The Black Country Chamber of Commerce held their first Your Future Careers Fairs which was a great success with 27 stands on show to the young people at Q3 Academy. We invited young people aged 14-24 to attend our Your Future Careers Fair on Thursday 3^rd December in the evening. This event was free to attend and gave young people a chance to meet a variety of further education providers, training providers, apprenticeship supporters and local businesses offering advice and guidance. 

A unique scheme through which law students help vulnerable people in Wolverhampton challenge decisions over their benefits has received an award from the city's Law Society. For the last year, students from the University of Wolverhampton’s Law School have provided representation to scores of disabled and vulnerable people when they are challenging the Department of Work and Pensions over the payment of Employment and Support Allowance.

Teachers and pupils have been praised after another school was rated "Outstanding" by Ofsted following a recent inspection. Inspectors found that the leadership and management, quality of teaching, learning and assessment, outcomes and personal development, behaviour and welfare of pupils at Whitgreave Junior School were all outstanding, the highest rating available. In their report, published to parents this week, inspectors said: "The headteacher is a decisive and inspirational leader.

British inventor Colin Furze has revealed a new video via his YouTube channel, that gives viewers the chance to 360 degree virtual reality tour of the incredible bunker. Teaming up with Sky 1 alongside their new series You, Me & The Apocalypse, Colin has turned his back garden into a massive underground bunker. On November 17^th, the video revealing the finished bunker went live on Colin’s YouTube page (14dd5266c70789bdc806364df4586335-gdprlock/ColinFurze) and to date has amassed over 6.75million views.

Walsall College higher education students paraded to Walsall Town Hall in their caps and gowns on Friday 27th November, to officially open their formal Graduation Ceremony. The college started offering full degree level courses for the first time in its history last year after forming a partnership with Birmingham City University (BCU), and this year’s ceremony included students receiving their Level 6 qualifications, along with students collecting their Higher National Certificates (HNCs) and Higher National Diplomas (HNDs).

Delicious homemade cakes and personalised computer hardware are just some of the business ideas developed by enterprising students at Birmingham’s Rockwood Academy as part of a major national competition aimed at fostering entrepreneurship amongst young people.