22.10.07
T-Plan take on third UCP graduate

Camborne based T-Plan Ltd has welcomed an award winning graduate into its successful team.  Simon Dass, who won the award for Best Use of ICT at the 2007 Unlocking Cornish Potential (UCP) celebration event, is now a full-time Software Developer at the company.

Simon is the third graduate to be employed by T-Plan since it began working with UCP, which is Combined Universities in Cornwall’s (CUC) graduate placement scheme, in 2005.  The company has been so pleased with the development of its first two graduates, Andy Ferris and Steve Jenkin, that it contacted UCP again in 2006 when the need for a Software Developer was identified as key to the company’s continued growth.

T-Plan develops software which helps clients to manage costs, reduce business risk and regulate their test processes.  A rapidly growing business, T-Plan now works with Blue-Chip organisations, SMEs, charities and government bodies. Simon’s project with T-Plan and UCP was to assist in the development of the company’s latest major software release, which is now available to the market at www.t-plan.com.

Charlie Wheeler, Simon’s Company Supervisor, is extremely proud of Simon’s achievements: “We’ve been really impressed by the UCP project and we’re pleased to be involved with the development of graduates at a local level.  Simon has really shown what a graduate can do, with the support of the business and projects like UCP.”

Since 2004 UCP has placed 226 graduates with local companies on placements which last for up to a year, focusing both on improving a specific area of the business and providing real life working experience and opportunity for the graduate. 72% of UCP graduates have been offered full time roles with their employers at the end of their projects. The scheme, which is managed by Cornwall College, has been backed by Objective One.

For further information please contact Emma Stallard, Combined Universities in Cornwall PR and Communications Officer, on 07896 042524 or email emma.stallard@cuc.ac.uk.

The Objective One Programme for Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly has invested in the Combined Universities in Cornwall (CUC) project, both Phase 1 and Phase 2, through the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) and the European Social Fund (ESF). Unlocking Cornish Potential is managed by CornwallCollege, a partner of CUC.

Editor's notes:

The Unlocking Cornish Potential (UCP) project is part of the Combined Universities in Cornwall (CUC) initiative and is managed by Cornwall College. UCP builds on 5 years of highly successful, ESF funded activity by the University of Plymouth. The UCP project seeks to measurably improve the efficiency, competitiveness and growth potential of SMEs in Cornwall through the placement of graduates in companies to undertake business development projects. These projects can last from 6 to 12 months.

The Combined Universities in Cornwall is a dynamic and visionary partnership that is one of the driving forces behind Cornwall’s economic renaissance. This partnership combines the Universities of Exeter and Plymouth, University College Falmouth, The Open University, The College of St Mark & St John, and the Peninsula Medical School, with Cornwall’s Further Education colleges - Cornwall College, Truro College and Penwith College. It aims not only to provide the students of the future with more choice and greater opportunities, but also to boost the economic fortunes of the region for the benefit of one and all.

The CUC initiative has been invested in by the Objective One Programme for Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly, the South West Regional Development Agency, Cornwall County Council and the Higher Education Funding Council for England.

Clare Morgan
Media Relations Manager
Objective One Partnership Office
Castle House
Pydar Street
Truro TR1 2UD
Mobile: 07973 813647
Telephone: 01872 223439

cmorgan@cornwall.gov.uk

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