Make the most of your summer half term with The Old Rep!

The Old Rep are putting on a string of events to make this summer half term your best yet, packed with lots of family fun and entertainment. Kick off with a FREE family fun day at the Library of...

Talented Graduates To Join Council To Think Ahead

The council – working alongside the Black Country Partnership NHS Foundation Trust – was among 16 local authorities and health trusts across England selected to team up with charity Think Ahead to provide on-the-job training, enabling the graduates to...

Art Exhibition By Solihull College & University Centre

Plus One brings together students from a number of creative disciplines studying on Higher Level courses at Solihull College and University Centre. The exhibition showcases the best works from a diverse range of students completing their programmes at the...

Let Our Kids Be Kids

The campaign “Let Our Kids Be Kids” has persuaded parents to keep their children at home for a day of educational fun rather than sending them to school to prepare for tests. Thousands of people have signed a petition supporting...

Birmingham Boy Bags a Place at Top Boarding School

The Year 6 pupil from Grove Vale Primary School in Great Barr has been honoured with the Maclaren Scholarship to Summer Fields School in Oxford as well as a coveted place in Eton College which boasts alumni such David...

100 Apprentices in 100 Days

Last year, during national apprenticeship week, Solihull College & University Centre set itself a challenge of getting 100 new apprentices on board on a variety of apprenticeship programmes within 100 days. The College managed to achieve its target and...

Apprenticeship Levy Workshop

Walsall College invited employers to a free workshop on Friday 11th March to get them up to speed with all the facts surrounding the Apprenticeship Levy. Dozens of businesses attended the breakfast event at the college’s £11m business and sports...

Finding a First Role in Which You can be Yourself

How many people do you know who complain about their jobs? Quite a few I imagine: I know I do. When comes to unpicking what actually makes people feel dissatisfied there are many reasons, from low pay to a...

Overcoming the barriers to your first graduate job.

Evidence of the alarming disparity between black and Asian graduate rates of employment pay on graduation has come to light in the past couple of years. Hopefully things will change over time but what can today’s’ BAME graduates do...

Five West Midlands Schools Set To Battle For Prestigious Award Backed By HRH The...

Five schools from across the West Midlands are set to battle it out to be crowned as the region’s most enterprising school as part of a flagship education initiative driven by Mosaic, HRH The Prince of Wales’ mentoring charity. Teams...