Santina Bunting stands out as a multi-award winning trailblazer. She was the only one out of 150 students to embark on an apprenticeship journey after GCSEs. She completed her Level 3 Civil Engineering Apprenticeship at Arup in two years. Now a qualified Technician with the Institute of Civil Engineers, Santina is in her third year of a Level 6 Degree Apprenticeship at Warwick University whilst also working at Arup on multi-million pound infrastructure projects.

Santina was  the Youngest overall winner of the Greater Birmingham Chamber of Commerce Young Professional of the year 2024 in its 24-year history as well as Apprentice of the year winner. In 2024 she was ranked #6 on the powerlists Future Leaders Magazine. She was also the Construction Excellence G4C Apprentice of the Year 2024 and won Highly Commended in the Engineering category of the Multicultural apprenticeship awards 2023.

Passionate about empowering apprentices and early careers, representing the youth voice, Santina has spoken at esteemed venues such as the House of Lords and the Annual Apprenticeship Conference, was invited to 10 Downing street and  contributed to the UCAS Apprenticeship Advisory group and the government recent skills for life campaign. She is also a skilled events and award host having hosted the Inspirational Youth Awards, Federation of Awarding Bodies Awards, Colmore food festival, WMCA adult learner to name a few.