a basic understanding of what we do, what we’re about, and show how being in the army is something you can make a career out of, and something you can transfer skills and qualifications back over to civilian life.  

“This is one of the best colleges we’ve been to, the students have a lot of respect for their staff, and the teachers are very experienced as they are ex-servicemen.” 

Around 80 public services students, across level one, two, and three courses, from Crawley College travelled to Haywards Heath College.  

Harley Green, a level one student who took part, said, “I think this event is better than just searching things up online, because you can actually ask questions directly.  

“I really enjoyed the Blaze Pods activity, because it works on your agility and things like that, as well as your observation skills.”  

Leon Wheaton, another student who took part in the day, added: “I was quite surprised at how well everything was planned out, it was really nice seeing the different things the army offered.  

“I’ve been stuck between wanting to join the army and fire service, and this event has allowed me to understand more about what happens in the army.”