Author: FE Week Reporter

A student from Pershore College has been crowned the “Young Horticulturalist of the Year” by the Institute of Horticulture in Edinburgh. Douglas Mackay, 21, from South Devon, was awarded a £2,000 bursary by the Shropshire Horticultural Society, which will allow him to travel abroad in pursuit of a horticultural career. “It was a great experience,” […]

Students from South Cheshire College gave carers and service users a day to remember at the Neuromuscular Centre in Winsford. Level 2 Complementary Therapy students and the level 2 Beauty Therapy group spent a day at the Centre delivering relaxing treatments such as massages, manicures and facials. Sandra Smith, a complementary therapeutic practice for health […]

Beauty therapy students at Strode College have been showing off their creative flair and technical make-up skills by creating movie character looks. The students worked in pairs, one as model and one as make-up artist, to put together a total look including make-up, hair, nails and clothes for an annual competition at the college. Marcie […]

Artists from Canterbury College have transformed an empty shop in the Marlowe Arcade into an exciting new art gallery. The Curious Curator exhibition space, formerly The Discovery Store, will feature paintings, sculptures and installations by BTEC Subsidiary Diploma in Art and Design students. The special four-day show was open to the public from 10am to […]

Myerscough College has created 151 new apprenticeships placements, smashing their original ‘100 in 100’ days campaign target. Ann Turner, principal of Myerscough College, said: “Achieving 151 apprenticeships in only 100 days is incredible news. “It means 151 people have secured a new job and will be trained to achieve a qualification that will hopefully secure […]

Former Middlesbrough, Southampton and Darlington star Neil Maddison has a new role after signing on as a coach at Middlesbrough College. The appointment is good news for the College, which is in the process of developing its Sports Academies as part of the new £6.5 million Middlesbrough College Sixth Form Centre – known as MC6. […]

Michael Jaffrain is the new principal of St Brendan’s Sixth Form College, following the retirement of Ann Barrow. The college says Mr Jaffrain has a wealth of experience in the education sector, having been promoted from the position of assistant principal, and has the “qualities to lead St Brendan’s into an exciting new chapter.” Mr […]

An inspirational MidKent College student held an event to promote stroke awareness earlier this month Amber Garland, 21, had to learn to speak again after suffering a stroke in August 2009, and has no memory of her life before it happened. The art student was joined by representatives from the Stroke Association – a charity […]