Leading leisure airline and package holiday specialist Jet2.com and Jet2holidays has worked with students from Walsall College. This involved hosting a number of career sessions and sharing an insiders’ view of the company’s recruitment process. The company’s brand champion Amanda …
Performing arts supported learning students transformed themselves into forest trees that travelled to the Walsall Manor Hospital to bring festive cheer to patients. The ‘trees’ visited a number of wards to sing Christmas songs (a mixture of traditional tunes and …
Uniformed services students saw the streets of Walsall through the eyes of local police officers during a patrol activity through Walsall Town Centre. 12 students donned hi-vis jackets and teamed up with eight officers from the local St Matthew’s Police …
Two Walsall College students have won gold medals after demonstrating their computer cybersecurity skills during a national competition. Stefan Bargan and Luke Jowett beat seven teams of students and apprentices during WorldSkills UK held at the NEC, Birmingham. The 19 …
Walsall College has proved to be one of the best in the country for learner satisfaction. The college ranked joint eighth in a league table produced by industry publication, FE Week, in partnership with education awarding body, Pearson. Out of …
A Pride of Britain and Prince’s Trust Award winner who turned his back on a life dominated by gangs, weapons and crime to become and entrepreneur and youth mentor shared his personal journey with Walsall College students. Hezron Brown from …
No two workplaces are ever the same – neither are the career journeys of the people based in them. This is what Walsall College students discovered during a visit to Gymshark’s main offices. 15 students on the Aspire to Higher …
Stone bass was on the menu at a Walsall College hospitality masterclass hosted by the head chef at Birmingham’s Maribel Restaurant. Harvey Perttola tasked the student chefs with preparing the fish and a langoustine bisque before they presented their dishes …
A local exhibition combined art with dance, courtesy of a collaboration between a renowned artist and students from Walsall College. Artist, Amalia Pica’s exhibition, Private & Confidential is currently on display at Walsall’s The New Art Gallery. Dance students gave …
Student engineers at Walsall College are feeling more confident about their future careers after receiving advice from directors at four local manufacturing firms. 50 students attended the Next Gen Makers Engineering Careers Roadshow, which provides engineering employers with opportunities to …