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Sandwell College wins prestigious Signature Award for community excellence

15/02/2025

Sandwell College has been recognised for its outstanding commitment to community development and workforce transformation by winning the Community Excellence Award at the 2025 Signature Awards Birmingham. The award highlights the College’s dedicated approach to upskilling local communities, forging impactful employer partnerships, and creating meaningful employment opportunities through its pioneering

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Jay painting & decorating apprenticeship star of the award winner with employer and Asa Gordon, Vice Principal

Celebrating Dawid & Jay at the NAW 2025 Apprenticeships’ Star Awards!

13/02/2025

At Sandwell College, we take immense pride in recognising and celebrating the achievements of our apprentices. This National Apprenticeship Week 2025, we are thrilled to highlight two outstanding individuals, Dawid and Jay, who have excelled in their respective fields and received well-deserved recognition at The Sandwell Colleges’ Apprenticeships’ Star Awards

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Star Awards for Sandwell College Apprentices

10/02/2025

To mark this year’s National Apprenticeship Week, we’re celebrating some of the success stories of our apprentices. Overall winners Charlotte Goode, Ben Stanford and Jake Howard were all recognised at this year’s Sandwell College Star Awards, which celebrated the outstanding achievements of our apprentices. The Star Awards saw an array

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Sandwell Successes: Amelia Fox Art

07/02/2025

Sandwell College Art alumna Amelia Fox is starting the year off right with a new promotion to Events Officer at the University of Wolverhampton. Amelia, who has a degree in Fine Art and a Masters in Arts and Project Management, has also recently had her work published in a journal

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Business alumni Zakaria

Sandwell Successes: Zakaria Ahmed

07/02/2025

Former star student at Sandwell College, Zakaria Ahmed is on the way up as a Global Mobility Tax Associate with Vialto Partners UK. He diligently worked his way towards a Triple Distinction Star grade in Business Studies (equivalent to A*A*A* grades at A Level!) and won Sandwell College Business Student

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Police Bravery Commendation for Former Student

07/02/2025

A former Public Services student at Sandwell College has been recognised with the Chief Superintendent’s Commendation Award. Since completing his studies in 2018, Vlad has gone on to build a successful career with West Midlands Police, demonstrating dedication and courage in his role. His recent award celebrates selfless bravery in

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Artwork by art students portraying buses and West Bromwich landmarks

Art Students Bringing Creativity To The Community

04/02/2025

Talented Art & Design Sandwell College students are bringing their creativity to West Bromwich, transforming the Bus Station Community Hub. Our Level 3 Year 2 Extended Diploma in Art & Design students have been hard at work, applying their creative and technical skills to an exciting work experience project with

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Sandwell alumna Maya Ghazal standing in front of a plane on the runway

Sandwell Successes: Maya Ghazal

29/01/2025

Meet Maya Ghazal, a former engineering student at Sandwell College, who continues to inspire the world with her extraordinary achievements. Maya is the world’s first female Syrian refugee pilot, a trailblazer who exemplifies the power of resilience, determination, and education. After completing her degree in Aviation Engineering with Pilot Studies

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T Level engineering students visit HydraPower Dynamics

T Level Engineering students visit hydraPower dynamics Ltd.

24/01/2025

Our second-year T Level Engineering students had an exceptional opportunity to visit hydraPower dynamics Ltd., a prominent leader in the Engineering and Manufacturing industry. The visit began with a warm welcome from Sonia Smalling, HR Business Partner, followed by an engaging introduction from Patrick Browne, Managing Director. Patrick shared an

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Mukesh Jassal - Computing alumni

Sandwell Successes: Mukesh Jassal

23/01/2025

It’s time to turn the spotlight on a successful former Computing student from Sandwell College, Mukesh Jassal, who has just started a new position as Senior CIS Engineer at Motorola Solutions! Mukesh has accumulated a wealth of experience working with networking systems and started his career strong as an IP

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