Author: FE Week Reporter

Vanessa Ward tells Rebecca Cooney why achieving a place to study midwifery is the stuff of dreams   A Middlesbrough College student who was saved by the skills of midwives is set to become a midwife herself. Level three BTec in healthcare student Vanessa Ward, 18, was one of 50 from around 1,000 applicants to be […]

More than 700 budding Gordon Ramsays from colleges and hotels across the UK competed at Wessex Salon Culinaire 2013 last month. Among the winners at the event, hosted by Hampshire’s Brockenhurst College, was Richmond upon Thames College level two student Freddie Davis, 17, from Roehampton. He won a bronze medal, while part-time level two student […]

Apprentices from Fujitsu celebrated National Learning at Work Day at an evening reception in London attended by Skills Minister Matthew Hancock. The day encourages employers to provide workplace training for their employees, including one-off taster sessions. Apprentice Kirk Hay, 22, said: “Learning and working at the same time has been very good, just because of […]

Trainee chefs from Barking & Dagenham College cooked for 450 people, including their mayor  and mayor-elect, during a ‘mayor-making’ weekend. The 15 students served a hot and cold buffet for 150 guests at a ceremonial council meeting, where current Barking and Dagenham Mayor Anthony Ramsay, handed over to Councillor Hardial Singh Rai. They also prepared […]

Ian McMillan, the Barnsley Bard, popped into a Yorkshire College to speak at an event organised by students. The poet, playwright and broadcaster entertained around 60 people at Doncaster College with anecdotes and readings. The event was organised by English BA students Emma Carlyle, Jade Fisher, Laura Mason and David Powney as part of an […]

Hairdressing students in Wales have swapped brushes in a bid to renovate a cricket club’s grounds. More than 130 hairdressing, construction and A-level students from Coleg Gwent spent two months painting, sweeping, clearing and planting shrubs at the Ebbw Vale Cricket Club. Coleg Gwent lecturer Tracey Waterhouse said: “We’re proud of their efforts in achieving […]

Cheshire performing arts students sold out a recent production of We Will Rock You, the musical based on songs by Queen. The show, which ran over three nights and sold nearly 400 tickets, featured more than 60 Priestley College BTec students in onstage, offstage and design roles. “The hardest part is living up to Queen […]

Former Really Wild Show presenter Nick Baker was the guest speaker at a Devon college’s animal and environment conference. Mr Baker, who has also hosted Spring Watch and Weird Creatures, was at South Devon College’s University Centre for the event early this month that covered topics including animal health, ecology, marine conservation and sustainability. It […]

A group of Kent pupils came face-to-face with reptiles, exotic birds and insects during a college tour to check out their post-GCSE options. Canterbury College welcomed 50 Year 10 youngsters from Charles Dickens School, Broadstairs, and treated them to taster lessons in animal care, hairdressing, beauty therapy, engineering and A-level subjects. Pupils fed the college […]