A round up of news from the Liverpool Hub - including 'Building the Future' and 'Tenner Tycoon'....

Young Enterprise are currently delivering their ‘Primary Programme’ to 3 of the rural primaries attached to the West Cheshire FE Enterprise Hub - Huxley, Clutton and Tattenhall Park. The full Primary Programme is being delivered to all pupils from Year 1 to Year 6 and is being delivered at Tattenhall Park Primary. ...

West Cheshire FE Enterprise Hub has ran a couple of enterprise events for college students recently. Last week The Big Enterprise Experience’ was run for approx 30 students. This week Young Enterprise ran ‘Small Business Masterclass’ for approx. 18 students.   ...

News from our Hub Coordinator at Blackburn College, Keith Porter : On Saturday 26th March we are supporting the Young Chefs Competition at Blackburn College. Almost forty students from twelve secondary schools within BwD and Lancashire have attended Saturday morning Master Classes in the College throughout March. On finals day the young people will prepare a hot and cold buffet for an invited audience of parents, teachers and local dignitaries Prizes will be...

The Young Enterprise area final for Cheshire West and Chester will take place at the Bank of America on the 5th May. ...

The 2011 Tameside Enterprise Education Conference was held on the 11th March at the Village Hotel in Ashton. Speakers at the Conference included the FE Enterprise Hub Coordinator for Tameside College, Colin Bell and Paul Butterworth from West Hill School which is also part of the FE Enterprise Hubs Project. James Parker of EASNW was also present to promote the project to the delegates at this highly successful event. ...

News from our Salford Hub:  Our Hub Coordinator at Salford, Andy Wilson, who is  also Special Projects and Enterprise Manager at the College is applying for SFEDI accreditation this month. Andy's team at Salford City College is also currently supporting a German exchange student for a four week period. ...

Jan Corfield, Hub Coordinator at Preston College has organised a Windmills day on 22nd March. 25 staff will attending from the College, UCLAN and local Primary & Secondary schools. ...

On 9th February a CPD training session for Primary staff was held at Birchwood College. "Lifting the Lid" was organised by Sarah Hanlon, Hub Coordinator at Warrington Collegiate, and was funded through the FE Enterprise Hubs Project.  It's object was to show how embedding enterprise into the curriculum can help empower learners, raise aspirations and impact positively on pupil performance. The session was a great success and attracted the following praise from delegates...

Jonny Williams, Hub Coordinator at Furness College, has been involved in establishing a new radio station as part of the FE Enterprise Hubs Project – Cando FM ! Jonny reports that Radio Equipment has been installed successfully into the newly assigned broadcasting room which is now ready to be used for LIVE broadcasting sessions. Students from Victoria Junior Primary School were recently given an introduction to the equipment and software. They were...