Author: FE Week Reporter

A famous painting harking back to Wigan and Leigh College’s historic links with the local mining community has been restored. Arthur Wasse was commissioned by the college to paint Pit Brow Lasses in around 1887. The institution was called the Wigan and District Mining and Technical College at the time and the painting showed young […]

Former student and MasterChef semi-finalist Luke Bryan gave a cooking masterclass to current learners at Fareham College. Mr Bryan passed an NVQ level three in hospitality and catering at the college in 2007 and has since been working with celebrity chef Paul Merrett in his restaurant The Victoria, in Richmond. At 23, he was the […]

Former West Nottinghamshire College student and trainee paramedic Lucy Wright is starring in a BBC documentary. Junior Paramedics, a seven-part documentary on BBC Three, is following Lucy and eight other trainee paramedics. Lucy, aged 20, studied A-levels in film, media, English and biology at the college between 2010 and 2013, before going on to study […]

Design students at Uxbridge College proved they are a fine vintage by launching their own classic clothing and styling company. The group of eight BTec level three production arts design students secured £5,000 funding from the National Association of College and University Entrepreneurs and £2,000 through the publicly-funded social entrepreneurship group UnLtd to launch the […]

The thought of diving into a shark-infested tank would be enough to bring most out in a cold sweat, but for Hopwood Hall College student Harriet Barker getting her feet wet with eight of the predators was just another exciting step towards a career in wildlife conservation, writes Paul Offord. Fancy taking a swim with […]

An engineering apprentice from City of Wolverhampton College has been awarded for her conservation work on a German Second World War bomber. Bethany Colburn, aged 19, is serving her apprenticeship with the Royal Air Force Museum, in Cosford, and City of Wolverhampton College. She was named Wolverhampton apprentice of the year by the local Rotary […]

Senior staff from MidKent College and Duchy College were awarded the Queen’s anniversary prize for further and higher education at Buckingham Palace. The Queen and Prince Philip presented medals and certificates to Sue McLeod, MidKent College principal, Andrew Brader, managing director of subisidiary firm MidKent College Training Services (MKCTS), Andrew Counsell, principal of Duchy College, and Amarjit Basi, principal of the Cornwall College Group, which […]

Learners from Coleg Gwent secured 15 places in the regional final of the Association of Hairdressers and Therapists national skills competition. Level one, two and three hair, beauty and theatrical makeup learners from the Welsh college competed against students representing providers from across South West England and Wales in a regional heat at Bristol College. […]