Complaint from the Cookie Jar

Anne Herron has found herself without the summer help from Philip. He is enjoying his maths degree so much that he ended up working at Queens all summer too. Great to hear he is enjoying the course so much after all his hard work.

The Valentine Quinns

Shea Valentine Quinn turned up smiling yesterday - son of Sinead and Patrick, now all living at the Fin. Sinead tells us that Anne Marie is still engineering with the Roads Service, Anthony is a mechanic and Patrick is working with him, and Brendan is earning lots of money. Great to meet Shea, who is curly and smiley, a double Shimna baby.

A criminologist at heart

Eleanor McGlue left Shimna with excellent A level grades to join the police. However, the recruitment process took so long that she took herself to university after all to study criminology. She is loving the degree course, and now intends to join the police through the graduate recruitment programme.

Carl in Dundee

Carl Greer has been in touch and has successfully completed first year of his degree in Mental Health Nursing in Dundee. It takes real commitment to build up the work experience required before you even begin to qualify for this career, and it is one of the most important careers in our society.

Ryan and Conal

Great to run into Ryan McCabe, founder student, who has fulfilled his ambition to work with engines, and now works on the DDC diesels. Anyone remember Ryan in the racing car on stage in the Annesley Hall as part of our very first Christmas production? He had news of Conal Magee, who sounds to have found his vocation in Scarborough, qualifying in things to do with sound and production. Get in touch, Conal, and explain it all.