Retail display and interiors specialists, Nuttall, recently welcomed their first student from Walsall College on an industry placement. Carpentry student, Jake Hughes joined the Dudley-based firm for a five-day placement that saw him work with senior bench joiners and on …
Health and social care students at Walsall College are preparing to take their work placements to another level through roles as workshop facilitators. Carrieann Jackson, Priya Kaur and Samantha New will be delivering confidence-boosting workshops to service users at Rethink’s …
Walsall College has made it through as a finalist in the prestigious AoC Beacon Awards. The college is in the running for the Edge Award for Excellence in Real World Learning. Association of Colleges’ Beacon Awards celebrate the best and …
Virtual work experience weeks led to 90 employers and 160 industry representatives engaging with nearly 2,000 Walsall College students during lockdown. The college is building on this achievement by launching Employer in Every Classroom; a talent development initiative designed to …
Engineering students have spent a week completing work experience virtual activity with employers and industry representatives. 120 students carried out 36 hours of employer-led practical sessions as a way of enhancing their online classroom learning, “This is an initiative we’re …
A group of early years students from Walsall College have completed a work placement with a difference at two nursery schools in Florence. The eight students spent two weeks working in childcare and education settings that follow the Montessori method …
Walsall College is off to a great start with its new qualification aimed at tackling technical gaps in IT training for school leavers. Prospective students and employers attended the launch of the T Level in Digital Production, Design and Development, …
A new qualification to help school leavers pursue a career in construction has been launched by Walsall College and the design & build joint venture, Balfour Beatty VINCI. The T Level in Construction, Design, Surveying and Planning is equivalent to …
Some of the first students to complete a 45-day industry placement enjoyed a reunion with the companies they worked at during a celebratory event held at Walsall College. The industry placements were coordinated for the students and employers by a …