Author: FE Week Reporter

Dulux workers brushed up on their knowledge and put their products into action with an intensive course in painting and decorating. The 11 Dulux sales representatives and managers learned how to do it themselves on the five-day course delivered by Walsall College, enabling them to offer better customer advice. Dulux regional sales manager Steve Guice […]

Intrepid travel students from the West Midlands are jetting off to Goa to study the area’s tourist industry and provide food and care for orphans. The level three travel and tourism students from Sandwell College, near Birmingham, will stay in the Indian resort for a week, and will spend a day at the Mango Tree […]

A night of live music, fashion and food organised by travel and tourism management students raised a £364 for armed forces men and women. Dearne Valley College students organised the event as part of their assessment and donated the proceeds to Help for Heroes, which supports British armed forces personnel. One of the students, Kaydie […]

A group of brave young artists found out ghostly inspiration is no dead end when they took a historical walk through Rochdale’s spooky past. The Hopwood Hall College students were guided through Rochdale town centre by local actor Colin Meredith, who recounted spine-tingling tales of the ghostly Baum Rabbit, a 13th Century boggart — a […]

Young performers made their own kind of stage magic with their production of Caryl Churchill’s Vinegar Tom. The performing arts BTec students at South Cheshire College used contemporary music, voice, rhythm and dance to bring their first full length production to life. College staff, students and members of the public were invited to watch the […]

Creative media students showed off their own talent by filming and editing a hit music video with stars from TV show Britain’s Got Talent. The video, featuring former contestants on the show DJ Talent (Anthony Ghosh) and Stavros Flatley, attracted nearly 8,000 YouTube views in its first three days online. Uxbridge College student Tim Mizon […]

Equine students in Somerset are champing at the bit to help their lecturer go for gold in an international competition. Norton Radstock College lecturer Dawn Watkins is managing Britain’s tentpegging world cup team and has enlisted her students to stage a training event at the HorseWorld horse sanctuary in Bristol as part of their assessment. […]

Performance and production students from Cheshire are sharing the spotlight with one of the county’s finest stately homes as they transform it into a theatre. More than 60 young people from Priestley College will produce contemporary dance and live music in different rooms of Arley Hall, near Northwich, on Thursday, February 14. Audience members will […]

Youngsters who found their way into education, employment or training came in for praise from their local mayor. Warrington’s Councillor Steve Wright congratulated the students, who had participated in the Xpand Project at Warrington Collegiate. And students who studied photography put their skills into practice to record the evening. The project aims to help young […]