Author: FE Week Reporter

Doncaster College catering and business students have created a sandwich for a new Subway store. The ‘Hub Sub’, a low-salt sandwich filled with meatballs, salami and salad, will be on sale for a month at the new Subway in Station Court, Doncaster. All the proceeds will go to charity. Gill Parkes, director of the academy […]

Sport students from South Gloucestershire and Stroud College jumped at the chance to spend time in a professional sports club and raise money for charity at the same time. Emily Wakefield, Lee Chandler, Daniel Strange, all 17, and Kelly Halliday 16, volunteered to raise money for The Fold, which cares for orphans in South Africa, […]

A young Birmingham chef was named best commis chef at the Oscars of the culinary world, the Bocuse d’Or, in Lyon, France. Kristian Curtis, 22, a recent graduate of Stratford-upon-Avon College, was supported by catering staff and students from his former college when he scooped the prize. Team UK, made up of Kristian and his […]

Rugby players swapped tries for trays in a bake-off for Comic Relief’s Red Nose Day. Chris Whitehead, Jack Yeandle and Carl Rimmer of the Exeter Chiefs joined catering students in Exeter College’s training kitchens to make cakes to sell to businesses across the city. Student Fenella Gilson, 16, said: “It’s great fun having them here. […]

Derbyshire hair and media make-up learners are guinea pigs in a research project into the effects of exercise on academic performance. Over the next eight weeks, the class from Burton and South Derbyshire College will take part in a range of fitness classes, such as aerobics and dance, as part of the Association of Colleges-supported […]

West Country students tickled shoppers’ funny bones when they invaded the Torquay branch of TK Maxx for Comic Relief’s Red Nose Day. From 11am until 2pm last Saturday, March 2 the South Devon College Student Union invited the public to get involved in a range of activities, including plate-spinning. Student liaison officer Roy Courtney, who […]

Counting sheep will never send one Somerset learner to sleep. Sam Harvey, 16, of Norton Radstock College, has started his own flock by breeding six lambs, including one set of triplets. Sam, who is studying an environment and landbased studies level two diploma alongside his GCSEs, said he bought three pregnant ewes “as it’s a […]

A hairdressing student could have a career on the catwalk after winning Sheffield College’s Next Top Model contest and nabbing a contract with Sheffield-based agency DK Model Management. Eleanor Renshaw, 19, who wants to break into the modelling industry, said: “I’m shocked, but it’s been a fantastic event.” The competition attracted about 80 entries, both […]

A London automotive engineering student swapped four wheels for two legs to cruise into the 200m final at a British Universities & Colleges sports event. Barking & Dagenham College HND student Omololu Abiodun, 20, won his semi-final in 21.9sec, after coming first in his heat in 22.12sec. However, he sadly missed finishing in the top […]