Studied: Level 3 Business Administration Apprenticeship Progression: Theatre Assistant Practitioner at Russell Halls Hospital After working as a retail assistant, a lifeguard, at West Midland Safari Park and as a receptionist, Shannon Bree has found the career she believes is …
Studied: Level 3 Dental Nursing Apprentice Progression: Practice Manager at Barnt Green Dental Centre and Alvechurch Dental Practice Beth Williams has always been ambitious. So when she became frustrated by the lack of career progression opportunities open to her as …
Studied: Level 2 Barbering Progression: Self-employed barber As a sixth former, Ewan Taylor would often spend time watching barbering videos on YouTube. It’s why an Apprenticeship in barbering seemed to be the ideal gap year option for him when he …
From 2015-2019, Walsall College was one of 16 partners working with the Heart of England Community Foundation to deliver Community Matters – a programme aimed at helping people across the Black Country move into or get closer to employment by developing their …
Taylor Wimpey’s five-year company initiative to grow their own labour has kick-started in the Black Country through a partnership with Walsall College. The college currently trains 23 apprentices in trades such as brickwork, carpentry and painting and decorating. This group …
Studied: HNC Diploma in Photography Progression : HND Diploma in Photography When Sindy Weals would go out walking, she’d often stop to admire any wildlife she came across. On one occasion, she took a camera along with her and began …
Would you love to work in a fast-paced industry? An industry with heaps of options and chances to progress? To have skills that you could transfer to anywhere in the world? If so, a career in computing and IT could …
A job working in a school if often ideal for people whose own children are in nursery or school. But what if you don’t have the skills, qualifications or experience to work in this environment? This is where Walsall College’s …
Studied : HNC Construction and the Built Environment Halfway through his HNC course, Karl Bickerton discovered that his employer could no longer fund his qualification. This left him with a choice of either dropping his studies or finding another way …
Studied HNC Photography, HND Photography, BA (Hons) Visual Communications (Photography) Having your photographs included in a book or a magazine is an ideal way to kickstart your careers, as Christie Burton and Guy Weals are discovering. Christie’s images have appeared …