Walsall College will officially launch its £11m Hub, next to its Wisemore Campus on Littleton Street West, to the community with a health themed ‘Fit and Fun Day’ on Saturday 26^th September, from 10am-3pm!

National leading home assistance provider, HomeServe Membership, is creating 40 new jobs for engineers across the UK, in the Midlands, North West, South East and South West.  The Walsall-based company is looking for multi-skilled and plumbing & drainage engineers, with applications open between now and the end of September.

A group of teenagers visited an ambulance hub last month as part of an initiative to teach them skills not taught in a classroom. National Citizen Service (NCS) aims to create young positive citizens aged 16-17 by developing their skills and giving them opportunities to work with different organisations in a three week summer programme.

Many more talented residents will get access to higher education after London’s top evening university agreed a deal with Haringey Council to offer courses in Tottenham. Birkbeck, University of London, will run a dedicated course designed to equip adults with the skills they need for university study. Full courses will start from September 2016, with a programme of shorter training sessions and events beginning this month.

A young Caribbean student is on her way to university in the United Kingdom with generous help from a scholarship from Comfort Suites Seven Mile Beach in Grand Cayman. Nineteen year-old Amy Thompson, who has been learning the ropes of the hospitality industry over the past few months at the popular Cayman Islands hotel, will receive US $8,000 per year to study hospitality management at Britain's University of Portsmouth over the next four years.

It’s getting close to that time of year when many young adults will be heading off to university and starting to lead a more independent life.  It can be a steep learning curve – both educationally and in relation to the acquisition of certain life skills – with many having to take on household chores for the first time.