Author: FE Week Reporter

Tea was served in style when learners in Essex dressed up as the Mad Hatter and the White Rabbit to raise money for charity. Chelmsford College’s learner voice representatives, with staff and students, served afternoon tea, sandwiches, cake and scones, whipped up by the college baking department, raising £633.11 for the Helen Rollason Cancer Charity. […]

Barton Peveril College  engineering students Tom Abbey, Wesley Frost, Alex Wilson and Robert Winn dropped in by helicopter on the Royal Fleet Auxiliary stores ship, Fort Austin, on a fact-finding mission for their engineering education scheme project. The quartet has been working with the Royal Navy to develop a new system of measuring the distance […]

Photography students received highly commended awards for their efforts to make a disused shop space in Crewe’s Market Shopping Centre look picture perfect. The enterprising South Cheshire College level three students used their own work to create an eye-catching pop-up exhibition in an empty shop window. Their exhibition, named Unit 21, was part of the […]

A Birmingham fashion student showed her head for hats when her design was showcased during Ladies’ Day at the Aegon Classic tennis tournament held in the city. Level three student Anmol Hasinah, 18, won a competition at South and City College Birmingham to design a hat to be brought to life by Sharper Millinery. “It […]

Coleg Gwent’s art, design and multimedia students showcased their talent at a dazzling end-of-course show. The exhibition at Newport’s Riverfront Theatre included fine art, textiles, illustration, films, interactive games, websites, graphics, animation, photography, and sculpture. “It’s so inspirational to see everyone’s work together in one big exhibition,” said third year art and design student Sam […]

Students in the North-West discovered a love of reading when they signed up to the Six Book Challenge, a national initiative that encourages adults to read for pleasure. More than 162 Bolton College skills for life and work students completed the challenge, including John Mannion. “When I first heard about it from my tutors, I […]

A great-grandmother is this year’s Senior Learner of the Year. She’s now 94 but, as she tells Rebecca Cooney, she’s still signing up for courses A great-grandmother who got the learning bug in her 80s is now giving her skills back to the community and, at the age of 94, is still learning. Margaret Isherwood, […]

A group of 12 hospitality and catering students from Cheshire had the chance to experience Parisian cuisine when they visited one of the city’s Michelin-starred restaurants. The West Cheshire College learners looked round the Helene Darroze Paris, took part in a cheese-tasting session and explored traditional Parisian shops and bistros. Student Chantel Davies, 19, from […]