Author: FE Week Reporter

Bands, artists and festival-goers were given the chance to record their own music in Leicester College’s Pop-Up Studio at the Summer Sundae Weekender festival. The performing arts and music department equipped its tent with acoustic and bass guitars, electronic percussion instruments, microphones and the recording equipment needed to create mini-demo CDs, which were given to […]

Fareham College student Jake Haven has been celebrating his Triple Distinction, the top grade for a BTEC Level 3 course, after undergoing a kidney transplant last summer. The business student has not only been on dialysis four times a-day, which he administered himself at college, he has also fought a rare form of cancer and […]

Doncaster College showcased its courses at the re-launch of the Doncaster Show. Held in a 12 acres of sports fields, the show was a fun-packed weekend of entertainment with craft stalls, classic cars, Zumba lessons and live music from local bands. A college spokesperson said: “It gave us a great opportunity to meet potential learners […]

Three Burton and South Derbyshire College beauty students have scooped first place in regional WorldSkills competitions at the NEC Birmingham. Naomi Radbourne, Nicola Cockerill and Laura Hayes were asked to demonstrate their ability to carry out modern and traditional beauty therapy treatments, all judged by beauty industry experts and professionals. The three students will now […]

Canterbury College celebrated 65 years with some of its first students returning for a special anniversary open day. The afternoon began with a commemorative cake cutting led by two former students – the Lord Mayor of Canterbury, Cllr Robert Waters, and long-serving governor Anne-Marie Nelson. Visitors then toured the campus where they saw an exhibition […]

Bolton College student Danielle Conn has received the Vinspired award for her dedication to volunteering. Danielle, 18, who is studying performing arts, fits her many volunteering activities around her college work. She helps with enrolments, regularly giving tours to new students, as well as helping out at a summer school and charity shop. “I started […]

It is A Level results day today, so FE Week is publishing some of the happy college learners receiving their certificates. Picture above is Abiodun Aderibigbe and Tariro Dengezi from Croydon College.