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13 May 2026

Dearne Valley College students show their spots for Pudsey Bear

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 […]

Blackpool and The Flyde College students raise charity dough

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 […]

City College Norwich staff get on their bikes to raise money for children in need

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 […]

FE Week investigates: The great SFA giveaway

We take an in-depth look at the Skills Funding Agency (SFA) and five of its latest moves and policy decisions, including redundancy packages for hundreds of jobs, money offered for NEETs and the re-opening of a core growth fund. Millions spent on SFA redundancy packages More than £17 million will be spent on voluntary redundancy packages for […]

Award winning rapper opens new music suite at Kensington and Chelsea College

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 […]

Granny at Burton and South Derbyshire College receives student of the year accolade

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 […]

FE Week mini-mascot (Edition 11)

Follow the adventures of FE Week’s biggest and smallest fan! Mostly this week I have been trying to keep warm and drinking mojitos” And also you can follow our FE Week mini-mascot on Twitter @daniellinford

AoC ‘disappointed’ in strike action

The Association of Colleges (AoC) say they are ‘disappointed’ that many unions will be protesting over pension cuts on November 30. Evan Williams, Director of Employment at the AoC, said: “While sympathetic to employees’ anxiety about changes to their pension provision, AoC is disappointed by the unions’ decision to take national industrial action on Wednesday. […]