Author: FE Week

The England rugby league team has announced its move to a new training base at Hopwood Hall College, where students were invited to watch one of the team’s first training sessions. Currently ranked third in the international stakes, players from the team will be using the facilities at the Manchester college as their new training […]

Students from East Durham College’s hair and beauty department have won eight medals at the Association of Hairdressers and Therapists regional finals. Twelve colleges from across the north-east of England competed in a range of different disciplines at the event, including hairdressing, barbering, beauty and make-up. East Durham’s student team picked up three first-place gold […]

A Sparsholt College student has been busy balancing her studies with hand-rearing an orphaned sloth named Flash. For the last six months, Gemma Romanis  – who is studying for a diploma in zoo and aquarium animal management at the Hampshire-based college – has been developing skills by helping to raise Flash. Working full-time as a zookeeper […]

A cancer survivor and pub landlord from Worcestershire has donated a defibrillator to his local college to support their first aid services. Fifty-five-year-old Graham Keightley bought defibrillators for his pub, The Hollybush, after meeting people whose lives had been saved by first aid during his time in hospital. After learning that the local Stourbridge College didn’t […]

A puppetry show based on the experiences of Myerscough College’s foundation learners is to be made into a national safeguarding resource; Samantha King reports Puppeteer Steve Wright has been a regular visitor to the Lancashire college, delivering the government’s Prevent training to learners with additional needs through the medium of puppetry. The creative artist has […]

Truro and Penwith College recently hosted a STEM networking event for educators across Cornwall. The event was attended by primary, secondary and FE teachers, local organisations and ambassadors, and followed Theresa May’s emphasis on the need to develop STEM subjects in her industrial strategy announcement. Alongside networking opportunities and guest speakers – including Kim Conchie […]

A team of students spent the day constructing a chicken coop in the Yorkshire Moors to protect local poultry against avian flu. The group of 11 from North Lindsey College spent six hours building the structure in an effort to save the resident chickens, turkeys and ducks at the Youth Hostel Association in Castleton from the […]

For the first time in its history, the Ideal Home Show will have students designing the interiors of its display homes. Samantha King reports The Ideal Home Show is a key date in the calendar for homeowners looking to spice up their living space, or find out about the latest trends and innovations in the […]