Harrow College Sport Students recently enjoyed a day at Sky TV headquarters in West London where they were treated to some career advice from England's legendary Rugby Work Cup winning fly-half Jonny Wilkinson.
The Harrow College Sports students were visiting the Sky Academy – an initiative set up by Sky which uses TV, creativity and sport to help unlock potential in young people. They were taking part in the Sky Academy Careers Lab which is a full day of career focussed activity giving 16-19 year olds the chance to take part in practical workplace challenges and learn about careers in Sport, media, business and technology.
To the surprise of the students, Jonny Wilkinson, a Sky Academy Ambassador dropped in to personally meet the excited young sports learners. The Rugby star shared his own career journey and explained the importance of developing key skills to help discover opportunities and to unlock each students individual potential. During the intimate session with Jonny Wilkinson, students had the opportunity to ask questions about his career highs and lows and what kept him grounded as an international Rugby player. The intrigued students also asked Jonny Wilkinson to describe what was going through his mind when he scored the winning drop goal in the last minute of extra time against Australia in the 2003 Rugby World Cup Final.
The former number 10 who was acknowledged as one of the world's best Rugby Union players said ''I hope that sharing my personal journey with the students from Sky Academy will help to inspire them and show that anything is possible with passion, hard work and dedication. It is important to instil confidence in the students and develop leadership skills which they can apply in different aspects of their lives''.
Shelley Mitchinson, Sport Course Leader at Harrow College who organised the visit to Sky said "Today was a truly inspirational day. The students got to meet a sporting icon and left feeling very inspired and motivated. We look forward to organising further events like this with our sports students at Harrow College when the new academic year starts in August".
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