Nick Linford | FE Week

A helping hand in Barnet

Caring Barnet and Southgate College students have been lending a helping hand to the North London Hospice over the last few months. Five students from the college are carrying out 100 hours of work experience at the hospice as part of their health and social care level three course. The volunteers have spent time at […]

Serious money — serious questions

Nescot governors were not made aware of the contract to pay almost £200,000 to their principal’s husband for 18 months. You would think that having been contacted by FE Week, the board members would fall over themselves to demonstrate that they had a robust governance response. But despite written and verbal communication with several governors, […]

Movers and Shakers: Edition 174

Jane Button has been appointed as principal at the National College for the Creative and Cultural Industries in Purfleet. The college, which opens in September, is for students who want to study a level four professional diploma in technical and production. Ms Button is currently the director of learning at Lambeth College — where she […]

Feature: Colourful memories for dementia sufferers

A colouring book which triggers memories for people who suffer from dementia and similar illnesses has been created by a student from Blackburn College after he was inspired by his late father, writes Billy Camden. A mature student from Blackburn College has used the life of his father to create a colouring book that sparks memories […]

Out-of-area but not out-of-time

Those of us in FE with even short memories will remember that the Learning and Skills Council (LSC) was scrapped, along with 47 local LSC councils, to remove their planning role. It is therefore something of a return to the past with devolution of the Adult Education Budget (AEB), with providers facing even greater learner […]

Gamekeepers turn poachers

Students from Moreton Morrell College have shot past more than 100 other competitors to win an annual college clay shoot-out. The winning team, made up of four students from Warwickshire taking the level three extended diploma in countryside management, won the British Association for Shooting and Conservation’s (BASC) Gamekeeping College Challenge Shield. Teams were entered […]

Abilympic spirit

A computer whizz from New College Durham has shown he is one of the best in the world after competing at the Abilympics — an international competition for people with disabilities. Ben Joyce, one of only two competitors from the UK, demonstrated his skills in data processing against entrants from 45 different countries, achieving sixth place, […]

Hogging the limelight

Animal care students at Derby College have successfully released two hedgehogs back into the wild, having spent the winter looking after them. The hedgehogs, named Apollo and Barry, were found locally last autumn and were too small and undernourished to hibernate. They were taken in by the college’s animal care department and students kept them […]

Stop, collaborate & listen

Students with special educational needs from South Gloucestershire and Stroud College have become the first in the UK to create collaborative paintings using a unique Tunisian technique. The group of 30 took on the challenge with the help of their tutor, Luke Palmer. The resulting artwork will go on display soon as part of an […]