Exeter College snapshots are cream of the crop

Three college students are anxiously waiting to hear if they have scooped the first prize in a national photography competition set up to capture the start of the college year and organised by the national FE Week newspaper.

The three students – Gloria Munson, 16, from Totnes, Katherine Hardiman, 16, from Crediton and Catherine Turner, 16, from Winkleigh are already celebrating being the cream of the crop having been shortlisted in the last 11 from the overall 300 entries that swamped the FE week offices earlier in the month.

"We wanted to give learners the opportunity to use their digital cameras, phone cameras or SLR to provide a snapshot of college life from their perspective" said Shane Mann, Director of Operations for LSECT and Three college students are anxiously waiting to hear if they have scooped the first prize in a national photography competition set up to capture the start of the college year and organised by the national FE Week newspaper.

Encouraging all the colleges and the public to cast their vote Shane went on to say "We had over 300 entrants and the lucky winner will receive a Nikon Camera worth £700 AND we will pay them to be our official FE Week photographer at our charity auction."

Nigel Watts, head of the art and design faculty at the college said "We're delighted that three of our students have made it through to the competitive shortlist since I know that the standard was very high.  The competition was open to all in the college but the three students who have been shortlisted have all come from our A level photography course. We're always keen to give students real life experiences of the pressures of competitive photoshoots and the photos they've produced are very personal to them."

To see the full list of photos from across the country and to vote for your favourite by November 5th go to www.surveymonkey.com/s/feweekandme