Author: FE Week

Gateshead College is helping ensure the future of a nearby museum by upskilling its workforce in an innovative local project, reports Samantha King. Employees of Beamish, an open-air museum in County Durham, are taking part in free business skills training delivered by their local college to ensure they’re well equipped to support visitors and handle […]

Homeless people in Middlesbrough received free haircuts courtesy of seven barbering students. The team of trainee haircutters from Middlesbrough College visited Newport Community Hub to give free trims to those in need, as part of the council-run ‘In out of the cold’ event, which provided clean clothing, entertainment and advice to homeless people in the […]

Farriery apprentices have had a lesson in caring for donkeys’ feet during Myerscough College’s annual Donkey Day. Experts from the Donkey Sanctuary in Devon joined the hoof-care students for a workshop on how to trim donkeys’ feet, which differ greatly from horses in the way they grow, before letting them loose on visiting donkeys from […]

Lytham Sixth-Form College students have tackled their phobia of dancing during a segment on reluctant dancers on national radio. Presenters on the BBC Radio 5 Live discussed whether men are too embarrassed to dance with a group of male sixth-formers at the ballroom of Blackpool Tower. The students were given dancing tips from professionals and […]

International business studies students have helped organise a local charity’s annual Christmas-themed fundraiser as part of their employability scheme. Bath College partnered with Dorothy House Hospice Care for their seventh annual Santa and Elf Run, giving students the chance to get real-life event management experience. The event attracted 300 people dressed in suitably festive attire, […]

A college has run a workshop to help people working as seasonal Santas and elves understand children with communication difficulties when they visit grottos over the festive season, reports Samantha King. This year, Santas and elves across Shropshire could attend a 2.5 hour Makaton workshop hosted at the Derwen College in Oswestry, to help break […]

London’s first-ever female fire commissioner has tackled gender stereotypes during a talk to learners at London South East Colleges. Dany Cotton, who began her career with London Fire Brigade in 1988, spoke about her experiences in the fire service to students at the college’s Bromley Campus, including being called to the Clapham Junction train crash […]