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27 April 2026

Author: FE Week Reporter

Providers in dark about job status of learners

More than half of providers are failing to meet targets for collecting data about the employment status of their learners, figures released by the government have revealed. The figures in the latest Individualised Learner Record (ILR) have revealed that 50.3 per cent of providers (481) missed an Information Authority (IA) target of 0.6 per cent […]

Make-up and photography students work on fantasy photoshoot

Level three photography and make-up artistry students from Norton Radstock College worked together on a fantasy-themed photoshoot. The 21 learners were challenged as part of their courses to design, create and photograph a series of imaginative looks for posters that will be displayed around the college. As well as applying make-up and taking the photos, […]

WHERE IS CAREERS ADVICE GOING

Download your free copy of the FE Week 16-page feature supplement on ‘where is careers advice going’  partnership with ABC Awards. Click here to download (6 mb) ———————————————————- Introduction To the generations of us who remember being asked what we wanted to be when we grew up and being told, no matter what it was, that we had to […]

Governors get three-point college improvement plan

College governors have been given a three-point improvement plan in a joint 157 Group and Ofsted report on good practice in the sector. The report, released today, advises governors to “be clear about what constitutes outstanding teaching, learning and assessment, and look at each component of the definition separately.” It also calls for governors confident about […]

First exhibition for 69-year-old fine art student who bakes works in oven

Artwork baked in the oven and electric sander-scoured paintings are the kind of offerings you might expect of Young British Artists Damien Hirst or Tracey Emin, but college HND student Stephanie Sanders is turning heads with such pieces at the age of 69, writes Paul Offord. After a working life spent in retail, Stephanie Sanders […]

Indie picks up third award of 2014 at City Hall awards

Independent learning provider MiddletonMurray has won a hat-trick of awards in 2014. The Kent and London-based firm was recognised as the pre-employment training and job brokerage provider of the year at the Mayor’s Fund for London Awards at City Hall, which recognised outstanding training for 16 to 24-year-olds. MiddletonMurray also won the best training provider/ […]

Power games with the Prime Minister and London Mayor

Prime Minister David Cameron and London Mayor Boris Johnson made a surprise visit to Harrow College. The Conservative Party leader and the Mayor were shown around the college’s skills centre and learned about construction-related courses. They also teamed-up for a table football match against level one plumbing students Stuart Dyde, aged 16, and Jequan Khan, […]

Golf tournament raises almost £800 for local hospice

Warwickshire College students raised almost £800 for a local hospice through a golf tournament. Level three business management students Luke Smith, aged 16, Dan Baker, 19, and Joe Coles and Sophie Jones, both 17, spent three months planning the event which involved seven teams of four local golfers. The tournament raised £781 for Myton Hospice, […]