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West Nottinghamshire College has announced plans to shut almost half of the training centres it bought under last year’s Pearson in Practice deal. The college, which struck the deal with Pearson last spring for an undisclosed amount and now runs it under the name Vision Workforce Skills, wants to close centres in Romford, Newcastle, Bristol […]
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Nine more councils are to get a slap on the wrist over their tracking of 16 and 17-year-olds, just six months after a dozen other local authorities were deemed to be failing. The Department for Education has revealed that Skills Minister Matthew Hancock is to write to the nine authorities about their recording of teenagers’ […]
Construction and maintenance apprentices in Derby put their skills to good use by giving a church and community centre a huge facelift, writes Paul Offord. Brownies, Cubs, Girl Guides and a parent and toddler group are just a handful of the regular users of an East Midlands community centre and church who are benefiting from […]
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Students from 30 sixth form colleges took part in a United Nations-style event at Joseph Chamberlain Sixth Form College. The event, at the college in Birmingham, was opened by journalist John McCarthy CBE, who was held hostage from 1986 to 1991in the Lebanon. Around 300 students represented 40 countries and acted as delegates from UN […]
Doncaster College students raised over £600 for Sports Relief with the help of Doncaster Rovers players Alex Peterson and Josh Meade. The professional footballers, who attended the college from 2011 to 2013, made a 15 minute sponsored dash around the college campus and collected £97 sponsorship from staff and students. Students and staff were sponsored […]
East Durham College catering students prepared healthy dishes for elderly residents at a care home. The group of five level two learners visited Ashwood Park Care Home, in Durham, which provides residential and nursing care. They prepared a special low-fat shepherd’s pie and a diabetic carrot and currant cake, using sweetener rather than sugar. The […]
Chancellor George Osborne was given bricklaying tips by an apprentice. Mr Osborne visited a site in Nuneaton, Warwickshire, where construction firm Barratt homes is building 800 new homes. He was shown how to build a wall by level one bricklaying apprentice Tom Fyfe, aged 16, who works for Barratt and does his training with North […]
A South Cheshire College student has proved she has a way with words after seeing her work appear in two poetry anthologies. Lydia Eccleston entered a competition, along with thousands of other budding poets from across the country, to get her work printed by United Press. The 17-year-old English literature, English language and philosophy A-level […]
Talented students from 20 sixth form colleges had their artwork displayed at the House of Commons. The exhibition, which displayed 21 works of art by 21 students including still life, portraits and landscape scenes, was organised by the Association of Colleges (AoC) and attended by Education Secretary Michael Gove. One of the chosen artists Frances […]
