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15 May 2026

Author: Nick Linford

CSI Westminster: Forensics at WorldSkills

Some of the country’s most talented students in more than 50 different disciplines are currently battling it out for a place in the WorldSkills UK national finals. Reporter Billy Camden went along to a regional heat that could have been mistaken for a scene from the US TV series CSI. An ominous looking sign marked […]

On the marks with revision app

Richmond upon Thames College student Pawan Saunya (pictured) has developed an interactive website to help his peers with revision in the lead up to exams. The 19-year-old created Kaizenn.co.uk in his first year at college, and has since added subjects from his second year of studies. The site allows students to choose a subject area […]

On right track with geranium trains

Handy apprentices at Moreton Morrell College have built brand-new geranium trains for the annual Leamington in Bloom gardening competition. The trains are planted each year, with colourful flowers grown by children from local primary schools, but carpentry and joinery tutor Russell Harrison from the college in Warwickshire realised that the old wooden trains were beyond […]

Headdresses fit for a Lion King

Barnsley College students have been lending their artistic prowess to local school pupils as they prepare for their production of the Lion King. During a series of workshops with Horizon Community College pupils, the Barnsley art and design students used clay sculpting to create headdresses for the main characters of the show. The college’s hair […]

Sweeping success for rowers

A group of Hartpury College rowers powered their way to the top of the podium at the National Schools Regatta in their first-ever competitive race as a four. A-level students Freya Webb, aged 16, Alex Watson, 17, and Frances Russell, 18, alongside sports coaching diploma student Bryony Lawrence, 18, secured the win against Henley Rowing Club […]

Peter Kyle, chair, All-Party Parliamentary Group for FE and lifelong learning

Struggling young people often need a mentor to inspire and guide them to better things — and Peter Kyle struck gold when Body Shop founder and tireless environmental and social issues campaigner Anita Roddick took him under her wing. The Labour Hove MP, who is chair of the all-party parliamentary group for FE and lifelong […]

I agree with Mark

The new chief executive at the Association of Employment and Learning Providers (AELP), Mark Dawe, is keen to portray his members as the apprenticeship ‘experts’ that colleges go to for help. The scale of college subcontracting should come as no surprise to the Skills Minister and readers of FE Week, which has regularly reported on […]

Movers and Shakers: edition 176

Sam Parrett, the current Bromley and Greenwich College principal, has been chosen to lead the new South East London Colleges Group. Bexley College will be joining the rest of the colleges which will all merge on August 1. Ms Parrett said the move will “strengthen vocational education and apprenticeship provision” across South East London, “securing […]

Kickstarter for cardiac risk charity

A non-stop 24 hour football marathon put on by Uxbridge College students and staff has netted more than £3,000 for charity. Players took part in a series of five-a-side matches starting at 11am and continuing all day and throughout the night — with some individuals on the pitch for 10 to 12 hours. Around 40 sports […]