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26 April 2026

Author: FE Week Reporter

Dance show crosses the generation divide

Younger learners shared the stage with a group of dancers aged over 60 for a show organised by Richmond-Upon-Thames College. Second year dance students performed a routine to the song Lost in Paradise, by rock band Evanescence, while first year dance students performed a routine to Money Makes the World Go Around, from the musical […]

Visitors can hardly ‘baa’lieve their eyes as newborn lambs delivered

Visitors to Sparsholt College could have been forgiven for thinking spring had arrived early as they watched agricultural students helping to deliver dozens of new-born lambs. Members of the public weren’t sheepish as they were welcomed into the Hampshire-based college’s lamb baa-rn during an open weekend. The college shepherd John Garrett provided a running commentary […]

Young volunteers travel to Uganda to help Aids and cancer patients

Winstanley College students who dream of becoming doctors spent three weeks volunteering in Uganda working with Aids and cancer patients. Catherine Merriman and Hannah Rodrigues, both 18, who are both currently studying maths, biology and chemistry A-levels at the Wigan-based sixth form college, organised the trip themselves. They were also joined by Catherine’s sister, Hannah, […]

Going Gaga for talented young singer Georgia

A winning rendition of Lady Gaga’s hit song Speechless left the audience at the MidKent College talent final lost for words. Georgia Murray, aged 18, received a standing ovation following her performance, which saw her beat 16 other MidKent’s Got Talent finalists to win the annual competition. Street dancer Harry Rowe, 18, from Maidstone, and […]

Edition 91: Julie Robinson, Steve Whitehead

  Greater Manchester independent learning provider has appointed a new chief executive. Julie Robinson  has taken the helm at Bolton-based Alliance Learning having risen through the ranks from sales and marketing manager 20 years ago. She started her career at Gullick Dobson as an office junior before joining Alliance Learning in 1994 as a sales […]

Lessons from experience in delivering education for imprisoned young learners

With the government having announced plans for secure colleges for young offenders, Paul Phillips uses his experience of delivering adult prison education to outline the issues that will need consideration. The whole world of offender learning has faced massive change over the last 18 months with the introduction of the OLASS (Offender Learning and Skills […]

Toughness vs training — the tools of the teaching trade

Former House of Commons Education Select Committee specialist  Ben Nicholls is head of policy and communications at London’s Newham College. He writes exclusively for FE Week every month. FE colleagues probably have little time to watch TV and, if they do, they may reasonably avoid anything to do with education. I’m glad, though, that I’ve […]

Taking a leaf out of Bridgwater’s nuclear skills delivery book

With Skills Minister Matthew Hancock having announced plans for a nuclear college, Mike Robbins looks at whether he should just have been grateful for the existing FE offer and used it as an industry model. he government has announced proposals to build new specialist colleges to support the skills training required for HS2 and the […]