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Michael Blades Chair of Governors, Hillcroft CollegeI left school at fourteen without any qualifications and did an apprenticeship in engineering working as a welder and fabricator. Through a combination of influences which included trade union activity, politics, my church, reading and further education I became determined to try to bring about change. To do this without more education seemed hopeless. After many ups and downs including tackling my lack of basic skills I was accepted at Plater College in Oxford, an adult residential college...
