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28 April 2026

Author: FE Week Reporter

Rugby stars tackle giant jaffa cake

Star players from rugby league club the Huddersfield Giants tackled a giant jaffa cake at Kirklees College. Catering and hospitality curriculum team leader Gary Schofield spent five hours baking the 16kg cake. It consisted of 50 eggs, 2.5kg of flour, 2.5kg of margarine, 2.5kg of sugar and 5kg of dark chocolate, and a generous helping […]

On the ball for end-of-year exhibition

Photography, media and art and design students from Barnet and Southgate College showed-off their work at an end-of-year show. Among the exhibits was a final-year project inspired by designer French Pierre Cardin and Wimbledon created by level three art and design student Can Ersozlu, aged 19. He said: “Pierre Cardin has a lavish resort in […]

Beauty tips from Towie star Amy

The Only Way is Essex star Amy Childs met Bracknell and Wokingham College beauty students. The 24-year-old spoke to level one, two and three learners about her experiences on the ITV2 show and the beauty industry. Ms Childs, who runs her own beauty products business and a clothing boutique in Brentwood, Essex, also gave them […]

Labour to call for 100 more University Technical Colleges by 2020

The Labour Party is expected to back calls to establish 100 more University Technical Colleges (UTCs) by 2020, despite a string of poor Ofsted gradings for existing UTCs. Labour leader Ed Miliband (pictured above) will accept a series of recommendations from the Adonis Review, ‘Mending the fractured economy: Smarter state, better jobs’.  The review, written […]

Winning ‘pantrapeneurs’ raise more than £4,000

Winning ‘pantrapeneurs’ raise more than £4,000 team of learners from Barking & Dagenham College have secured the title of the nation’s best student pantrepeneurs. The Pantrepreneur Challenge 2014 saw 670 students from 16 colleges tasked with marketing, promoting and selling ethically sourced, designer pants. The winning team from Barking and Dagenham College featured Steven Upton, […]

NCFE breaks ties with Great Heights Training after learners report communications blackout

An assessor training organisation has become the latest NCFE-accredited provider to have its contract terminated after appearing to cease trading. The awarding organisation NCFE has confirmed it has ended its working relationship with Great Heights Training Limited, based in Stratford, East London. It comes after learners reported a lack of communication from the organisation, and its […]

Gearing-up to scale four mountains

Mark Dawe, chief executive of national awarding body OCR, will set off on a 110-mile amateur race through the French Alps on Saturday (July 5). He spoke to Campus Round-Up guest editor Thomas Turnbull about training for the gruelling event and smashing his £2,000 fundraising target.  Preparing to cycle up four mountains in a day […]

Skills Funding Agency abolishes relationship managers

Providers with Skills Funding Agency contracts will no longer have a dedicated relationship manager, following staffing cuts at the agency. In a letter sent by agency deputy director Nick Wilson to providers yesterday, the agency said from July the new central delivery service (CDS) would be the first point of contact for queries about contracts, […]