A desire to identify and nurture emerging talent prompted LearnPlay Foundation to support T Levels and provide industry placements. Alina Gheorghe, Operations Lead explains: “We’re an established Black Country business that has seen first-hand how easy it is for individuals …
Facilities maintenance and project contractors, Corb Ltd have welcomed four new recruits for work placements. The T Level Construction and Building Service Engineering students from Walsall College are spending two weeks at the Telford-based company, supporting a range of office-based …
The Delivery Director for Institute for Apprenticeships and Technical Education has visited Walsall College to see first-hand how new Apprenticeship standards and T Level qualifications are preparing local young people for their chosen industries. Rob Nitsch toured two of the …
With 12 weeks of study and six days of an industry placement under their belt, Health T Level students have been reflecting on their learning experiences so far with the people teaching and training them. 30 students took part in …
Initiatives by Walsall College to meet skills priorities and support a digitalised and greener economy were showcased to the Department for Education’s Director General during a recent visit. Paul Kett, director general for further and higher education spoke with T …
Aspiring healthcare professionals have begun a new sixth form qualification at Walsall College that includes a unique work experience placement at Walsall Manor Hospital. 30 T Level Health students are completing a 315-hour placement in 15 of the hospital’s clinical …
Walsall College is one of the first further education colleges to welcome Alex Burghart MP in his new role as Skills Minister. With new T Level programmes underway for school leavers, the Minister spoke to students about their experiences so far. …
In a bid to create a pipeline of talent, Balfour Beatty VINCI (BBV), HS2’s construction partner for the West Midlands, is enabling T Level students at Walsall College to play a part in the delivery of Britain’s new railway High …
A combination of letters, numbers, symbols and a mystery figure have led to highly commended competition success for a Digital T Level student at Walsall College. Rhys Woolley’s image of a hacker prevented from breaking into a code was praised …
Just being back in the classroom after lockdown took Shahzeb a bit of getting used to. This is on top of being on a new course in new surroundings. But the activities on his T Level in Digital Software have …