Author: FE Week

The branch manager of a sought-after makeup brand has paid a visit to her former college to demonstrate professional techniques to its current crop of beauty students. Imogen Culbert (pictured right), once a beauty therapy student at North Lindsey College, now manages the local branch of cosmetics company Urban Decay in Scunthorpe, and spoke to […]

Four pygmy goats from Bath College have won a total of five rosettes at a recent agricultural and cheese show. Level two and level three animal care students reared and looked after the goats, who are named Smokey, Bubbles, Twix and Galaxy, for the annual Frome Agricultural & Cheese Show, and won three rosettes for […]

Following the nationwide rollout of smart meters in UK homes, the College of Haringey, Enfield and North East London is launching an academy to train students how to install them. The Smart Meter Installation Academy will specialise in training apprentices and students in meter-testing and maintenance, risk assessment, codes of practice, and health and safety […]

The newest coach at Ealing, Hammersmith & West London College’s boxing academy is a bona fide world champion. Charlie Magri (pictured centre), the former ABA British flyweight champion, World Boxing Council champion and lineal flyweight champion joined the Hammersmith Boxing Academy this month to train this year’s new recruits. Speaking at an event launching the […]

Four lucky history of art A-level students have had a little help from a world-famous artist, reports Samantha King A team of students have tapped up a Turner Prize winner to make a film for people studying the new history of art A-level. The four filmmakers from Goldalming College met Jeremy Deller to film an […]

A cow created entirely with flowers by floristry students took pride of place at a recent agricultural festival. The students, from Farnborough College of Technology in Hampshire, were commissioned to create the cow for the Alresford Agricultural Show by a local accountancy firm. It took a team of students from the level two and three […]

Gateshead College is the only FE institution to be shortlisted for an award at the annual Construction Investing in Talent Awards this year. The college has been shortlisted in the ‘apprenticeship scheme of the year’ category for its role in the PlanBEE Consortium – an alliance of architects, designers, contractors and engineering specialists. It teamed […]

A nesting box project begun by students at Moreton Morrell College has been successful after three barn owl chicks hatched. The project was a collaboration between level three wildlife and countryside management students and level three arboriculture students, who built a series of nesting boxes in the hopes of attracting barn owls for their farm […]