Eight trade apprentices have been supported and trained during a programme of building more than 600 homes across West Browmich. The project to build the homes in Greets Green has seen the apprentices working through a two-year NVQ Level 2, with continued employment with their sub-contractors.

Across the UK, PwC received its highest ever number of applications this year, with over 41,000 students applying for over 2,400 graduate, school leaver, paid internships and work placement positions. Following the firm’s decision to scrap UCAS scores as an entry criteria for its graduate roles, applications have increased 15% on the same period last year.

Youth 4 Excellence CIC with their team of seven young volunteers have organised its seventh Annual Celebrating Youth Excellence Awards ceremony to take place at the Holiday Inn, Smallbrook Queensway, Birmingham on Saturday 19 September 2015. The black tie community event will celebrate the outstanding achievements and positive contributions of young people (13-25), parents, organisations and educators across the West Midlands.

Children in England are unhappier with their school life than those in almost every country featured in a major new international survey by The Children’s Society, with more than half a million 10 and 12-year-olds having been physically bullied each month, causing huge damage to their happiness, and with many more feeling left out.

Thousands of children in Wolverhampton will be eligible to receive free school meals again this autumn. All Key Stage 1 – Reception, Year 1 and Year 2 – pupils in state-funded schools in England are eligible for a healthy, cooked lunch, at no cost to parents or guardians. It means more than 8,300 pupils in Wolverhampton will be able to get a main course and dessert every weekday during term time throughout the coming school year.

Walsall College has been named 4^th for Student Satisfaction, amongst institutions in the UK offering higher education provision, following the National Student Survey (NSS) 2015. The results from the latest National Student Survey reveal that 96% of higher education students at Walsall College were satisfied with their courses in 2015, far exceeding the national average of 86% for all institutions this year.