Author: FE Week

Walsall College’s on-site restaurant has taken home three national accolades at the annual Business of the Year Awards. The Littleton, a restaurant and cocktail bar, was presented with the award for ‘best reviewed restaurant in Walsall’, the award for ‘best reviewed restaurant in the UK’ in the fine dining category, and was crowned the ‘third […]

Barnfield College has become an official hate crime reporting centre in an effort to help police crack down on instances of hate crime. Working closely with Bedfordshire Police, the college will allow students and staff who may have been victims of, or witnesses to, a hate crime to talk about their experiences with someone they […]

Darlington council’s public health department has recruited college students to help reduce obesity levels in the borough. Over 40 Darlington College learners on fine art, graphic design, photography and art and design courses have been commissioned to design posters to promote a healthier lifestyle to the area’s residents. Ten of the designs have now been […]

Seventy learners descended on a local hotel for a week in City College Plymouth’s largest-ever work placement initiative, reports Samantha King. Students from across the college’s catering, marketing, hospitality, business and travel and tourism courses were let loose in Plymouth’s Duke of Cornwall Hotel to gain experience in a multitude of hotel disciplines. Ahead of […]

A new leadership course designed by farmers has been launched at Myerscough College to ensure the future of the farming industry. The Young Farmers Leadership Academy will run until October at the college’s Food and Farming Innovation and Technology Centre, teaching aspiring farmers the leadership and management skills needed to run a successful farming business. […]

Two aspiring makeup artists have had work experience on a new comedy series starring Jonny Vegas, Mackenzie Crook and Emma Thompson. Middlebrough College makeup artistry students Aimie Carr, 19, and Emma Dodds (pictured), 17, spent several days working on the set of the new production, which has not yet been revealed to the public, honing […]

Delegates from the Ghanaian Ministry of Education and National Teaching Council visited New City College’s Hackney campus to learn more about vocational education. The visit was organised by the British Council to aid the Ghanaian government in their drive to develop technical and vocational education in the country. As part of the trip, the guests […]

Bald hens at Reaseheath College are keeping warm with jumpers knitted for them by learners. The 12 former battery hens had never been outside before and had poor feathering as a result, so animal behaviour students pulled together to knit the woolly outfits to keep them warm in the cold weather. Since joining the college, […]