Business-savvy students from King Edward VI High School for Girls beat off competition from 17 other local teams to win the Birmingham heat of ICAEW’s national business and accounting competition, BASE. King Edward VI High School for Girls impressed the judges and will go on to represent Birmingham at the BASE national final which takes place at in Birmingham in June. This was one of 49 heats attracting over 3,000 students around the country. 

More than 30 children from 14 different schools visited Parliament to present their research on perceptions and experiences of science, technology, engineering and maths to the Haringey STEM Commission. In September Haringey Council Leader, Cllr Claire Kober, set up the Haringey STEM commission and tasked them with thinking about ways to try and raise attainment and increase STEM opportunities in Haringey.

Walsall College students had the opportunity to get their voices heard during the 11th annual Student Conference.  The event, which was held in the college’s business and sports Hub, was a chance for students to discuss key issues and make changes to improve their learning experience.

Pupils at West Green primary school helped to celebrate the launch of the new borough-wide 20mph residential speed restriction. Twelve students took part in the launch event on to support the new speed limit with Haringey Council Leader, Claire Kober. The children showed how they had been preparing for the changes with 20mph road safety pictures they had drawn.

Social care professionals can find out more about some of the job opportunities available in Wolverhampton at a recruitment fair in Birmingham shortly. Representatives from the City of Wolverhampton Council's Adults and Children's Social Care services will be on hand to highlight current vacancies in the city at the annual Compass Jobs Fair, the largest social work and social care recruitment, retention and career development event in the UK.

A Walsall College apprentice has made it through to the final of the SPARKS UK Electrical Apprentice of the Year competition. After taking part in the Midlands regional heat of the competition at Stephenson College on 17^th February, student Joe Breadon, who is currently completing an Advanced Apprenticeship in Electrical Installation with Tamworth-based SRW Electrics, was named the overall runner-up across all of the heats based on his impressive score.