Glowing praise for community special school
Strong leadership and the “excellent” attitudes of pupils have helped a leading Haringey special school maintain its “good” status. The Vale School, which offers inclusive education to Haringey pupils co-located with four mainstream school sites across the borough, has been praised by Ofsted following a short inspection in September.
Grand Central: On track for jobs and skills
A campaign targeting areas of high unemployment helped almost 450 unemployed Birmingham residents into work at the city's spectacular Grand Central development.The £150 million shopping centre opened to great fanfare last month, creating 1,000 new full-time jobs and figures released today show that many of those jobs went to people from Birmingham's high unemployment priority wards*.
Majority of UK public would encourage young people to become engineers
A poll of a cross-section of UK residents found more people would encourage a young person to become an engineer than a doctor, accountant or banker. A new Institution of Mechanical Engineers’ poll of a representative cross-section of 1,000 members of the public found that 86% would encourage a young person to become an engineer.
Tomorrow’s Engineers Launch 3D Business Venture
Two promising Engineering students at Walsall College are using their passion and talents to launch their own commercial enterprise creating 3D products for businesses. Level 2 students, Ashley Mullen and Artjoms Semjonovs, both aged 17, have joined forces to set up their own company, ReSpace, and are being supported by the college to develop their business and enterprise skills alongside their course.
Citizen participation proves a big hit in Europe
As part of the delivery of a two year Leonardo Transfer of Innovation project, a team from West Midlands based housing association, the Accord Group, has been helping communities across Europe to have a say on everything from redesigning public squares to developing revitalisation strategies for towns and districts.
New survey reveals that schools and business see work experience as key way to prepare young people for work, with a focus on under 16s
Earlier this month, the British Chambers of Commerce published the first part of its Business and Education Survey 2015. The Survey results for the Black Country, completed by 107 education providers and businesses, reveal that 87% of business and 100% of school leaders agree that secondary schools should offer work experience to under 16s.
