Author: FE Week Reporter

Students from West Thames College were featured in a health item for ITV’s award-winning This Morning programme. The students asked questions to camera as part of a Medical Myth Busting item on health, contraception and sexual awareness. The filming and questions were led by ITV’s Laura Sommerville and Sam Palmano, who praised the students for […]

Leyton Sixth Form College had its first ever skiing expedition as students tackled the beautiful Italian Alps for a week of physical exertion and sensational skiing. Kumba Hutt, English teacher and organiser, said: “None of the students had ever skied before, but within the week all had skilfully mastered the sport and the slopes.” Chris […]

Blackburn College has joined forces with the council to highlight dangers of not wearing a seatbelt after a shocking new survey revealed 50 per cent of young people in the Borough admitted to not wearing one. According to a road safety survey, more than half of the young people in Blackburn with Darwen admit to […]

South Cheshire College has won a prestigious national standard. The Crewe College has been awarded the New Engineering Foundation’s (NEF) STEM Assured status, which recognises excellence in the quality of scientific, technical mathematical and engineering delivery in education and training. The standard places a particular emphasis on industry relevance and embedding STEM skills across a […]

Media students at Havering College of Further and Higher Education are to host a BBC Question Time-style politics show after winning a national competition. The college will be hosting a live webcast debate with politicians and celebrities on June 1. The programme will also be broadcast on the BBC Parliament channel. The prize is the […]

Outstanding students from Central Sussex College were recognised by FE Sussex, at a prestigious ceremony to celebrate the 2012 Spring Awards at the Hilton Brighton Metropole. The college celebrated a record-breaking four winners and three runners-up – more than any other college in Sussex. With a winner or runner-up in seven out of twelve categories, […]

Charlene Stoute, a hairdressing student at the College of Haringey, Enfield and North East London, has won a once in a lifetime opportunity, beating off stiff competition to work at the Olympic salon during the 2012 Games. A competition, launched by Podium – the Further and Higher Education Unit for the 2012 Games – and […]

A life skills student at Doncaster College has returned from the European Down Syndrome Open Swimming Championships with a stack of medals. Ben Sweeney is quite used to winning competitions around the world and has more than 800 hundred medals in his bedroom, so he has a dilemma of where to put his tally of […]