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Movers & Shakers: Edition 189

Your weekly guide to who’s new, and who’s leaving. Prasanth Panicker has been appointed business development advisor at Truro and Penwith college. The college, based in Truro, Cornwall, currently holds an ‘outstanding’ rating from its most recent Ofsted inspection. Mr Panicker’s role will involve engaging with Cornwall-based engineering and motor vehicle businesses, helping them benefit […]

Movers & Shakers: Edition 188

Your weekly guide to who’s new, and who’s leaving. Frank McLoughlin has been appointed associate director for leadership at the Education and Training Foundation. A registered charity, the ETF is a commissioning body serving the FE and training sector. Mr McLoughlin joins the organisation from his previous role as principal of City and Islington […]

FEATURE: College student’s business venture is fighting fit

Starting a business is notoriously difficult, but one entrepreneur launched her fitness empire in her first year at college. Now, just two years later she has opened her own studio – and she’s only 19. Samantha King reports. When Amy Simpson left school, she decided a traditional A-level route wasn’t for her. Instead, she enrolled […]

Poppy selling won’t lose its appeal for Sian

A dedicated volunteer and manager at a Teesside college hopes to raise thousands of pounds selling poppies this November. Sian Cameron, who is support centre manager at Stockton Riverside College’s engineering and vocational training provider, NETA Training, spends two weeks a year working 14-hour shifts for free during the poppy appeal. Last year, Sian and […]

Students sleep under the stars to raise money for the homeless

A group of social work students at Bradford College are preparing to spend the night outside to raise money for the homeless. The team will give up their home comforts and bed down at the Shay Stadium in Halifax as part of a charity fundraising event. The students have already raised over £500 through their […]

Unique mindfulness course is a hit with college students

A unique life skills programme for first-year students at the Sixth Form College Birkenhead has reached its halfway point – and students are already feeling the benefits. Devised by two psychology teachers at the college, Roy Owen and Amanda Hoey, and deputy principal Mike Kilbride, the BePART (Be Positive, Ambitious, Resilient, Thoughtful) course looks at […]

Students get involved with international eco-hairdressing project

Staff and students from the hair and beauty department at Bridgwater and Taunton College had a lesson on sustainability during a recent trip to Spain. The aim of the trip was to get students involved with the Green Salon project in Malaga, which develops innovative ways of promoting sustainability in the hair and beauty sector […]

Aspiring pilot is on the flight path to his dream career

An aspiring pilot and former Nelson and Colne College (NCC) student is on his way to his dream job after six months of intensive training in New Zealand. Hassan Imtiaz, aged 21, secured a place on a competitive cadet scheme with Qatar Airways last year, and is half way to becoming a fully qualified second […]

The benefits of alumni networks

Lambeth College is gathering a database of former students to inspire the current crop of learners to further academic and career success. The London-based college hopes to build up an alumni network made up both of people in established careers and vocations and of recent leavers. The college has become one of 400 secondary schools […]