Author: Billy Camden

Over the course of this year FE Week produced a whopping 172 pages of content across 10 supplements covering all of the key sector talking points of 2016. Ranging from the AAC, AoC and AELP conferences, to The Skills Show and EuroSkills, below we have brought all of our supplements into one place for our […]

There is just one week to go for employers and training providers to enter the sixth annual Brathay Apprentice Challenge. Teams of nine apprentices can enter the competition which will see them undertake a series of hands-on work-related challenges to develop new skills, while promoting the benefits of apprenticeships. Entries can come from a single […]

Team UK is bringing home two golds, one silver, two bronze and eight medallions of excellence from EuroSkills 2016 Gothenburg. The haul places Team UK ninth out of 28 in the overall medal table. Landscape gardening duo Adam Ferguson, aged 20, and Will Burberry, 20, were joined by welder Josh Peek (pictured above), 20, in […]

Team UK will tonight find out which of their members have claimed ultimate EuroSkills glory as gold, silver and bronze medals are handed out at the closing ceremony in Gothenburg. The group of 22 competitors travelled to Sweden for the skills competition earlier this week and have competed against the best in Europe over the […]

Betsy Crosbie stands out from the crowd at EuroSkills Gothenburg not only for her talent, but because she is the only female to compete in mechanical engineering CAD. The 20-year-old (pictured above) from New College Lanarkshire has transformed from a shy and quiet young person into a confident adult who is one of the best […]

Team UK has bagged an early gold medal at EuroSkills Gothenburg after Daniel McCabe came out on top in 3D game design earlier today. The 20-year-old from West Cheshire College was the team’s first competitor to finish on the final day of the competitions at around 11:30am. He had a four hour wait until he […]

Danielle Scandone came out of day two of EuroSkills Gothenburg feeling reenergised thanks to her intricate fingers that produced a smashing floristry body adornment. The Merrist Wood College 21-year-old (pictured above) has spent the last two days completing four different flower arrangements. And she feels most confident about one in particular, her body adornment that […]

Lucy Knight is hoping she proved to be a cut above her hairdressing competitors on day one of EuroSkills 2016, as the day-to-day experience of owning her own salon paid off. The 21-year-old (pictured above), who opened Hair by Knight in Bristol two years ago after completing an apprenticeship at City of Bristol College, spent […]