Author: Nick Linford

A mother whose baby boy was stillborn leaned on the caring hearts of her Nelson and Colne College friends to take on a mammoth running challenge in a bid to drive up funds for the charity that supported her, writes Billy Camden. Rachel Cox and her husband Adam were left devastated in January 2011 when […]

A group of Walsall College plumbing apprentices decided to give something back to the community by volunteering to feed homeless people in Birmingham city centre. Their kind act formed part of an enrichment project as part of their trainee plumbers’ level two course. They chose to support the work of the Midland Langer Seva Society, a […]

Apprentice employers have been honoured at a glitzy ceremony at London’s City Hall. The fourth national AllAboutSchoolLeavers Awards were judged using employee satisfaction surveys. Twenty-nine awards were up for grabs on the night, rewarding top UK employers who offer intermediate apprenticeships, advanced apprenticeships, higher apprenticeships, school leaver programmes and sponsored degrees. Mercedes-Benz was named top […]

Budding gardeners from Bath College have won the prestigious title of RHS Chelsea Floristry College of the Year. The team of floristry students joined exhibitors and world-renowned designers at the show at the end of May. They spent weeks creating their exhibit, a reclining lady with a full skirt of flowers, complete with a floral […]

A select few of the country’s top apprentices will appear on billboards and TV screens as they star in a new campaign calling on young people to get learning and earning, writes Billy Camden. The government has chosen 13 talented learners to front its new campaign to attract more young people onto apprenticeships — and […]

An RAF regimental gunner returned to his old college to inspire current students with the story of how he overcome life-changing injuries he suffered during an attack in Afghanistan. Cpl Stuart Robinson was manning the machine gun on a jackal armoured vehicle when an IED exploded directly under him in February 2013. He lost both […]

A man who was left paralysed from the neck down in a car crash which killed two men recently visited Weston College to warn students about the dangers of drink-driving. Greg Sumner was paralysed after he got into a car with a drink-driver four years ago, during an attempt to overtake on the brow of a […]

The next Paul Gascoigne or Gary Lineker could be discovered later this year, when Harrow College holds an open football trial day with Tottenham Hotspur. Talented young ballers will get the chance to join the college’s education and football development centre for 16- to 18-year-olds if they impress at Vale Farm Sports Centre in Wembley […]