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How Solihull’s WMG Academy will look
Colleges join forces for new
similar institution in the Black Country has announced it is closing down. Solihull Council has now approved plans for
Academy for engineers A
new technical college to train young engineers in Solihull has moved a step closer – at the same time a
the WMG Academy, which will be built on vacant land at the corner of Chelmsley Road and Conway Road, will eventually host 640 young engineers aged 14-19. The WMG Academy for Young Engineers
Solihull is a sister academy to the WMG Academy in Coventry, which is a university technical college sponsored by the Warwick Manufacturing Group (WMG), an academic department at the University of Warwick which researches and provides education in the areas of engineering, manufacturing and technology. The Solihull academy will initially take
students at years 10 (aged 14) and 12 (aged 16), with the first intake joining in September 2016. It is expected that, as with the WMG Academy
Coventry, there will be huge demand for places. However, David Tomalin, manager of the
Chamber-based Skills Hub, said that while the opening of the academy was welcome news, he urged the local community to get behind it to ensure it was a success. “We welcome the opening of the WMG
Academy in Solihull and an opportunity for young people to access education that is geared towards specific skills delivery that will enhance their employment opportunities as well as fill the skills-gap for engineering companies in the region,” he said. “It will be important that the local community,
including local businesses beyond those already involved, support and involve themselves to ensure a bright future for this academy and to ensure it does not go the way of the Black Country UTC.” The latter – sponsored by the University of
Wolverhampton and Walsall College – has announced that it is to close down on 31 August.
Solihull Chamber
sets time for tee Solihull Chamber is holding its annual golf day at Nailcote Hall, Balsall Common, on 10 September. Teams will have the opportunity to play on
Nailcote’s championship nine-hole course, which has been designed to suit golfers of all abilities. The event is open to both members and
non-members, and will feature a number of competitions, including nearest the pin, longest drive and best individual score. The event starts at 1pm. The cost is £75 for members, and £95 for non-members.
For more information, contact Solihull Chamber on 0121 678 7488 or visit
www.birmingham-chamber.com to book your place.
degree Solihull College has joined forces with Newman University in Birmingham to offer a new youth and community work degree at its Blossomfield Campus in Solihull. The college already works with Newman
University in offering a range of courses. The youth and community work degree
will give students joint negotiating committee (JNC) recognition. JNC for youth and community workers is the body which sets the national framework used to grade and pay youth work jobs. Students will also gain a BA (Hons) youth
and community Work qualification. Solihull College will be running the course
in partnership with Newman University from September 2015. The course will include a variety of modules including study skills, youth policy and working in communities as well as optional modules which include spirituality, counselling and crime. The degree will allow students to
progress into a range of careers, involving faith, sports, education and counselling.
• Students at The Sixth Form College, Solihull, had the chance to learn more about the higher education and higher apprenticeships available to them. The students were able to take their pick
of more than 80 higher education and higher apprenticeship providers at a fair at the college, which also featured 30 seminars. Local universities like Birmingham, Aston,
Birmingham City, Newman, Wolverhampton and Coventry universities were all present, as were 19 Russell Group universities including Oxford, Cambridge, Bristol, Nottingham, Sheffield, Manchester, Warwick and York. Attending for the first time this year was
LSE & Kings College London. They were joined by organisations such
as gap year specialists Project Trust and Year in Industry, and higher apprenticeship providers including Jaguar Land Rover, KPMG and Price Waterhouse Coopers. The seminar programme gave students
the chance to attend talks to find out more about particular careers paths such as art and design, law, psychology, pharmacy, medicine, teaching, nursing, sport, mathematics, English and many more.
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