Education and Training News & Updates
A pilot scheme to help young people living in supported accommodation into work and living more independently has been launched in the West Midlands.
West Midlands Mayor, Andy Street, today (13 March) visited South & City College Birmingham’s Bournville Campus - one of seven colleges that are collaborating on the new West Midlands Combined Authority (WMCA) backed, Thrive at College pilot programme.
A BMet College and National Express West Midlands partnership is set to drive jobseekers to employment success this March.
An ambitious Sutton Coldfield school is to give more than 800 free blazers and ties to its students as it continues to reinvent itself - in a bid to become the town’s ‘school of choice’.
- 4th March 2024
A chef who has worked with the likes of Gordon Ramsay and Marcus Wareing will be passing on some of his expert knowledge at a series of culinary workshops at an award-winning stately home on the Shropshire/Staffordshire border.
More than 3,000 school children from across Birmingham have swapped their pens for pans and completed a unique cookery lesson with TV presenter, author, chef and internet sensation, Poppy O’Toole.
At least 6,000 more people are to get the chance to learn the skills they need to land a quality job following the announcement today of around £27m for the region’s innovative bootcamp training programme.
Mayor of the West Midlands, Andy Street, today unveiled The Link, a multi-service, drop-in facility in the centre of Walsall where residents can access guidance and information across a wide range of employment and training
Local further education colleges will receive £2.4m Innovate UK funding, helping to launch new nationally leading technology adoption centres.
The West Midlands Combined Authority (WMCA) has announced a new £7.5m adult skills investment to help thousands more young people into apprenticeships.