Author: FE Week Reporter

Painting a school in an Indian desert may not be every college 16-year-old’s idea of a dream holiday, but brothers Lewis and Eliot Coble thought it beat lounging around on a beach in Spain. The twins, from Chafford Hundred, Essex, were allowed time off from their A-level studies to travel to Bikaner, a small town […]

Apprentices hairdressers were dyeing’ to show-off the skills they have learned to Carshalton and Wallington MP Tom Brake. The Liberal Democrat MP met learners training in hairdressing, hospitality and catering, motor vehicle repairs, and accounting, during a visit to Carshalton College. He even helped level two      hairdressing NVQ apprenticeship students Shanley King, aged 17, and […]

City College Plymouth learner Rachel Edwardes is the new poster girl for a scheme to bring the city’s disused landmarks back to life. The 24-year-old business administration apprentice won a competition to design a poster advertising the initiative, called Plymouth Your Space. The idea is to bring disused landmarks back to life through making them […]

Nott rider David Hasselhoff rolled back the years when he arrived for a talk with students in a stunning sports car. The TV legend, widely known as “The Hoff”, made his name in the 1980s by driving a black Shelby GT500KR Mustang in cult-series Knight Rider. He arrived outside Nottingham Broadway Cinema in a blue […]

Work has started on a £9.5m scheme to transform Northumberland College. A new state-of-the-art engineering workshop is set to be completed by this summer. It will be home to the college’s training centre for advanced manufacturing, which will prepare young people for careers in research and development, automative, and aerospace industries. Work has also started […]

Dudley College has been praised by Ofsted for its impressive student support services. Inspectors carried out a social care inspection on the Midland college in November last year and their report, which has now been published, gave it an “outstanding” rating. They assessed the overall level of support for learners, promotion of diversity, and standards […]

Weston College performing arts student Jordan Gulvin felt the love at a talent show after belting out a Donna Summer disco anthem. He had not originally planned to take part in Weston’s Got Talent and only went along to the competition’s heats to support fellow Weston student Rich Pedler, aged 19, who impressed with his […]

Mature student Billy Plimbley recalled most of his teachers thought he was either “thick” or simply not paying attention at school. It was only after he enrolled South Leicestershire College more than 30 years later that he discovered his problems had been caused by dyslexia, writes Paul Offord. eading blue letters against a black background […]