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17 April 2026

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Weston College students pamper pensioners

Weston College pampered 24 pensioners to help launch Age UK Somerset’s year-long ‘Joining in Together’ service to reduce isolation. Men and women aged from 50 to nearly 90 enjoyed £5 professional facials, manicures and pedicures at the College’s bespoke salon. Dennis Newbury, 82 of Worlebury, who had top to toe treatments, said: “I’ve never had […]

FE winners step up to the Podium

A one-off celebration recognising the contribution FE colleges and universities have made towards the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games was held in East London last Thursday. The Podium Awards, held at Forman’s Fish Island and hosted by Channel 4 presenter Rick Edwards, was attended by more than 350 guests and recognised the sporting, educational […]

SFA to publish sub-contracting register in May

The Skills Funding Agency (SFA) will be publishing the next subcontracting register before the end of the month. The publication, which details all subcontractors with an aggregate value of £100,000 or more, requires all lead providers to submit a declaration of sub-contractors form to their relationship manager by May 8. The SFA website reads: “As […]

Register for career professionals launched

The Careers Profession Alliance (CPA) has launched the first ‘National Register of Career Development Professionals’. Skills minister John Hayes says he wants 50 per cent of careers professionals to be on the new register by April 2015, which sets standards of professional practice for giving information, advice and guidance. Ruth Spellman OBE, chair of the […]

NUS celebrates 90 years at annual conference

Toni Pearce was reelected as VP for FE Over 1,500 students from across educational institutions in the UK descended upon Sheffield’s City Hall to attend the National Union of Students (NUS)flagship National Conference. National conference is the sovereign body of the NUS and sees delegates electing their representatives and policy for the forthcoming academic year. […]

Pearce re-elected for a second term

Toni Pearce has been re-elected in a landslide victory to the office of vice president further education for the National Union of Students (NUS). The result was announced this afternoon following a ballot of Further Education delegates at the NUS National Conference in Sheffield. Pearce was elected in the first round of voting, securing 127 […]

Leicester College principal is AoC’s president-elect

The Association of Colleges (AoC) has announced that Maggie Galliers CBE, the principal of Leicester College, is their new president-elect. She will succeed the current AoC president, Fiona McMillan, on August 1. Maggie said: “Colleges are the backbone of the education sector and offer programmes of a breadth and depth which is second to none. […]

FE Week mini-mascot (Edition 26)

Follow the adventures of FE Week’s biggest and smallest fan! Mostly this week I have been collecting my first air miles” And also you can follow our FE Week mini-mascot on Twitter @daniellinford

Geoff Russell and David Way to give evidence for apprenticeships inquiry

David Way, interim chief executive of the National Apprenticeship Service (NAS) and Geoff Russell, chief executive of the Skills Funding Agency (SFA), will give evidence at the next session of an inquiry into apprenticeships. The pair have been called on by as witnesses by the Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) Select Committee for the sixth […]