Author: FE Week Reporter

Prime Minister David Cameron, MP for Witney in Oxfordshire, officially opened Abingdon and Witney’s Construction Skills Centre ‘Avenue One’. The Centre was established as a collaborative project by The West Oxfordshire Learning Partnership – a partnership between the college and local schools. Mr Cameron said that ‘Avenue One’ was “an excellent example of a partnership […]

Walford and North Shropshire College agriculture students had marathon expectations  when they set out to plough over 80 hectares in their 24 hour ploughing marathon. The students enjoyed the event and took great delight in judging the quality of each other’s ploughing.  Student Ollie Owen said: “It was a good day, we had some fun […]

Bicton College Animal Management students were involved in a code red drill practice on their course induction day at Dartmoor Zoo. The total lockdown, triggered if one of the zoo’s dangerous animals escapes, was part of the induction training for staff and students involved in a new course based at the zoo starting next week. […]

Vison West Notts (formally West Nottinghamshire College) has unveiled its latest state-of-the-art teaching facility. ‘Create’ – the college’s £5 million creative arts centre – opened its doors to eager students earlier this month. The flagship building  provides media, music and performance students with industry-standard equipment and resources including workshop and rehearsal space, television, radio and […]

Work on the final phase of the redevelopment at Central Sussex College’s Sixth Form Haywards Heath campus is now well underway, despite the best efforts of one campus resident – Plecotus Auritus – AKA a brown long-eared bat! Mansell Project Manager, Kevin Spreyer explained: “Mansell has been working closely with College staff to ensure the […]