Author: FE Week Reporter

More than 400 guests attended the spectacular opening ceremony of West Cheshire College’s Ellesmere Port Campus with Olympic hero Sir Steve Redgrave. The Olympic-inspired event featured a parade and show-stopping performance from performing art and dance students, with fire eaters and stilt walkers. The Wired Aerial Theatre were also part of the celebration, with a […]

Writtle College has hosted its second annual Roadster road safety awareness. With the help of Essex police, fire and rescue, county council and local driving schools, 250 students were taught about the importance of road safety. The aim of the Roadster event was to place students in challenging scenarios, to aid them in understanding and […]

Visitors to the Royal Bath and West Show were able to step inside a sustainable house created by carpentry students from Norton Radstock College. The timber framed house showcased simple initiatives that households can introduce to help save the planet, from insulation to draught proofing. Lorna Crouch, marketing manager at Norton Radstock College, said: “By […]

Thousands of clothes, shoes and accessories went on sale at Canterbury College’s fashion show to raise money for charity. The Fashion Fix raised more than £300 for The British Red Cross, Pilgrims Hospice and The Children’s Trust Tadworth. The catwalk show was followed by a giant indoor one stop charity shop, with raffle and tombola […]

Trainee stonemasons from City of Bath College helped unveil the stunning statue of swimmer Mark Foster in Bath city centre. The students created the plinth that the piece of art – a twice life-size sculpture of the champion swimmer’s torso – sits on. Students at the College’s Construction Skills Centre spent weeks working on the […]

Students studying fashion and textiles at South Birmingham College were set the challenge of turning £30 of material from the famous Birmingham Rag Markets into an outfit that could be sold in Harvey Nichols. Fifteen of the 80 students that took part in the competition have been shortlisted to showcase their designs on the catwalk […]

Three complementary therapy students from Coleg Gwent’s Pontypool campus were in need of some well-earned rest and relaxation of their own after taking part in a great outdoors challenge for Marie Curie Cancer Care. The Whole Hog Race saw Emily Smith, Jodie Dupplaw and Sian Williams cross country running, negotiating obstacles, wading through a river […]