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The Skills Show 2014

Click here to download the supplement Welcome to this FE Week supplement covering the Skills Show 2014. It was an action-packed three days at the Birmingham NEC, with more than 75,000 visitors experiencing more than 50 have-a-go activities and getting inspiration about careers and skills. Alongside that, we had the National Skills Competitions finals, where, […]

FE Week Readers’ Manifesto

Click here to download the FE Week Readers’ Manifesto As we head into the last six months before one of the most unpredictable general elections in the last century, it is clear that FE and skills are going to be on the agenda nationally. But is that a blessing in disguise? We have already been through […]

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Learners clean 100-year-old bricks for new skills centre

Birmingham Metropolitan College students cleaned-up more than 6,000 bricks that will be used for its new skills centre. The college’s original Erdington Skills Centre, which dated back to the early 20th century when the site was a technical school, was demolished to make way for a new £4m building. More than 6,000 bricks were taken […]

New website for healthcare charity

A healthcare-support charity has a new website thanks to Rugby College student Lewis Flavell. The Friends Support the Hospital of St Cross and the Community and Mental Health Services in Rugby approached the college to see if they could help to revamp the charity’s website. Computing management curriculum leader Ed Shuker gave 11 students from […]

‘Aha’mageddon on TV set after comedian tells learners to wreak havok

Performing arts students from Croydon College acted alongside comedian Steve Coogan in his latest Alan Partridge series, writes Paul Offord. It is not every day that students are encouraged to wreak havoc on the set of one of the nation’s best-loved comedy shows. But that was the basic instruction given to 19 performing arts learners […]

Learners design charity Christmas cards

Level three graphic design students from Kingston College have designed Christmas cards for the African Vision Malawi charity. Learners were challenged to come up with images reflecting ‘The warm heart of Africa’. Designs for five cards were selected by the charity that supports children and vulnerable people in Malawi, one of the poorest countries in […]

Currying favour on fundraising night

Macclesfield College students curried favour with guests at an Indian-themed fundraising evening. A buffet was prepared at the college by level two and three catering students featuring lamb curry, chicken masala, bhajis, samosas, shish kebabs and popadums. Level three travel and tourism learners dressed in colourful saris to serve around 50 guests. There was also […]

Taking a dive for school children in Kenyan village

Hearts were racing as staff and students from Chichester College jumped from an aeroplane to raise funds for schoolchildren in Kenya. A group of 23 people, including some partners of college members, were sponsored to jump with instructors at the Go Skydive centre in Salisbury. More than £3,000 has so far been raised through this […]