Author: FE Week Reporter

East Midlands students have beaten off stiff competition from more than 160 college teams from across the country to win a trip to New York after impressing judges in a Dragon’s Den-style business competition. The team of three New College Nottingham students pitched their idea for a mobile phone app that safeguards children to a […]

Budding actors and directors picked the brains of a Hollywood star when he came to talk at a South East college. BAFTA award winning actor, writer and director Justin Chadwick gave Central Sussex College’s sixth-form students top tips for success and discussed his new film Mandela: The Long Walk to Freedom, due out next year. […]

An East Midlands student has competed against more than 200 people from around the world at the International Space Olympics in Russia. Abbie Singleton, 16, was one of 30 young people in Team GB who were tested on their knowledge of space exploration. “I had a fantastic time — meeting all sorts of people from […]

A Welsh college made history when its video was chosen to be part of a time capsule presented to the Queen to celebrate her Diamond Jubilee. The film made by Coleg Gwent independent living skills (ILS) students was one of 60 contributions to the capsule from 80,000 entries to the Royal Commonwealth Society. The collection — […]

Uniformed public service students have been helping fight crime in Greater Manchester. Hopwood Hall College students joined police on patrol and gave tips to the community on keeping their houses safe as part of the force’s Dark Knights Campaign to cut down on burglary. The students, who have been studying the effects of crime, also […]

Kent’s top artists will be showing off their work to the public when Canterbury College hosts this year’s John Millest Art Show. The free exhibition will feature work from current and former students and staff, as well as other local artists. Students will also be competing for their work to win the public vote to […]

A West Midlands student has engineered himself a place in the finals of a national photo competition. Shane Butler is in with a chance of winning £5,000 worth of Canon photography equipment at manufacturing firm EEF’s Made in Britain Photography Awards. “I have a real interest in photographing anything that’s a bit quirky and slightly different […]

Business novices at a London college have won over top entrepreneurs at a Dragons’ Den style challenge. Around 25 Newham College students, some as young as 15, pitched business ideas to improve the community to five judges, including founder of fashion label and social enterprise Caramel Rock, Faith Johnson and chief executive of Social Enterprise […]

Cheshire college students played at being barristers, jurors and court staff for the day as they competed in the regional heat of the Bar Mock Trial. Warrington College was one of 172 schools and colleges taking part. “We only had a short time to become familiar with the case. Then we had to battle it […]