After playing host to a regional boccia tournament, Walsall College is keen to provide more opportunities for students to play the game, as well as participate in other sporting activities. The Association of Colleges (AoC) Sport’s West Midlands region’s boccia …
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 …
Life for Nathalie Hicks has recently been about making moves. She’s moved from Nottingham to Walsall and moved from working as an exams officer to becoming a learning facilitator at Walsall College. The change in job and change in working …
As part of the RHS Campaign for School Gardening, supported learning catering students handed out free soups they had whizzed up from crops they harvested themselves. The RHS Campaign for School Gardening aims to help schools and colleges provide young …
A documentary on the history of the Arboretum, which was created by Walsall College’s Supported Learning (SLDD) students, was voted the runner up for a ‘Film of the Month’ competition by Into Film. Into Film supports teachers and educators to …
Walsall College’s Supported Learning (SLDD) football team have kicked-off the start of their football season in style, after winning the first three games in the Ability Counts football league. Part of the ECFA (English Colleges Football Association), the Ability Counts …
Danny Degville Supported Internship “We really took to Danny’s communication skills, drive and work ethic when we interviewed him. Throughout his placement, he has shown himself to be hard working and punctual.” Studying for a Supported Internship course, Danny Degville …
Walsall College’s Supported Learning Sport and Football Academy, the first of its kind in the UK, has been recognised with a prestigious honour from Birmingham County Football Association at its annual awards ceremony. Recognising and rewarding the clubs, leagues and …