Industry first for University of Derby minerals course

摘要

A STUDENT at the University of Derby's Centre for Mineral Products has become the first person in the mineral extractives and quarrying industry to achieve a first-class honours degree on a course developed in partnership with the Institute of Quarrying (IQ). Robin Gillespie is Hanson UK's area operations manager for the North of England. He received his Bachelor of Science in Minerals Management at a degree ceremony at the University of Derby on 20 July 2018. Mr Gillespie said: 'I enrolled on the inaugural BSc course in 2014 but dropped out after six months, due to time pressure, to focus on my work. I restarted the course in 2016, combining my studies with my role as unit manager at Shap Quarry in Cumbria. It was a lot of hard work and required considerable commitment I was fortunate to have incredible support from both Hanson and the staff at the University of Derby, but I am so proud to be the first first.'