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Bruno Toupan         

Highly Commended

Bruno came to England from the Gambia in 2004 at the age of 26. He had a passion to enter the nursing profession, as he had come from a remote village where the villagers had to transport sick and dying people to health centres on donkeys or on foot.

The only opportunity available in his own country was a free government scheme to become a teacher, where he gained a Higher Teachers Certificate. Bruno found out on the internet that England was the place to study nursing. When he arrived, he found that he could not start the course because of high fees and because his existing qualifications were not recognised here.

Despite these barriers, Bruno was accepted onto the Access to Higher Education course at Wakefield College, whilst volunteering at a local care home and at the local hospital to gain nursing experience. He is now expecting to start university in September 2011, to become a qualified nurse, or as Bruno puts it 'to fulfil my dream and change the lives of others.'

Yorkshire & Humber Adult Learners' Week is coordinated by Involve Yorkshire & Humber. Adult Learners' Week Awards are a fantastic opportunity to celebrate the life-changing learning done by people in communities all over Yorkshire and Humber, and the central role of the voluntary and community sector in supporting learning.

'...to fulfil my dream and change the lives of others.'

Nominated by
Carolyn Stephenson
Wakefield College