Author: FE Week Reporter

It was smiles all round as Skills Minister Matthew Hancock visited a West Midland college. He toured the £77m Central Campus at Sandwell College, in West Bromwich, and met dental nursing apprentices. He visited on Friday, May 3, and heard from representatives from Bhandal Dental Practice which is developing a new, employer-led apprenticeship with the […]

A foundation learning student from Kent has raised £200 by organising, hosting and performing in a charity concert. Drummer Philip Nelson, 18, who has a mild form of cerebral palsy, staged the bash in aid of the Heart of Kent Hospice in Aylesford. He said: “We had several really good acts and everyone seemed to […]

The foundations of WorldSkills success have been laid Down Under for a 20-year-old Cheshire student. Former Warrington Collegiate apprentice bricklayer Ashley Terron, who now studies construction and property management at the University of Salford, took gold at the Global Skills Challenge in Australia. The competition is seen as a warm-up for July’s WorldSkills in Leipzig […]

Cheshire media students struck gold in a college competition to create a local radio news show, winning a Golden Radio award. Teams at South Cheshire College researched their project by listening to local radio stations and used college studios to produce their shows, which were then judged by their classmates and media tutor Jeffrey Fox. […]

Young dancers in Yorkshire have staged a dance showcase to raise money for a charity that helps children born with severe eye problems. The level three dance and musical theatre students from Doncaster College raised £700 with the show, entitled ‘Through our eyes’, which was donated to MACS, the Micro and Anophthalmic Children’s Society, which […]

Business Secretary Vince Cable helped Nissan and West Thames College to launch an apprenticeship that will shape the future of car design. Dr Cable was joined at the car firm’s European design centre in Paddington, London, by Andy Palmer, Nissan executive vice president, to unveil the clay modelling apprenticeship programme. The scheme is designed to […]

Five learners from one Midlands college will have the chance to build on their success in the national final of the UK SkillBuild competition after triumphing in a regional heat. Moulton College student Attila Turbok, 19, came first in the wall and floor tiling category, while Brent Willis, 18, came first in the joinery competition. […]

As if Olympic silver wasn’t enough, former Manchester college student Stuart Bithell has now added further education gold to his awards haul. Stuart, who did a BTec sport programme at Hopwood Hall College in 2004 and 2005, claimed his medal at the London Olympics and has been named in the Association of College’s (AoC) Gold […]

Three students from the same college won top 10 places at one of the hairdressing industry’s toughest national competitions. Rachel Hugginson, 17, from Dursley, who studies VRQ level three in hairdressing at South Gloucestershire and Stroud College, came third in the junior cut and colour category, while Katie Channon, 22, came fourth in the junior […]