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Young apprenticeships fall as adults nearly double

Adult apprenticeship starts have continued to accelerate in the first three months of 2012, while the number of starts aged 16 to 18 has dropped, new data has shown. Provisional figures, published by the Data Service in the Statistical First Release (SFR) today, show that the number of new apprentices aged 25 and above has […]

Christina Conroy OBE to retire as principal of RACC

Christina Conroy OBE has announced plans to retire from her position as principal and chief executive of Richmond Adult Community College (RACC). Christina will relinquish her role as principal on April 1, 2012, before retiring formally in October 2012. “I have been a teacher and senior manager in further education for over 27 years in […]

Journalism student climbs the career ladder with ‘invaluable’ help from Cornwall College

A journey around Central Asia on a horse, a trip through Armenia’s deepest forests and a choppy voyage to the Falklands as a deckhand on a cargo ship. These are just some of the adventures a journalism student will be embarking on when he graduates from Cornwall College this month. Jamie Maddison is planning the […]

Bloodhound to visit Northampton College

The 1,000mph Bloodhound Supersonic Car – the centrepiece for a global education initiative – will be heading to Northampton College. It is part of an innovative new programme led by Northamptonshire County Council to inspire budding mathematicians, scientists and engineers. Bloodhound SSC is powered by a Rolls Royce Eurofighter jet engine and hybrid rocket and […]

Cirencester College hits 101 apprentices

Cirencester College is celebrating the placement of their 100th and 101st apprentices. Tuesday Townsend and Harlan Stallard have signed up to an apprenticeship programme, in partnership with Jesse’s Bistro. Both Tuesday and Harlan are taking an intermediate apprenticeship in Hospitality, with Tuesday in Hospitality Services (Front of House) and Harlan in Food and Production, working […]

Rotherham College students stay safe in style

Students have been making road safety fashionable at an event selling bespoke clothing to help keep young people visible during dark nights. Rotherham College of Arts and Technology has teamed up with South Yorkshire Safer Roads Partnership to increase road safety awareness amongst students by selling adapted fashion items they would wear during a night […]

City College Brighton and Hove puts film students behind bars and behind the camera

City College Brighton and Hove students from a range of different courses have collaborated on a new film project at the City College East campus. Film-making students were given the chance to pitch their own short film ideas – all of which had to have a prison-based theme – to the rest of their class. […]

Canterbury College beat the Monday blues

Students and staff at Canterbury College spread the happiness when they led a national campaign to beat Blue Monday. Led by its very own Blue Man, the college hosted a series of events to combat the effects of what is termed the most depressing day of the year. There was magic, music, free food, a […]

Walsall College wins best practice award

Walsall College shared best practice with colleges across the country after winning an Association of Colleges Beacon Award. The college’s functional skills team won the award for adopting innovative approaches to teaching the functional skills of English, maths and ICT within all of its vocational areas, which has led to a significant improvement to success […]