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Award ceremony for winners of maths competition

Building Work-Ready Mindsets Through Maths Challenge

Motivated maths students at Sandwell College embraced the power of numbers in MEI’s Further Education Maths Challenge. The confidence-boosting college final featured a mix of kahoot quizzes and dominoes competitions, celebrating mathematical thinking and highlighting the essential role numeracy plays, with winners’ medals, awards and vouchers presented by Senior Vice-Principal

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Award winners with the Principal and High Sheriff

High Sheriff Celebrates Learners Of The Month

Dedication, progress and ambition have been celebrated by the High Sheriff of the West Midlands as he presented the latest Learner of the Month Awards at Sandwell College. We were honoured to welcome Mark Smith for the award celebrations hosted by our CEO & Principal, Lisa Capper MBE. Mark spoke

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Health & Social Care staff in a clinical training session

Elevating Clinical Education With Midlands Air Ambulance Charity

Health and Social Care teams from Sandwell College recently took part in a Train-the-Trainer workshop at the Midlands Air Ambulance Charity headquarters, exploring advanced simulation activities and immersive room technology. The Mastering Clinical Skills Teaching session focused on: effective teaching approaches creating safe learning environments integrating technology into clinical skills

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Sandwell College Open Day

Start 2026 Strong With Sandwell College Open Days

Start 2026 strong and sign up for the first Sandwell College open days of the year. This is your chance to see what college life is really like, explore 100+ courses, and picture yourself as part of one of the West Midlands’ most exciting learning communities. If you’re starting to

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Student holding exam results with principal and head of department

GCSE Passes Secure Students’ Future Success

A huge well done to our Sandwell College students who passed their GCSE Maths and English exams today. Thanks to the college’s resit programme, which allows students who narrowly missed out on their grades at school, to continue with their main course of study while retaking their GCSEs alongside, their

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BBC Glow Up make-up artist Rahual Das demonstrates brush techniques on student

Wrapping Up Year In Style

We’re wrapping up the year in style and celebrating some of Sandwell College’s best Beauty moments from 2025. It was definitely a ‘Ding Dong’ moment when professional make-up artist and photographer Rahual Das from BBC Three’s Glow Up: Britain’s Next Make-Up Star returned to run masterclasses for our Beauty Therapy

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A group of students with BBC presenter Ben Godfrey

Informed Students Debate Budget On BBC Midlands Today

The Sandwell Colleges were thrilled to host presenter Ben Godfrey from BBC Midlands Today. Ben interviewed our students for a debate piece on the forthcoming Autumn Budget. Joining the televised debate were our Sandwell College Public Services and Travel & Aviation students Reice, Natalie and Hasmik; Cadbury Sixth Form College

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