Caring staff and students at BMet are coming together to support the community by fundraising for local foodbanks. The college has joined the national #FEFoodbankFriday campaign, which is seeing FE organisations around the country coming together to raise money for community foodbanks. Many foodbanks are seeing a sharp decline in donations at this challenging time of the […]
Ambition over adversity was the central message from Sutton Coldfield College at a forward-thinking education webinar. The virtual event held, on Wednesday 22 April, by the Chamber of Commerce was an opportunity for BMet alongside local schools in Sutton Coldfield to reassure parents and local businesses that the education sector is working hard to support […]
The final term of the year will start at a distance with online learning continuing from Monday 20 April. While the college buildings are closed teaching will not stop as tutors continue to use online learning techniques to ensure students are not disadvantaged. BMet Principal, Cliff Hall said: “Our students wholeheartedly responded to online distance […]
BMet will be closing for the Easter holiday as planned on Friday 03 April and there will be no lessons over the two-week break. Teaching will resume on the 20th April via distance learning until the government confirms that education establishments can reopen their buildings. Cliff Hall, Principal at BMet, said: “I have been extremely […]
A James Watt College lecturer has pulled it out of the bag to keep students learning during the lockdown – with the help of some celebrity friends. Media lecturer and music producer Paul Morrell, who had the smash number one hit, with the remix of Sweet but Psycho in 2019, has been able to ask […]
A former BMet student is going the extra mile by volunteering with NHS mental health services. By volunteering Tionne Bailey will help to reduce the strain for key health care workers during the coronavirus pandemic. Tionne, who studied health and social care as well as maths and English at Matthew Boulton College, has always had […]
With September fast approaching, BMet have developed an interactive package covering the vast array of opportunities available for school leavers in the next academic year. Whilst we are currently living in a new reality with school leavers unable to come into college to find out more, BMet has developed the package to help with those […]
BMet is delighted to reveal that the Secretary of State for Education has formally approved the region’s ‘Institute of Technology’ (IOT). The government are introducing IOTs across the country to focus on a range of specific technical skills needs, working in innovative collaborations between employers and further and higher education providers. For the first time, […]
BMet students have been written to confirming they have a place to study in September. While teaching continues remotely online for the foreseeable future all BMet students are being reassured they have a place to study once the next academic year begins. The college buildings closed on Friday 20 March, following the government announcement closing […]
BMet students and staff are benefiting from a unique interactive online learning experience thanks to the expertise of the college’s learning technologies team. Learning and Technology Manager Pooja Pun and her team of learning technology coaches, are training and supporting numerous employees remotely across the college on Microsoft Teams platforms – to ensure the college […]