Hundreds of jobs, training and volunteering opportunities in Wolverhampton will be on offer at a special event for job seekers. The Wolverhampton Jobs Fair, which has been organised as part of Wolverhampton Business Week will be held in the WV1 Suite at Molineux Stadium on Friday 2 October from 9.30am to 2.30pm. More than 40 employers from across Wolverhampton will be at the event to showcase the career opportunities available to city jobseekers.

One year on from the launch of free school meals for all infants in England, 95% of parents of the children taking up the offer are recognising the benefits for their child. Almost one quarter (23%) of parents with children eating a free infant meal say the main benefit to their child is the greater variety of food they will now eat, according to a new survey commissioned by the School Food Plan  and carried out by Opinium Research.

Wolverhampton has officially welcomed more than 120 newly qualified teachers who are joining primary, secondary and special schools across the city this term. They were invited to a special event in Wednesfield organised by the City of Wolverhampton Council's Schools Standards Team where they had the chance to meet other members of the "class of 2015" and find out more about what being a new teacher entails.

Haringey shared the secret of its school improvement success with schools, local authorities and education experts from around the country at a national conference. Dame Joan McVittie, outgoing headteacher of Woodside Academy; Evelyn Davies, headteacher at Coldfall Primary School, and Haringey Council Leader Claire Kober were among the speakers at the National Conference on School Improvement.

The Department of Social Sciences of the University of Veterinary and Animal Sciences Lahore organised a one-day workshop titled “Islamic Banking in Pakistan Principle and Practice”. Vice Chancellor Prof Dr Talat Naseer Pasha chaired the inaugural session of the workshop while Assistant Prof from Institute of Information Technology (COMSATS) Dr Hafiz Muhammad Zubair, Dr Hafiz Hussain Azhar, Sarwar Siddique, Ms Rafia Kiran Zahid and a large number of faculty members and students were present on the occasion.

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!