Author: FE Week Reporter

A journalism course run by City of Wolverhampton College has been announced as one of the most successful in the country. The college was awarded the best performing National Council for the Training of Journalists (NCTJ) Academic Year FE course during a gala dinner at Belfast City Hall. It was among five top performing NCTJ […]

A new work placement partnership is enabling student to experience their dream job. The Health and Social Care Department at Filton College offers students work placements as an integral part of the course. But until now, they have been unable to fulfil the paramedic career path some student’s desire. This year the Bristol Ambulance Service […]

Four sporty students from Newcastle-under-Lyme College’s (NULC) Academy of Sport have been selected to represent England. Ami Pickerill (18), from Alsager, has been selected for the England Under 19 Netball Europe Squad and the British Colleges Sport England Netball Squad. Sherry McCue (17), from Market Drayton, was chosen for the Ladies Under 19 England Football […]

Pupils with learning difficulties were pampered during a visit to see what their local college has to offer. Pupils from Queen Elizabeth 2 Silver Jubilee School, in Horsham, which caters for youngsters aged 2 to 19 with severe or profound and multiple learning difficulties, visited City College Brighton and Hove to get a flavour of […]

The Mayor of Calderdale was given a first-hand look at the construction trades during a college visit. Councillor Dr Nader Fekri JP visited the North Halifax Skills Centre at Calderdale College last month. The centre delivers high quality vocational training, through the Construction and Hairdressing and Beauty Therapy Academies. The visit follows a college enrichment […]

More than 100 students put their creations on the catwalk at college’s charity fashion show. It was the Barton Peveril Sixth Form College’s 20th annual show, with the 115 students, studying AS and A2 level Textiles, raising money for Breast Cancer Care. The extravaganza was a compilation of two showcases entitled Kaleidoscopic. Students were encouraged […]

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 […]

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 […]