Author: FE Week Reporter

A media student who taught himself computer programming was “shocked” when technology giant Sony wanted to turn his game into a franchise. Liam Cozens, 17, who studies BTec media production at Canterbury College, spent a year putting together his 3D downloadable game Robots: Extreme Wars Live. His game was inspired by the TV show Robot […]

Musically-minded Midland students met the boss of UK adult learning when she dropped by to see college developments first hand. Kim Thorneywork, Skills Funding Agency interim chief executive, visited West Nottinghamshire College to see how work was progressing on a £24m revamp, including a state-of-the-art centre for creative arts and digital technologies called Create. She […]

An award-winning young London stylist has been given the chance to show she’s a cut above the rest by passing on her skills to younger students. Croydon College hairdressing and beauty therapy student Hannah-Corrine Patterson, 19 and from Brockley, was chosen to run workshops for Year 11 youngsters at Norbury Manor Business and Enterprise College […]

Young musicians and producers were all ears when top music industry experts gave talks as part of a two-day networking event at a London college. MTV music editor Lindsay Wesker, Choice FM DJ Dave VJ and world music artist Najma Akhtar spoke to music and media students at Kensington and Chelsea College about the changing […]

A Midland student bucked the trend by becoming the first at her college to put on a fashion week. Chloe Adcock, a business student at Walsall College, came up with the idea after staging a few smaller fashion shows for a local clothes store. She teamed up with fellow student Dermot McNamara and the pair […]

Performing arts students were literally dancing in the aisles at a Midland ice hockey match after being asked to provide the interval entertainment. Students from City College Coventry, which sponsored the match between local outfit Coventry Blaze and the Hull Stingrays, provided live entertainment for the evening. Music students warmed up the crowd in the […]

One silver and three bronzes added up to success for a team of brainboxes taking part in a prestigious competition held by the UK Mathematics Trust (UKMT). Macclesfield College AS Level maths students took part in the UKMT senior challenge, where competitors had 90 minutes to answer 25 multiple choice questions under exam conditions. Gold […]

A former steakhouse has been transformed into a gallery space for young artists to display their raw talent and most well done pieces. Art and design students from Havering College of Further and Higher Education, in Essex, have adapted the empty Outback Steakhouse in The Brewery Shopping Centre, Romford, to house an exhibition examining the […]

A young volleyball star received a national award for his dedication to helping others get the most out of the sport. Kieran Good, 17 and from Cliffe Woods, near Gillingham, was named sports maker of the month and won £50-worth of sports equipment after completing 10 hours of voluntary sports coaching in the community. Kieran, […]