Gina Akpe-Moses recently won her first gold medal at the European Athletics Championships and now she is getting back to the business of college study. The 18-year-old is returning to Matthew Boulton College to complete the second year of her applied science course. “I’ve always been able to balance life at college with life on […]
A Wolverhampton food-testing company has supported the career aspirations of students at Sutton Coldfield College with a £1,000 donation of science resources. Eurofins has supplied the college with a huge selection of glass and plastic containers, beakers and sample tubes to support their students’ practical and laboratory work. Rachel Tarplee, Department Director at the […]
Business studies student, Sharandeep had a great time seeing the education world through the eyes of a chief executive. She spent the day shadowing Career Colleges, Ruth Gilbert during their third annual conference in London. “The conference was a busy time and I got to see a lot of the things Ruth was involved in,” […]
12 jobseekers are set for careers in construction and light rail after completing a training programme at BMet in partnership with Midland Metro Alliance (MMA). The group attended interviews with Midland Metro Alliance’s delivery teams which included Colas Rail, Colas Ltd and Barhale. Two candidates have been appointed so far and the training team at […]
A student footballer has hit the big time after signing a one-year contract with Birmingham City Football Club as a defender. Remeao Hutton scored his big break while playing for Hednesford Town FC’s Academy, a training programme delivered by Sutton Coldfield College. “I want to keep getting better as a player,” said the […]
Creative digital and business students at BMet have proved to be pitch-perfect after winning a competition set by Amazon Web Services (AWS) and homeless charity, The Roberts Centre. Five students who are part of BMet’s Career Colleges, an employer-led education programme, developed a website, YouTube film and a game to promote the launch of a […]
BMet has teamed up with training provider, Succeed, Prospects Birmingham and JobCentre Plus to provide a helping hand to a Birmingham insurance broker carrying out a major recruitment drive. LifeSecure Financial Services is recruiting 150 telesales staff throughout 2017. LifeSecure Financial Services sell life, mortgage and health protection insurance to families across the UK. To […]
BMet has teamed up with training provider, Succeed, JobCentre Plus Handsworth and Prospects Birmingham to give a helping hand to a local insurance broker carrying out a major recruitment drive. LifeSecure Financial Services is hiring 150 sales agents throughout the rest of 2017. BMet is delivering a one-week pre-employment course to interested job applicants, while […]
Sutton Coldfield College’s Ability Counts football team has scooped their second silver medal of the season after becoming finalists in two national college events. The team took silver at the Association of Colleges’ (AoC) national championships and at the Association of Colleges’ national college finals. The team has also enjoyed an unbeaten run in the […]
A young musician is the first person to receive an award from Stourbridge College set up in memory of a former student. Liam Cook was presented with the Joseph Tennant Award for outstanding achievement. The award recognised Liam’s exceptional progress on his music performance course. The 18-year-old guitarist has learned to play a variety of […]