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Over 200 of the UK’s most highly skilled apprentices and tradespeople were celebrated at the closing ceremony of WorldSkills UK Live this evening at Birmingham’s NEC. City of Glasgow College found themselves at the top of the provider league table for a third consecutive year with 17 medals. They were followed by New College Lanarkshire, […]
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Nearly 200 of the UK’s most talented young tradespeople were rewarded with gold, silver and bronze medals at The Skills Show’s closing ceremony tonight – at which a Scottish college emerged as the biggest winner for the third year in a row. Those that finished in the top three positions in 55 different skill areas, […]
Gateshead College is the only FE institution to be shortlisted for an award at the annual Construction Investing in Talent Awards this year. The college has been shortlisted in the ‘apprenticeship scheme of the year’ category for its role in the PlanBEE Consortium – an alliance of architects, designers, contractors and engineering specialists. It teamed […]
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Full list of results by competition area for the 2016 WorldSkills UK Skills Show competition finals. Competition Forename Surname Medal Organisation 3D Digital Game Art Ross Garrard Gold New College Lanarkshire 3D Digital Game Art Avalon Do Silver Westminster Kingsway College 3D Digital Game Art Patrick Buckley Bronze West Cheshire College Aeronautical Engineering: Avionic […]
Organisation league table for the 2016 WorldSkills UK Skills Show competition finals. Rank Points Organisation Gold Silver Bronze Highly Commended Organisation Type 1 32 New College Lanarkshire 4 2 4 2 FE College 2 23 City of Glasgow College 2 3 2 2 FE College 3 17 Coleg Sir Gar 3 1 1 0 FE College […]
City and Islington College principal and chair of the Commission on Adult Vocational Teaching and Learning (Cavtl) Frank McLoughlin has been given a knighthood in the Queen’s 2015 Birthday honours list. He leads a pack of more than 20 honours bound for people either working in or related to FE and skills that includes four other […]
West Nottinghamshire College principal Asha Khemka (pictured) tops the FE and skills sector’s representation on the New Year Honours list by becoming a dame. She is in line for the honour for services to FE just five years after she was awarded an OBE for services to education. Mrs Khemka, principal of West Nottinghamshire College […]
When Manchester United players left their Old Trafford pitch at half-time in a recent match, a group of Warrington College students ran on in front of the capacity crowd to show just what they could do. “It was breathtaking playing in front of a 60,000-strong crowd,” said Ben Graham, 16, one of the college’s football […]