Author: FE Week Reporter

A Warrington Collegiate performing arts student impressed judges at a contemporary arts evening with a piece inspired by Australian dancer Lloyd Newson. Zac Hancock, 17, from Orford, directed and performed Who? in the  main reception area — including the lift — of the town’s Pyramid centre. Rachael Nelson, tutor and course leader for dance at […]

A Holocaust survivor’s tale of how his family escaped Nazi Germany was at the heart of the build-up to Diversity Week at Canterbury College. John Izbicki, 82, told about 50 students of his family’s survival through Kristallnacht (the night of broken glass) when Jewish premises throughout Germany, including his parents’ haberdashery shop, were attacked. His […]

Yorkshire painting and decorating students brushed up their skills to give a hotel ballroom a makeover. The level one, two and three learners from Doncaster College had four weeks to transform the Danum Hotel’s “old lady” to meet the deadline for prebooked wedding receptions. Lecturer Neil Preskey said students got site experience and practised specialist […]

Souks, snow and the Sahara were all part of a six-day Moroccan adventure for geography students from Hampshire. The 23 A-level students from Barton Peveril Sixth Form College went camel trekking, slept in a nomad’s tent, ate a traditional feast under the stars, and visited the snow-capped Atlas mountains and  movie-location town of Ouarzazate. Student […]

Young designers in Cheshire raised eyebrows and money for charity when their work was shown at their college’s annual catwalk show. Volunteer models wore creations by A-level textile and BTec art and design students at Priestley College, with all entry fees donated to the Teenage Cancer Trust and the college’s education fund. Tutor Emma Lingard […]

Weston College music goes live next month when concerts, instrument lessons and music-mixing software tutorials are available for streaming between 4 and 4.30pm on Wednesdays. Music curriculum manager Paul Raymond said: “Anyone can watch these free via www.musiccollege.tv, and, through Facebook and Twitter, they can make the whole experience interactive, ask questions, make comments and […]

A Newham College men’s football team beat 15 schools, universities and colleges to get to the national final of a student  competition. Newham beat Hertswood Academy 4-3 to win the Southern England Student Sports Association football plate final at Essex’s Ford Sports and Social Club. The college’s FE sports co-ordinator, Liana Mathurin-Brown, said the team’s […]

Textiles students in Somerset learned high-level techniques in a master class on pattern cutting from designer Julian Roberts. The 85 learners on Strode College A-level textiles, art foundation and BTec art and design courses heard about Julian’s pioneering, no-waste pattern cutting technique, and then had a chance to try the method out for themselves. College […]

High-flying travel and tourism learners from Tyneside took a trip to Stockport to dip into a specialist cabin crew course. The 12 level three students ‘checked-in’ to a range of mock-up aircraft at Thomas Cook Airlines’ aviation centre. Warick Stephenson, head of care, sport and leisure at TyneMet College, said: “These educational visits are invaluable. […]