Author: FE Week

A public services student is leading a new project to help Birmingham’s homeless population. Nineteen-year-old Luca Buratti, a student at Stratford-upon-Avon College, has taken on the role of project leader in a scheme to turn a double-decker bus into a mobile shelter for rough sleepers. The project is being run by the Rotary Club of Birmingham […]

Experts in Hedgehog care gathered at Hartpury College for an event promoting the animals’ welfare. The Hedgehog Rehabilitation Symposium event attracted over 90 delegates from more than 35 different organisations, including wildlife hospitals and the British Wildlife Rehabilitation Council, who shared their tips on how to care for wild hedgehogs. Sessions included presentations on the […]

Two high-powered alumni of Kirklees College have returned to their former stomping grounds in Huddersfield to talk about their careers journeys. The co-creator of The X Factor, Siobhan Greene, and Dean Hoyle, who founded the greeting cards chain Card Factory, both paid a recent visit to their former college. The pair returned as guest speakers […]

 A sixth-form college has teamed up with a local charity to deliver lessons on self-esteem. City of Stoke-on-Trent Sixth-Form College partnered with the domestic abuse and social inclusion charity Arch to run its ‘Girl Power’ programme, which covered topics such as consent, life goals, self-confidence and relationships, for female students aged 16 to 19. Seven […]

Seventeen current ESOL learners at Uxbridge College have given presentations about their countries of origin to fellow learners as part of an annual event celebrating the college community. Students from Afghanistan, Eritrea, Kurdistan, Somalia, Syria, Egypt and Vietnam shared their experiences of growing up outside of the UK, and taught their peers to say hello […]

A trio of business students from north London have reached the finals of a national innovation challenge with a safety device inspired by the Grenfell Tower disaster. Their invention, called the “safety Jumping Bag”, is a giant airbag that lets people jump from high buildings without injuring themselves, and can be deployed in situations such […]

Forty sports students at City College Norwich now have a qualification in anti-doping. The group successfully completed UK Anti-Doping’s accredited adviser course alongside their college studies. They covered what doping is, the value of clean sport, and how sport performance can be enhanced safely and legally through a healthy diet and the right nutrition. Typically […]

Students learned about the career journeys of female staff at Bradford College during an “empowering women” event. Speakers included college governors, senior leaders and teaching staff, who shared the challenges they faced in their careers, and how they overcame them. The college’s assistant principal Anita Lall shared her story of not being able to speak […]