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26 April 2026

Author: FE Week Reporter

Cutting their cloth with top fashion designer

A CELEBRATED designer has been sharing his knowledge of the fashion business with students. Menswear designer Nicomede Talavera gave a two-day masterclass to fashion degree students at Cleveland College of Art and Design. He helped learners develop clothing designs for their portfolios and spoke to them about the commercial side of the fashion industry. He […]

Jobcentre Plus to help 16 and 17-year-olds, Deputy Prime Minister to announce

Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg is today expected to announce a raft of measures to help young people get into work, including allowing 16 and 17-year-olds to get advice from Jobcentre Plus centres. In a speech at Southfields Academy in London, Mr Clegg is also due to promise to “ramp up” the requirement on schools […]

Provider ordered to stop quals after malpractice probe

A Warwickshire-based provider has been told it can no longer offer qualifications from a leading awarding organisation after it investigated allegations of malpractice. Bright Assessing, which has boasted a pass rate of between 95 and 100 per cent, has been told it will “no longer have any involvement in the administration, delivery, assessment, moderation, invigilation and certification” […]

Training from top TV baker is helping Owen rise to the top

Apprentice baker Owen Smith is hoping to rise to the top by learning his trade from one of Britain’s best bakers. Owen, aged 19, is working towards an apprenticeship in craft bakery with Buxton and Leek College and Cowburn’s bakery, in Stockport, under top baker Richard Cowburn. Richard recently finished fourth in the final of […]

Prince Harry burns rubber with college driving pro

Northbrook College’s racing driver joined Prince Harry as he drove a series of classic and fast cars around a race track. Shane Kelly, aged 35, who is the college’s oficial racing driver and instructor, was given the honour of meeting and instructing the prince around Goodwood race track, in West Sussex, in a series of […]

Students pamper community centre users free-of-charge

Community centre users were pampered by beauty therapy students from South Cheshire College. Level three beauty therapy students provided massages, nail treatments, manicures and pedicures free-of-charge for up to 50 mainly elderly people at Jubilee House Community Centre, in Crewe. The event was organised by the Wishing Well Project, which aims to improve the health, […]

Right ‘plaice’ right time for masterclass in fish filleting

Students from Walsall College ‘cod’ the message when they were taught how to fillet fish by staff from a local seafood supplier. Level three kitchen and larder students were given a practical demonstration on filleting and told where different seafood originates from by staff from Kingfisher Midlands. The Birmingham-based company sources seafood from local fishermen […]