News
News and updates from cife and its member colleges.
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Art Competition Results 2026
GCSE1st Place. Alina H-S. Collingham College: Dear Montana, Sublime 2nd Place. Sahiba G. Collingham College: Anguish, It’s in the eyes 3rd Place Miranda R. Collingham College: Volatile Landscape A Level/UFP1st Place. Liangyu C. CATS Cambridge: River Cam 2nd PlaceParmis K. Bales College: A still life face 3rd Place.Yasna R. LSI Independent College: Stifled
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Top students receive 2025 CIFE Awards from Lord Lexden, OBE
The cife Academic Awards Ceremony is held each year in the prestigious venue of the House of Lords. This is at the invitation of The Lord Lexden, OBE, the Honorary President of cife, who invites cife students and their parents to its annual prize ceremony in the Cholmondeley Room of the House of Lords. It…
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Top students receive 2024 CIFE Awards from Lord Lexden, OBE
The annual CIFE Academic Awards Ceremony was held at the House of Lords on Tuesday, 23rd April 2024. Cife was delighted once more to be invited by The Lord Lexden, OBE, the Honorary President of cife, to hold its annual prize ceremony in the Cholmondeley Room of the House of Lords. It was a beautiful afternoon…
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cife Football Tournament 2024
The 2024 CIFE tournament provided some great moments for all the 13 teams. Colleges travelled some distances with a very early wake-up to arrive by 08.30. The weather was a complete contrast with sunshine as opposed to snow and wintry conditions in 2023. There were two leagues and each team played a minimum of four…
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cife Football Tournament 2024
The 2024 CIFE tournament provided some great moments for all the 13 teams. Colleges travelled some distances with a very early wake-up to arrive by 08.30. The weather was a complete contrast with sunshine as opposed to snow and wintry conditions in 2023. There were two leagues and each team played a minimum of four…
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Top students receive 2023 CIFE Awards from Lord Lexden, OBE
Article in summary The article describes the 2023 CIFE awards ceremony at the House of Lords, at which CIFE President, Lord Lexden OBE presented prizes to high achievers from CIFE colleges. Article in detail The annual CIFE Academic Awards Ceremony was held at the House of Lords on Tuesday, 25th April 2023. Cife was delighted…
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Cherwell College student receives 2023 CIFE Award
We are proud to announce that one of our exceptional students, Nathan, has won the CIFE award this year! The CIFE award, which is awarded annually by the Council for Independent Education, recognises outstanding academic achievement and personal growth among college students across the United Kingdom. This year, Nathan’s hard work, rigorous analytical skills and…
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A Level Retakes 2023
Many congratulations to all the students at Westminster Tutors and around the country who completed their A level exams this summer. It is undoubtedly a nervous time right now while students await their exams results. Some will inevitably feel unsure and start to ask whether they can retake their A levels and how to do…
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What happens on A level results day 2023?
The summer of 2023 was the second year of A level exams following their cancellations in 2020 and 2021. For many students, this was the first time they had taken public exams, so it has been an anxious and stressful time for everyone. We are very proud of all our students for their hard work…
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Three into Cambridge University!!
Three cheers for three of our students who are starting at Cambridge University in a month’s time, we are massively proud of them and their considerable talents. We are also rather proud of ourselves as each of them obtained A*A*A* in their A levels and we like to think our teaching and guidance may have…
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A Level Results 2022
Well done to all our A level students receiving their A level grades today! It has been a particularly challenging few years, so everyone should be very proud of their achievements. At Westminster Tutors, initial data shows that 35% of all A level grades in 2022 are A*-A and 67% are A*-B. Meanwhile, our average…
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Giorgio Carletti Cife College Award Winner 2023
Giorgio joined CTC from Japan, on to our one-year A-level course. He came with limited previous academic studies within the UK system. He enrolled for three subjects at A level: Mathematics, Spanish and Photography. As we began to understand his abilities in languages he soon dropped Mathematics and Photography and took up Japanese and Italian…