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Movers and Shakers: Edition 242

Your weekly guide to who’s new and who’s leaving Denise Jelly, Principal, Barnsley Sixth-Form College Start date: March 2018 Previous job: Head of faculty for sixth-form, GCSEs and International, Nottingham College Interesting fact: Denise once performed an Irish dance for royalty at primary school, but can’t remember if it was for Princess Margaret or Anne. ____________________________________________ […]

Inter-college event gets students designing new eco-classrooms

Students from Chichester College and Crawley College have come together to brainstorm ways of developing an eco-friendly classroom, reports Samantha King. A cross-college event saw over 50 learners from courses including engineering, design, motor vehicle, aeronautical and science work together in seven teams to design a new, futuristic classroom for Chichester College’s Brinsbury campus. The […]

Maritime lecturers hailed as heroes after saving family in crisis

A group of maritime teachers put their lifesaving skills to the test when a standard survival exercise was interrupted by an emergency. The group, including one student, from Blackpool and the Fylde College’s Fleetwood nautical campus rushed to the rescue of a family whose daughter and five-month-old baby, still in its pram, fell into a […]

Movers and Shakers: Edition 241

Your weekly guide to who’s new and who’s leaving Mike Lee, Training development manager, BSRIA Start date: March 2018 Previous job: Regional operations manager, Carillion Training Services Interesting fact: Mike is a member of fundraising group Lions Club International, and this year will help run the biggest fireworks event in Berkshire, with over 8,000 spectators. ____________________________________________ […]

KPMG sends its apprentices back to school

Professional services giant KPMG has been sending its apprentices back to school in a scheme to boost their professional development, reports Samantha King. Apprentices at KPMG are encouraged to go back to their former schools and talk about their career journey so far through the firm’s Back to Schools programme, developed after its first-ever cohort […]

Sports students teach 4,000 Cheshire schoolkids how to play rugby

Sports students from Warrington and Vale Royal College have been teaching over 4,000 primary school children how to play rugby. The team of 12 level three students teamed up with the Warrington Wolves Community Trust to deliver rugby league sessions to pupils across Cheshire over the course of a week. Each student took on a […]

College rescues seventeen former battery hens

Seventeen former battery hens have been given a new lease of life after being taken in by staff and students at Eccles Sixth-Form College. The college’s sport, health and social care, travel and tourism and uniformed public services departments all chipped in to cover the £4-per-hen fee charged by Lucky Hens Rescue, a Wigan-based charity […]

Principal and Mayor take on abseil challenge

Learners in Leek held the life of their principal in their hands, as he abseiled down a local church for charity. Buxton & Leek College’s principal Len Tildsley, alongside the town’s mayor Brian Johnson, descended the town of Leek’s only medieval church, St Edward’s, to raise money for the Mayor’s Charity, which supports youth organisations […]

Team of UTC students win national Royal Navy Engineering Challenge

Five aspiring engineers from UTC Swindon took a top prize in the Royal Navy engineering challenge finals, a national STEM competition. The team of year 10 students won the 14-to-16 age category, in which they had to design an unmanned, remotely operated system that would clear objects from the seabed. The students had just one […]