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13 April 2026

Author: FE Week Reporter

Chesterfield College staff get wet for charity

The deputy principal of Chesterfield College has been in the stocks to help raise money for Sarcoma UK. Debra Gray, alongside other senior members of staff, was pelted with soaking sponges as part of a fundraising event held by Mark Lievesley, an inspirational brickwork lecturer diagnosed with the rare Sarcoma form of cancer. “Everyone at […]

City of Bath College student becomes tutor

A mature student who thanked City of Bath College for giving him ‘a second chance’ at a career has now returned to pass on his skills as a tutor. Keith Varney (53) enrolled at college six years ago to take a course in stained and kiln-formed glass, before moving on to the Design Crafts National […]

Doncaster College student cooke-ing up a storm after taking to the stage at food fair

Doncaster College student Ben Cooke has been offered a work placement at two prestigious restaurants. The offers came after he attended the Cookery Theatre at the Festive Food and Gift Fair at Doncaster Racecourse in November. Seventeen-year-old Ben has been given the opportunity to work with chefs at the Ruddington Park and Swinton Park restaurants, […]

Cambridge Regional College goes green

Cambridge Regional College (CRC) has been given a top environmental award for its ambitious carbon reduction plans. The college was given a ISO14001 certification after proving it could lower its carbon footprint by up to 40 per cent over the next five years. Sarah Bearpark, environmental and sustainability manager at CRC, said the ISO accreditation […]

Discrimination: Time to educate the educated

What lessons should teachers and managers in education and training learn from one of the most appalling race murders in recent British history? What gains can we salvage from an incident that – in just a few moments of senseless and stupid bigotry – shocked a nation, destroyed a life, tore a family apart and […]

East Surrey College Principal gets Royal seal

A new principal has been appointed to East Surrey College. Following national search, the Corporation of East Surrey College has announced Jayne Dickinson as the new Principal and Chief Executive of the college. It follows a successful year for the college, which included completing a move into the new buildings, achieving Investors in People (Gold), […]

BBC 5 live investigates apprenticeships

Apprenticeship schemes which misuse taxpayers’ money is to be debated by leading figures in the FE sector on ‘5 Live Investigates’. The programme, which will be broadcast on BBC Radio 5 Live at 9pm this Sunday, includes interviews with a number of apprentices who have been left both out of pocket and without a qualification. […]

David Hughes: Challenges and chances for learners in 2012

In honour of the new strapline for the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, FE Week asked two further education (FE) experts, David Hughes, chief executive of NIACE, and Toni Pearce, NUS vice-president for FE, what they thought the “New Challenges, New Chances” would be for learners this year. It is all too easy to […]

Apprenticeship sales force enrol themselves

Call centre staff at a training provider have enrolled onto an apprenticeship programme to improve their skills. Twenty workers at Intraining, part of NCG (formerly Newcastle College Group) have also joined the programme so they can offer support to those inquiring about apprenticeships. Each apprentice will be “assigned two hours of assessment time and two […]