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BMet has teamed up with training provider, Succeed, Prospects Birmingham and JobCentre Plus to provide a helping hand to a Birmingham insurance broker carrying out a major recruitment drive. LifeSecure Financial Services is recruiting 150 telesales staff throughout 2017. LifeSecure Financial Services sell life, mortgage and health protection insurance to families across the UK. To […]

BMet has teamed up with training provider, Succeed, JobCentre Plus Handsworth and Prospects Birmingham to give a helping hand to a local insurance broker carrying out a major recruitment drive. LifeSecure Financial Services is hiring 150 sales agents throughout the rest of 2017. BMet is delivering a one-week pre-employment course to interested job applicants, while […]

Sutton Coldfield College’s Ability Counts football team has scooped their second silver medal of the season after becoming finalists in two national college events. The team took silver at the Association of Colleges’ (AoC) national championships and at the Association of Colleges’ national college finals. The team has also enjoyed an unbeaten run in the […]

A young musician is the first person to receive an award from Stourbridge College set up in memory of a former student.  Liam Cook was presented with the Joseph Tennant Award for outstanding achievement. The award recognised Liam’s exceptional progress on his music performance course.  The 18-year-old guitarist has learned to play a variety of […]

If you’ve applied for a course with us this year then why not join us at one of our forthcoming Taster Days? Taster Days provide you with an opportunity to find out more about the course you are interested in, meet the tutors and to get to know other students who will also be studying […]

Michael Parker took the overall title of Birmingham Young Professional of the Year (BYPY) last night (Thursday 18th May) as guests from the city’s business and professional services sector attended BPS Birmingham Future’s flagship awards ceremony at the ICC. Associate Director at construction consultancy Gleeds, Michael took the title in the Property and Construction category […]

In September BMet student, Monique Hall-Smith, will be taking her first steps on the path to a career in the property and construction industry with the help of the David Bucknall Scholarship. The scholarship was set up in memory of David Bucknall – one of Birmingham’s most influential property professionals.  Funded by private donations from […]

BT’s David Maher has been named as Chair of BMet’s Digital and Creative Career College board. Leading a 14-strong group, Maher who is the company’s Major Corporate and Public Sector Deputy General Manager will help BMet respond to major skills challenges facing the sector and prepare students for employment. “I see this as a real […]

A talented BMet men’s hockey team came out on top against five other teams to win the gold medal at a national championships event in Nottingham. The students who are based at Stourbridge College and Sutton Coldfield College, battled against teams from across England and Wales during the three-day AoC (Association of Colleges) event at […]

Erdington MP, Jack Dromey visited Prince’s Trust Team 124 as they worked on transforming an overgrown garden into a community space at Oasis Academy in Short Heath. As part of the restoration of Oasis Academy’s garden, 10 team members had to cut away areas of overgrown bamboo, place paving slabs and create two large allotment […]