Author: FE Week Reporter

The devastating impact of the plague on the Derbyshire village of Eyam has been retold by Sheffield College drama students. Thirteen learners, mainly first years, performed Eyam the musical at Norton College’s drama theatre earlier this month. The plague was brought to Eyam in 1665 when a travelling tailor brought a parcel of cloth from […]

A daredevil student’s love of animals led to her taking a 12,000ft leap of faith. Sixteen-year-old Alex Pullin, from Gillingham, took part in a charity skydive to help fund her visit to the International Primate Rescue charity in Pretoria, South Africa. The sanctuary has rescued primates from all over the world and currently cares for […]

Dearne Valley College (DVC) is launching a new motorsports programme. The launch event, which took place on Thursday, welcomed a number of professional race teams and associations showcasing their vehicles such as; ‘Team Honeywell’ UK Uniroyal Fun Cup Winners, Max Lees Locost Championship Driver, the Motor Sport Association, Sheffield and Hallamshire Motor Club and Dukeries […]

Sparsholt College Animal Management Centre has played host to a rather unusual re-union. Amongst the college’s Pheasantry, the Himalayan Monal or Impeyan Monal Pheasants met Andrew Impey, the great, great, great, great grandson of Lady Mary Impey, who, in the 18th Century, the species was originally named after. The big get together was the first […]

Up-and-coming artists from Havering College of Further and Higher Education received the ultimate accolade from one of the top interior designers in the world. Martyn Lawrence-Bullard, a multiple award winning designer with A-list celebrity clients, has praised the talents of four students on the BA Fine Arts degree course. Los Angeles-based Bullard visited the college […]

Cornwall College takes pride in having a classroom on the beach in Newquay but these students took the principle to the extreme when they literally picked up their desks and moved onto the sand, in the name of charity. The Surf Science degree students decided to create a calendar as part of their Personal and […]

Students at a Blackburn College were given the opportunity to put the theory into practice during a mock-up of a major traffic collision. FMG Support, the UK’s leading vehicle recovery resource, and the Highways Agency, hosted a Major Incident Day to provide the emergency services with a live practice of their emergency plans. More than […]

Newcastle-under-Lyme College (NULC) was given the Royal seal of approval when His Royal Highness the Duke of York paid a visit. The Duke visited to help promote the work of colleges in providing apprenticeships, work-based learning and business skills development. After meeting local dignitaries, His Royal Highness was given a tour of the college by […]