Wolverhampton rising star apprentice gets film role

An apprentice from Wolverhampton stars in a new film launched by the National Apprenticeship Service to encourage more young people to take up an apprenticeship in the financial sector.

Black Country workforce benefits from nationwide service

The Black Country Apprenticeship Challenge, in conjunction with the National Apprenticeship Service and its partners, is a call to arms for the region’s businesses thinking of expanding their workforces to do so by taking on apprentices.

Dudley College: Finding support for firms

With decades of experience in training apprentices, Dudley College knows that investment in apprentices leads to a successful and sustainable business.

Sandwell Council offer future skills scheme

Are you looking for a job that offers the opportunity to gain practical skills, qualifications and experience – all while being paid as an employee?

Boycie joins campaign to keep The Public open

TV legend Boycie – star of hit sitcom Only Fools and Horses – has joined the campaign to save The Public, after paying a visit to the venue.

Sandwell school sees 15 take offer of redundancy

Fifteen workers have so far taken voluntary redundancy at a cash-strapped Sandwell school.

Petition to save The Public after Sandwell College campus move revealed

The Public arts centre in New Street, West Bromwich, which is now set to be transformed into a sixth form college

A petition has been launched in support of controversial West Bromwich arts centre The Public following the shock news it could be turned into a college campus.

Staffordshire school repairs to take eight weeks

An eight-week project to repair the roof at a primary school in Staffordshire which flooded is to be launched next week.

Fire-hit Wolverhampton school rising from ashes

Head Tina Gibbon oversees the rebuild of the school after a fire at Wilkinson Primary School in Wilkinson Avenue, Bilston

A school that was devastated by arsonists is rising from the ashes, with pupils and staff finally getting the chance to walk around their new building.

Dudley College is rated in top 10pc in country

Principal Lowell Williams with Shamas Azzad, from Tipton at the front, as students celebrate an excellent Ofsted inspection

Dudley College has been named in the top 10 per cent in England by Ofsted inspectors who heaped praise on its £30 million Learning Quarter scheme.

Hundreds investigated over school place lies in Black Country and Staffordshire

Hundreds of parents have been investigated on suspicion of lying about where they live to get their children into their preferred school across the Black Country and Staffordshire, figures revealed today.

Dudley academy delighted at £1.6m sports hall cash

An academy in Dudley is celebrating after scooping £1.6 million to help transform its grounds to create a new modern sports hall.

Graduates of Birmingham University high on super-rich list

Birmingham University, which has produced several self-made millionaires

They are considerably richer than yow. Most people would look at Oxford or Cambridge for the wealthiest graduates but a survey shows Birmingham University students are also among the most likely to be multi-millionaires.

Students happier with universities in the Midlands

Universities in the Midlands are improving – including Staffordshire which has risen 14 places in a table for student experience, a new survey revealed today.

Stourbridge academy scheme passed by chiefs

Controversial plans to convert a Stourbridge school into an academy have been approved by governors despite protests from campaigners.

Film star Ben Wilby joins in lollipop fight

A young film star has turned his attention from showbusiness to lollipop men – or the lack of one outside his school.

First choice offer for nine in 10 Staffordshire pupils

Nine out of 10 pupils in Staffordshire have been offered a place at their first-choice primary school – despite a rise in pupil numbers across the county.

Walsall schools to get £1m improvement works

More than £1million will be ploughed into improving run-down schools across Walsall.

Sell-off of school sites in Willenhall could raise £3 million

Three former school sites in Willenhall could be put up for sale to bring in a combined £3 million, which will be ploughed back into education in the Walsall borough.