Author: FE Week Reporter

Chesterfield College has embraced the latest developments in creative technologies by incorporating iPads into its Art and Design directorate. Both Pupils from Tibshelf and Lady Manners Schools, as well as creative professionals from the local area, attended special events at the college to showcase the technology in action. One of the world’s leading iPad artists […]

A number of Doncaster College students and staff have won awards in recent months. Students Danielle Hughes, Kanisha Fullwood and staff member Yvonne Ledger have featured in the Pride in Doncaster Awards and the Best in Education Awards. Seventeen-year-old Danielle won the Inspirational Young Person of the Year Award at the Pride in Doncaster Awards […]

The growing partnership between an institute and a rugby league club has seen the development of a new qualification. Over the years, a partnership between Warrington Collegiate and Warrington Wolves has looked to enhance education, health and welfare of those involved. The partnership will see the collegiate team and Rugby League academy continue to act […]

Trainee sports therapists from City College Norwich will practise their skills even further afield in 2012. The impressive new Renault truck, fully liveried in the Extreme Sports Therapy Unit’s colours, will enable the Level 3 Diploma in the Prevention and Management of Sports Injuries students to take their equipment to events at home and abroad. […]

Students and staff at the new Mirus Academy celebrated the school’s official opening with a colourful balloon launch. More than 200 balloons were released into the sky, each carrying a personal message from students about their dreams for the future in the Mirus Academy. The Mirus Academy is the first all-through Academy in the Black […]

The teacher training courses run by City of Bath College are generating impressive results and praise from students. The recent one-week City and Guilds introduction to teaching and training course saw 100 per cent of students pass with flying colours. Many of the students on the course have since started teaching, received salary increases at […]

A student put his skills to the test after rescuing a 90-year-old pensioner. Dalian Lacey (17), from Totton, who is studying Public Services at Totton College, found the man unconscious on the ground whilst he was on his paper round. It transpired the man had fallen from his roof whilst trying to carry out a […]

A renowned video producer, artist manager and record label boss was on hand to give Kensington and Chelsea students her top tips for success. Rachel McClelland has more than ten years’ experience in the entertainment industry and has worked with some of the biggest names in music, including Dizzee Rascal, Jay Z, Mr Hudson and […]

Three students studying Sport and Exercise Sciences at Huntingdonshire Regional College have been selected to play for the England Colleges Football team. The college is the only one to secure this many places in the squad, which is the national team for college based players. It is run in partnership by British Colleges Sport and […]