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BBC News
28-03-2025
- Automotive
- BBC News
Sunderland's Nissan plant celebrates skills foundation anniversary
Nissan has announced it will expand its skills foundation in a bid to get more young people interested in car launching in 2015, it has delivered lessons to more than 100,000 children from across the north-east of mark its 10th anniversary, 200 school pupils were invited on to the plant's factory floor in Washington, Sunderland, to build hundreds of Nissan Qashqai models from Pennick, vice president of manufacturing on Wearside, said the aim was to "reach 16,000 children per year". Lessons are targeted at those aged from six to 18 years old with the aim getting young people interested in the automotive Pennick said: "It's vital that we attempt to get young people interested in what we do and hopefully activities like this Lego assembly can get the kids wanting to." The Nissan Skills Foundation has already inspired youngsters to go on to work for the car Haywood took part in one of its first sessions a decade ago with her school and has since gone on to secure a Haywood said: "I absolutely loved the course, it made me think I could work at Nissan and now my job is to inspire children that there are jobs to be had." Follow BBC Sunderland on X, Facebook, Nextdoor and Instagram.
Washington Post
27-02-2025
- Sport
- Washington Post
Pennick scores 22, Navy knocks off American 68-60
WASHINGTON — Jordan Pennick scored 22 points as Navy beat American 68-60 on Wednesday night. Pennick added five rebounds for the Midshipmen (12-18, 9-8 Patriot League). Mike Woods scored 12 points while going 4 of 4 and 4 of 4 from the free-throw line. Austin Benigni shot 2 of 11 from the field and 7 for 9 from the line to finish with 11 points.
Associated Press
27-02-2025
- Sport
- Associated Press
Pennick scores 22, Navy knocks off American 68-60
WASHINGTON (AP) — Jordan Pennick scored 22 points as Navy beat American 68-60 on Wednesday night. Pennick added five rebounds for the Midshipmen (12-18, 9-8 Patriot League). Mike Woods scored 12 points while going 4 of 4 and 4 of 4 from the free-throw line. Austin Benigni shot 2 of 11 from the field and 7 for 9 from the line to finish with 11 points. Matt Rogers finished with 17 points for the Eagles (18-12, 12-5). Greg Jones added 10 points for American. Colin Smalls also had nine points. Navy led American at the half, 30-27, with Pennick (seven points) its high scorer before the break. Pennick's 15-point second half helped Navy close out the eight-point victory. The loss dropped American into a first-place tie with Bucknell. NEXT UP
