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Performing arts student gets real life filming experience in VR road safety video

A Walsall College student has become the face of road safety after appearing in a promotional virtual reality film created by the West Midlands Fire Service. The seven-minute video will be used to educate young people in colleges and universities across the west Midlands about driving safely. Dean Webb, a 20-year-old level three performing arts […]

College steps in as sponsor to save 103-year-old local carnival

A Hampshire college has saved a historic local carnival from cancellation by stepping in as the official sponsor. After concerns the 103-year-old Totton and Eling carnival would be cancelled due to lack of funds, Totton College offered up financial support to keep it afloat following discussions with carnival organisers. Not only will the college now […]

Rare passenger plane is backdrop for student horror film

A group of media students from East Durham College have used a rare passenger plane as the location for several of their horror film projects. The 14 students, all studying their technical level three diploma in media, paid a visit to the last complete Hawker Siddeley Trident 1C passenger plane left in the world, and […]

Autocar’s car industry awards for women open up to apprentices

An annual event identifying and promoting women in the car industry will, for the first time, have a category for apprentices. Every ear, Autocar’s annual Great British Women in the Car Industry looks for the most promising women working in UK automotive industry, and celebrates the top 100 at an annual awards ceremony. This year, […]

Budding chefs take over hotel kitchen for culinary battle

A team of student chefs staged a kitchen takeover at a local hotel and went head to head in a culinary battle. Samantha King reports Six student chefs from Sunderland College took over the kitchen of the Washington Holiday Inn for a day, to creat their own three-course menus. Splitting into teams of two, the […]

Movers and Shakers: Edition 203

Your weekly guide to who’s new, and who’s leaving There have been two new appointments at Askham Bryan College, which specialises in land-based courses. Sandra Burnhill has been appointed executive director of the York college. She joins Askham Bryan from her role as assistant principal at Kirklees College, which she has held since 2009. Beginning […]

Movers and Shakers: Edition 202

Your weekly guide to who’s new, and who’s leaving Lucy Maggs has been appointed assistant principal at Callywith College in Cornwall. The new college is due to open in September in association with Truro and Penwith College, where she currently works as a programme team leader for student services. She will share the assistant principal […]

Formula 1 challenge pits apprentices against school pupils

A global competition that challenges young people to make their own Formula 1 cars has launched a category for engineering apprentices to coincide with National Apprenticeship Week. Samantha King reports Regarded as one of the largest ever global STEM initiatives, Formula 1 in Schools operates in over 40 countries, challenging young people aged 11 to […]

College named as top in UK for use of social media in education

A Hampshire college has been awarded the title of top college in the UK for its social media at the 2017 Edurank Awards. Sparsholt College took the award for ‘social media performance of the year’ as well as ‘best Instagram performance’ at the ceremony, which recognises and celebrates the use of social media in education. The […]