Floristry student Maddy Morgan, from Moreton Morrell College in Warwickshire has become the latest recipient of the Further Education Learner of the Year award, presented at a dedicated awards ceremony held at the National Conference Centre in Birmingham. The Awards are organised by leading land-based training & qualification awarding body Lantra, and the representative body for land-based colleges and universities, Landex, with the aim of celebrating and rewarding the indust

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