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13 April 2026

Author: FE Week Reporter

Student at Weston College is video star

Weston College’s youngest professionally qualified student film editor has used his creative skills in a cutting edge music video for a rising local singing star. Corry Raymond (18), who qualified in ‘Final Cut Pro’ three years ago, has worked alongside singer Ryan Inglis – a former Weston College student – on a video for his […]

NUS celebrates 90 years at annual conference

Toni Pearce was reelected as VP for FE Over 1,500 students from across educational institutions in the UK descended upon Sheffield’s City Hall to attend the National Union of Students (NUS)flagship National Conference. National conference is the sovereign body of the NUS and sees delegates electing their representatives and policy for the forthcoming academic year. […]

Havering College students show fashion flair

The next generation of up-and-coming designers from Havering College of Further and Higher Education showcased their creations at a major catwalk event. Five final year BA Fashion degree students from the college in Hornchurch, Essex, took their cutting edge collections to London’s Alternative Fashion Week. Press photographers from across the globe descended on the six […]

Gary Lineker gets behind Salford City College

Students from the Salford City College Sports Academy were recently invited to Old Trafford to meet England football hero Gary Lineker. The BBC Match of the Day host was guest speaker at the Greater Manchester launch of Drive IQ – a programme to educate young people before they get behind the wheel, made up of […]

What counts as being a successful college?

The 157 Group has been debating how it moves forward six years on from its inception. The sector context in 2012 is very different from 2006, not least with the new flexibilities and freedoms, the changing style of Ofsted, fiscal reductions and a new spirit of entrepreneurialism. A key question is how a successful college […]

Gemma Knott, policy and communications officer, 157 Group

“The worst thing that could happen to me is for someone to say that I didn’t try hard enough,” says Gemma Knott, the 157 Group’s policy and communications officer. A self-confessed “geek,” she loved reading and writing from an early age and excelled academically. But there were few role models on Northfields estate in Leicester […]

FE should learn ‘employment truths’ from welfare-to-work

The relationship between further education, the world of work, and local economic development is at a crossroads. With over one million young people unemployed for the first time, FE colleges are now in a unique position to revolutionise how they support learners’ migration from training into gainful employment. The Wolf Review suggested we shift the […]

Shaping apprenticeships the Australian Group Training way

Before we look at shaping the future, I’d firstly like to look at the past by sharing some history behind the Australian Group Training model. Group Training in the Australian landscape involves organisations legally employing apprentices across many occupational sectors and, in turn, placing them with a host employer. The Group Training Company essentially manages […]