Solihull Students Help Family On BBC’s DIY SOS
Solihull College & University Centre’s construction students have volunteered their time and expertise to lend their skills to a family in Shropshire who were in need of support.
The plastering students worked on set of the BBC’s long running TV...
Glaring disparities in ethnic minority and white graduate prospects
In the past couple of years, graduates have been streaming into good jobs at a healthy pace, a welcome change from the bleak prospects that graduates faced during the recession. Recent starting salaries are quoted as being in the...
South and City College Launch Innovative Microsoft Showcase Classroom
South and City College Birmingham has been working closely with Microsoft to launch a brand new Showcase Classroom, based at the college’s Digbeth Campus.
Opened on February 3rd by the Lord Mayor of Birmingham Councillor Ray Hassall, the classroom is...
Is there still a place for girls’ schools?
Figures were recently released by education consultancy SchoolDash showing that girls in single-sex schools got better results at GCSE level than those who attended mixed-sex schools.
Girls’ schools in London did particularly well in comparison to co-educational schools.
Of course,...
Ofsted to Penalise Schools that Allow Students to Wear Full Face-Veil
Head of Ofsted, Sir Michael Wilshaw, urges inspectors to penalise educational institutions where they believe the Face-veil ‘hinders learning or social interaction.’
Chief Inspector Wilshaw wrote to all inspectors on the issue of the face veil and its hindrance to...
Seeing Double
Two sisters of Bangladeshi heritage are keeping it in the family as they graduate from Birmingham City University (UK) this week and celebrate securing jobs at the same school.
Identical twins Anneka and Sanya Hoque, from Yardley in Birmingham, are...
