Amy Huntington

It’s really difficult to state just one thing I love about working at Lancaster & Morecambe College because there are so many! I really wanted to work here because the college has a fantastic reputation. I love introducing new ways of working and keeping up with relevant trends to improve the course, and I really enjoy the supportive environment that we create for our students. 

Amy Huntington works in the Apprenticeship Team as a Business Administration Adviser at Lancaster & Morecambe College supporting the students to achieve in their Apprenticeships.

Amy has always had a keen interest in business, in particular the management of businesses and began her career with a Retail Apprenticeship at New Look, before going on to complete a Retail Management Apprenticeship. Amy says that she loved her experiences in retail, but eventually decided it was time to have a change in career and worked in a recruitment office helping people to become job ready. 

Amy completed a third Apprenticeship at Lancaster & Morecambe College, in an employment related services and following that went on to complete her training to become an Assessor, and the rest is history! Amy been an Assessor for 9 years and now specialises in the Business Administrator Apprenticeship, having also taught on the full time Business course here at LMC. During her time as an Assessors she has also supported a range of Apprenticeship courses including:-

• Customer Service Apprenticeship
• Team Leading Apprenticeship
• Management Apprenticeship
• Marketing Assistant Apprenticeship
• Business Administrator Apprenticeship
• Retail Apprenticeship
• Warehousing Apprenticeship
• Learning & Development Apprenticeship
• Employment Related Services Apprenticeship

As a Business Administration Adviser, Amy meets her apprentices once every month in the workplace to see how they’re getting on and to offer any support. She also runs a monthly group session for all of her students to cover the additional elements of the criteria on the Business Administrator Apprenticeship. In these group sessions everyone gets the opportunity to network and discuss their apprenticeships with others who are in the same boat!

When asked what her favourite parts of her role are and working at LMC Amy replied,

It’s really difficult to state just one thing I love about working at Lancaster & Morecambe College because there are so many! I really wanted to work here because the college has a fantastic reputation. I love introducing new ways of working and keeping up with relevant trends to improve the course, and I really enjoy the supportive environment that we create for our students. We also work closely with our Pastoral Mentors and Apprenticeship Progress Coaches to support our students academically as well as look after their wellbeing too.

When asked what she would you say to someone who was thinking about studying the Business Administrator Apprenticeship course, her reply was;

If you’re looking to study a Business Administration Apprenticeship it is a good foundation to any career, as no matter what job you do it’s highly likely that there will be some element of administration. Whilst on this Apprenticeship you will gain skills which will support you in many careers. Choosing to study Business Administration at LMC is a great choice as the staff are so enthusiastic about what they do and ensure that the apprentices have the best experience.