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15 May 2026

Author: Nick Linford

Restoration Man’s true calling

Restoration man George Clarke was on hand to officially open Carshalton College’s new Technology, Engineering and Construction (TEC) centre. The architect, writer, and presenter of the popular television shows ‘George Clarke’s Amazing Spaces’ and ‘Restoration Man’ addressed students, staff and local businesses about vocational learning, and how “education is everything”, at the opening. Mr Clarke […]

Bath College goes over the top

Charity superheroes have abseiled down Bath College’s tallest building to support sick children in hospital — and their families. Thirteen students and staff braved the 24m abseil, climbing over the edge of the college’s Macaulay building to help raise money for the children’s charity Time is Precious. Performing arts student Aaron Hooper, 19, admitted his […]

Exploring their options

Handy carpentry students at Weston College have used their growing skillset to build some wooden playground equipment for local schoolchildren. The wooden bus was designed and built at the college’s South West Skills Campus by three level two students before being donated to Little Explorers Pre-School in Hewish for use in their outdoor play area. […]

Keep profit out of colleges

What should the government do when a college goes bust? This isn’t a hypothetical scenario, as it happened to K College in 2013. After tens of millions in bail-outs, a desperate Skills Funding Agency held a tendering process and open days to flog-off the five campus assets and contracts. No deal was done, but subsequently […]

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Movers and Shakers: Edition 179

Worthing College has announced that vice-principal Paul Riley will lead it on an interim basis — following the announcement that its principal Peter Corrigan would be leaving his post at the end of August. The move also promotes Steven Fodden, the current assistant principal, to interim vice-principal. Mr Corrigan has served the college for more […]

Seventeen-year-old youngest to land national DJ slot

The country’s next Chris Moyles could be just around the corner in the form of Stoke on Trent College’s Lucas Yeomans — after the teenager became the youngest DJ to land himself a slot on a national radio station, writes Billy Camden. Seventeen-year-old Lucas Yeomans will be coming to you live from the airwaves every […]

Precious help for the homeless

Homelessness charities have been boosted by donations of food, clothing and toiletries thanks to kind-hearted West Nottinghamshire College students and staff. Twelve shopping trolleys were piled high with the essential provisions for the college’s annual initiative, which is known as the ‘554 Challenge’. Held since 2011, the programme was first created by computer science curriculum […]

It’s just like watching Ronaldo

The boy who swaps bodies with football icon Cristiano Ronaldo in the new Nike TV advert is a student from Barnet and Southgate College. Gerson Adao, 17, is studying a BTEC level two diploma in sport while also appearing daily on millions of TV screens across the world in the advert called “The Switch”. He […]