Education

The outstanding export-led growth of GuyKat, a Birmingham based eLearning agency, is to be honoured with a Queen's Award for Enterprise for International Trade.

Following a period of significant growth, including its 100,000th student milestone, Open Study College has invested in a second office near its existing West Midlands headquarters.

Badminton School is seeking to recruit highly qualified individuals with extensive experience in secondary education who are looking to use their professional skills at a strategic level, joining other like-minded individuals on the Board of Governors.

Strode College in Street is celebrating outstanding achievements by last years’ students through its annual awards held in April 2021.

Greater Manchester peer learning organisation Yipiyap has appointed Jess Shepherd to the role of Company Operations Manager, six years after she joined the company as a peer tutor herself.

Art students at Abbey College Manchester have been inspired by a series of creative workshops, in collaboration with the University of the West of England (UWE), Bristol.

Students from University of Bath School of Management celebrate victory in competition spearheaded by ICAEW.

Newbury College and Procision Football Academy; Newbury and Oxford, are delighted to announce a new partnership that expands the high-quality development of football and provision of sports focused education in the area.

Greater Manchester Combined Authority and Lancashire Digital Skills Partnership are partnering with Northcoders

Exeter Cathedral School is once again celebrating the success of its Year 8 pupils, all of whom have been awarded places to leading senior schools, with 84% of pupils achieving at least one award.

There is no better time to take on an apprentice and Strode College is supporting businesses to take advantage of increased government funding that is available for a limited time.

Badminton School is delighted to announce the appointment of Mr Michael Waymouth as their Director of Finance and Operations, effective 1 July 2021. 

Distance learning expert Open Study College is encouraging eligible Midlands businesses to apply for a grant of up to £18,000 for staff training to upskill and develop their workforce.

GCSE students retaking exams in Manchester are being given extra support in a ground-breaking new project.

Students and staff at Newbury College and University Centre Newbury have completed more than 1,000 ‘rapid’ COVID-19 tests as they return to on-site learning.

Badminton School is delighted to announce the appointment of Ms Heidi Pedlar as the Head of Badminton Junior School.

Midland’s marketing expert helps over 60 graduates to get the skills they need to set up their own business to encourage entrepreneurship in the region.

With the support of andpartnership, YLUK has recently launched a new Leadership Development Programme comprising online webinars, classroom workshops (when possible), the Lumina Leader 360, books and podcasts.

A new study* launched by the UK’s largest online learning provider, The Skills Network, has found that significant career changes for those in the North West are most likely to happen at age 29.7, but 2 in 5 won’t go after their dream job, due to the daunting prospect of having to retrain.

Millfield Year 11 student Tara Kay has begun a campaign towards national and international competition after being selected for the 2021 British Eventing Pony Development Squad.

Almost 50 students from leading independent school Millfield in Somerset have partnered with local care home residents on a virtual pen pal project to share letters and birthday cards during the pandemic.

Young people will be supported back into employment thanks to an innovative new partnership which has been created to support the post COVID-19 economic recovery.

A Manchester-based watchmaking school has doubled the size of its premises by relocating to a 6,500 sq ft building in Cheadle, Greater Manchester.

Deloitte North West has announced it is set to donate 300 laptops to its partner schools in Liverpool and Manchester, as part of its UK-wide drive to address the growing digital skills gap.

A South West-based nursery group has invested in the latest anti-viral fogging equipment to keep its 24 settings safe.

Access Creative College (ACC) has joined UK Music’s Music Academic Partnership (MAP) as its first ever Further Education (FE) member.

Exeter Cathedral School will be holding a Virtual Open event on the morning of Saturday 6 March 2021.

City of Bristol College has celebrated its relationships with its employers for a number of years and is supporting businesses to take advantage of the apprenticeship financial incentive before the deadline next month.

Wahoo Learning, South West based training services provider, has announced the launch of its free online course review service which aims to help businesses update, refresh, and establish increased value in their training.

Professional Apprenticeships, who celebrate their fifth birthday this April, have launched their new Somerset Apprenticeship Academy based in Victoria House, Taunton.

Lancaster University Management School professor has designed Evolve Digital to help business leaders successfully navigate digital transformation

Global real estate advisor CBRE is celebrating the ongoing success of its graduate scheme, as Hannah Hicks and Stuart Blick are promoted to Surveyors at the firm’s Bristol office.

BT Group today announced plans to recruit more than 70 apprentices and graduates in Manchester for its September 2021 intake (72 jobs: 62 graduates and 10 apprentices).

RGB Building Supplies has joined forces with Radio Exe to recognise the county’s apprentices and is encouraging companies from all sectors to nominate in the Devon Outstanding Apprentice award.

Learning what it takes to develop a career in animation and how to improve people’s access to digital skills are among the subjects of a new series of evening talks given by top executives.

A leading Special Needs School in North Birmingham has welcomed Students back for the new academic term with a smile, thanks to a donation of transparent face masks from regional Personal Protective Equipment [PPE] provider, PPE for the UK.

A Ramsbottom-based business is celebrating after scooping the top accolade in a prestigious award – for the second year in a row.

New market research released today reveals how many people in Manchester are looking to 2021 for the career plan shake-up they had envisaged at the turn of the new decade, before the Covid-19 pandemic struck.

With redundancies in the UK rising, Transition to Teach has been working with employers in England that have staff at risk of redundancy, including npower.

In November 2020, the government announced an invaluable extension to the incentive scheme for businesses hiring apprentices.

Former England cricket captain Michael Vaughan has given his stamp of approval on Millfield’s new Indoor Cricket Centre after visiting the school to host a series of Q&A and masterclass sessions.

Darwen-based engineering & fabrication company WEC Group has achieved major national recognition after being crowned as the UK’s Large Employer of the Year at the National Apprenticeship Awards 2020.

Disabled people experiencing extreme isolation due to coronavirus can now use robots to remotely access one of Britain's most well-known art galleries,

A north-west college is calling on businesses to help shape the next generation of computer scientists and entrepreneurs.

A new Co-op commissioned report from University of Warwick’s Institute for Employment Research [IER] reveals greater flexibility in funding could create more apprenticeships and opportunities for young people

The Debutots franchise is celebrating after winning a much-coveted industry award for Best Franchise Support.

University campus teams, Warwick Data Science Society and Warwick Statistics Society, have joined forces this month to host an online Charity Hackathon

Professional Apprenticeships, based in Filwood Green Business Park in Bristol is partnering with Children’s Hospice South West (CHSW)

Millfield have been selected as one of a small number of pilot schools across the UK to offer the prestigious Rambert Grades.

Birmingham-based distance learning provider, Oxbridge, has partnered with some of the country’s leading recruitment experts to revolutionise the job-hunting experience for thousands of people.

A Worksop school that is home to international students is setting the bar high when it comes to remote learning,

Students from Birmingham University have teamed up with Pura Cosmetics, creators of the eco-friendly solutions to dry, chapped and sore lips,

Distance learning provider, Open Study College, has this week unveiled its latest community initiative,

BJSS today announced, at the Women in Leeds Digital (WiLD) annual conference,

Market research reveals that pride and purpose are among the top aspirations behind future career goals for current students and recent graduates surveyed in Nottingham

Millfield School is launching an exciting campaign, Millfield Transform a Life x #TOGETHER FUND,

Clearwater International has advised Access Creative College, the UK’s largest specialist provider of education in the creative industries to 16-19-year olds,

A training-and-skills company has urged businesses to safeguard their apprenticeships during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Altrincham’s Yipiyap has expanded its team to respond to record growth, appointing two former student tutors as full time employees.

As Summer Term 2020 drew to a close and parents sent in a plethora of messages congratulating Bolton School on how well it had managed an almost seamless transition to virtual learning during lockdown,