Author: FE Week Reporter

Trekking in the Himalayas, riding on elephants and visiting Buddhist temples were all part of an adventure of a lifetime for a group of Hampshire students. Alton College students spent a year working and fundraising to save £2,000 each for a 10-day trip to Nepal in October. Among the 31 students who flew to Asia […]

Staff and students at West Nottinghamshire College dug deep in their pockets for Children in Need. Top of the bill was comedy improvisation from performing arts students in the 150-seat Create Theatre at the Derby Road campus. The theatre was sold out for two nights as the students raised a laugh — and some cash […]

Staff and students at Warwickshire College had a hectic “entrepreneurial week”. It all kicked off when Julie Meyer, the founder of Ariadne Capital and a Dragon in the BBC’s online Dragons’ Den, visited the college’s Rugby centre. She talked to students before receiving business pitches from two groups from the college’s Peter Jones Enterprise Academy. […]

November becomes Movember for many men as they valiantly grow moustaches to raise money for charity. Staff at Middlesbrough College got in on the action — with support from two Middlesbrough Football Club players who helped to raise awareness of men’s health, including prostate and testicular cancers. No subject was too tough to tackle for […]

A sports hall at Chesterfield College has been renamed to honour Olympic gold medallist Jessica Ennis. The heptathlete, who visited the college for the first time this month to open its new “heart space”, library, and guidance centre, said that she felt “very special”. The college’s performing arts students gave a concert before Jessica took part […]

A food writer and chef has helped to set up a seafood academy at a college on the south coast. The Mitch Tonks Seafood Academy has been opened to inspire young chefs and is set to put South Devon College on the map for seafood excellence. “I’ve long been a believer that the south west has […]

Colleges from across the North East were on to a winner when Sunderland College organised a five-a-side football tournament for students with learning difficulties and disabilities. A group of student volunteers organised the contest as part of a Together Activity Group (TAG) scheme. Project coordinator Rachael Smales said the tournament had been a huge success. […]

Cupcakes were at the centre of Colleges Week celebrations at Richmond upon Thames College. Visitors who made it to the catering department during an open evening were encouraged to roll up their sleeves and practise their icing and decorating skills — with the promise of a tasty treat at the end. Pre-decorated cupcakes were sold […]

You either love it or you hate it. Former Coleg Gwent student and artist Nathan Wyburn loves it – and so he should. The 23-year-old is best known for his portrait work produced by spreading Marmite on toast… Nathan recently visited current students at the college’s Blaenau Gwent Learning Zone to teach them about using […]