Author: FE Week Reporter

Three budding photographers snapped up the chance to visit the House of Commons as part of a prestigious national competition. Walsall College HND photography students Hannah Walklett, aged 19, and Kristofor Green, 32, were shortlisted for the final of the EEF Made in Britain photography awards and former Walsall student Shane Butler, 20, won in […]

International footballer Lucy Whipp proved she’s on the ball by securing a place on the prestigious Talented Athlete Scholarship Scheme (TASS). The 18-year-old, a student at Wigan’s Winstanley College, has managed to balance the demands of playing for Everton Ladies first team while studying for her A-levels. She has also picked up 11 caps for […]

Michelin-starred chef Jason Atherton was guest of honour at a ceremony to mark the launch of a new hospitality and catering traineeship scheme by independent learning provider Hospitality Industry Training (HIT). Mr Atherton, who runs awardwinning London restaurant Pollen Street Social, met with students during the event at Hospitality House, in London. The top chef […]

A former Kingston College drama student is one of the stars of the latest television adaption of The Three Musketeers. Howard Charles plays Porthos in the new big-budget BBC series, called The Musketeers, which is based on Alexandre Dumas’ classic novel. The 30-year-old former national diploma and degree drama student left Kingston College in 2005, […]

A runner who had never taken part in a competitive race before competing in regional trials will represent the East Midlands at the British Colleges of Sport national championships. Michael McDonald, aged 19, a public services student at Central College Nottingham, qualified by finishing second in the trials, after completing the 8.5km race at Brooksby […]

NHS boss Jeremy Hunt gave Farnham Sixth Form College a clean bill of health after being shown around the site. The Health Secretary, who is also South West Surrey’s Tory MP, met principal Mike Potter and college director Jonathan Stewart during his visit. Mr Hunt was full of praise for the college after being shown […]

Teenager McAyla Johnston could not move a muscle when she woke up from a ten-day coma. She had suffered severe head injuries after being hit by a car while crossing a road in Worcester in 2008. Five years later and the 16-year-old excels at the javelin, shotput and discus to the extent that she harbours […]

A group of students from Central Sussex College visited the swiss HQ of the European Organisation for Nuclear Research — home of the Large Hadron Collider. BTec science, geography, biology, chemistry, physics and maths students learned about particle physics and electromagnetism at the centre, in Geneva, which is often referred to as the “largest physics […]