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It was a feast of further education (FE) as hundreds of youngsters flocked to Birmingham to launch a series of student-led campaigns for this academic year. On Monday, more than 200 FE student representatives attended the single largest National Union of Students’ (NUS) FE specific event, FEstival. It brought together Student Officers from Students’ Unions […]

DOWNLOAD, PRINT OUT AND PUT UP OUR ‘SUPPORT TEAM UK’ POSTER: CLICK HERE (8mb) The world’s biggest competition for young people with vocational skills is set to launch in London today. WorldSkills 2011, dubbed by many as the ‘skills Olympics’, will pit Team UK against some of the toughest and most skilled countries on the […]

To get into the spirit of Colleges week, education reporter, Nick Summers went to Lewisham College to have a go at welding Welding and journalism are two professions that couldn’t possibly be more different. While one involves typing frantically on a laptop and wearing a shirt and tie, the other involves using industrial machinery, grubby […]

At this time of year the news is awash with political headlines from party leaders promising what they are going to do for Britain. Conference season is one of the busiest times of the year for any political party. It is an opportunity to showcase a party’s credentials and talents, in the hope of gains […]

FE Week takes a look at what’s on offer at colleges across the country during Colleges Week 2011 Warwickshire College challenged a radio presenter to try some of their vocational courses as part of Colleges Week 2011.  Ollie Gallant, who presents the breakfast show at Touch FM, took part in five taster sessions which were […]

While the world’s best sports stars still have another nine months to wait until next year’s 2012 Olympic Games, the skills sector is just days away from showcasing the best of its international talent. Dubbed the skills Olympics, WorldSkills London 2011 will this week take over ExCel London, in Docklands, for four days, as young […]

Some of us find sharing difficult, some of us don’t play nice with others…some of us don’t even realise this. Colleges are not known for playing nice with their neighbouring colleges. The closest college is, in the main, a vicious competitor who knows no boundaries… who will stop at nothing to steal your students, steal […]

Here at FE Week we appreciate all of the lovely people who contribute to the newspaper and win our exclusive competitions. As a small token of our gratitude we present each and every one of them with one of our exclusive FE Week mugs. But that’s not all though! Hidden inside is a specific set […]

Follow the adventures of FE Week’s biggest and smallest fan! Mostly this week I have been driving in my car – it’s not quite a Jaguar And also you can follow our FE Week mini-mascot on Twitter @daniellinford