Author: FE Week Reporter

Who would have thought a careers event attracting thousands of young people to Birmingham would have roots leading to a Spanish dictator’s palace? As organisers of this year’s Skills Show UK revealed 70,000 people attended the three-day event, the UK’s first WorldSkills competitor told FE Week of the show’s beginnings. Doug Hill, now aged 77, […]

A Northampton college has been given a trophy for helping improve adult literacy. Learning adviser Joanna Aynsworth at Moulton College was presented with the bronze award by bestselling novelist Adele Parks at the Six Book Challenge in recognition of her work helping 64 adults get back into reading. “I’ve met hundreds of emergent adult readers in […]

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 […]