Author: FE Week Reporter

A students’ union president has become the youngest councillor in Cornwall. Cornwall College Students’ Union President Joe Vinson has been elected to his local parish council. Joe, who turned 18 in July, decided to stand for St Agnes Parish Council after nine councillors resigned and he felt faith had been lost by residents in the […]

There was a festival of colour as a college opened its new floristry shop. Doncaster College opened the shop last week with Gill Parkes, head of the academy of commercial enterprise, leading the celebrations. Floristry students got the chance to showcase their skills by demonstrating a number of floristry practices, such as Christmas wreath making, […]

Childcare students from Dearne Valley College (DVC) asked college staff and fellow students to dig deep for this year’s BBC Children in Need Appeal. With collection buckets rattling at the Wath based college, students in fancy dress raised a grand total of £372.00 for Pudsey Bear and the BBC’s Children in Need Appeal. The youngsters […]

It was a sea of spots as a college showed its support for Pudsey. Students from Blackpool and The Fylde College wore pyjamas, fancy dress and baked spotty iced buns and curled hair for Children in Need. Some brave souls even had their legs waxed while tutors became students for the day in school uniform […]

Students helped raise more than £1,800 for a worthy cause with a host of sponsored fun. City College Norwich’s fundraising efforts were joined by former Norwich City footballers Darren Huckerby and Darren Eadie to raise money for BBC Children in Need. The total amount raised is expected to exceed £2,000, with the proceeds from a […]

When college student Niala Ahmed left home, she had no idea her lifesaving training would be put into practice on her way into college. However, the Solihull College student, who was on her way into college to complete the last day of her first aid course, was suddenly forced to put her hard work to […]

An award winning rapper raised the roof while unveiling a college’s new music suite. Akala, a MOBO award winner, urged students to “make the most of the new college resources and grab the opportunities it brings” as he officially opened the new facility at Kensington and Chelsea College. Thanks to a dramatic make-over, the suite […]

A grandmother who once struggled with her reading and writing has received a Student of the Year accolade. Sarann Lovell (46), from Uttoxeter, received her award from record-breaking freestyle swimmer Mark Foster at a day of celebrations to mark the achievements of students at an awards ceremony by Burton and South Derbyshire College. The celebration […]