Students and staff across BMet’s colleges are getting into the community and festive spirit by fundraising for local foodbanks, as part of the national #festivefefoodbankfriday campaign. BMet (made up of James Watt, Matthew Boulton and Sutton Coldfield Colleges) has joined forces with FE organisations across the country to support the cause – set up in […]

BMet’s Employer Engagement Director, Suzie Branch-Haddow, hosted a virtual equality and diversity event featuring Labour MP, Jess Philips, this month. The forward-thinking collaborative IMPowered webinar was organised by national solicitors Irwin Mitchell, which had “challenges of gender diversity in the workplace” as the main theme. Given the duo roles of co-host and interviewer, Suzie was […]

BMet College with Youth Forum West Midlands (YFWM) have unveiled today 19th November, a survey giving new insights into how young people across the region are affected by Covid-19. The survey shows that 62% took the time to help others during lockdown across the West Midlands whilst battling increased levels of anxiety. Nearly half of […]

STUDENT COMMISSION ON RACIAL JUSTICE LAUNCH: NOV 10th, 2020 The Student Commission on Racial Justice is a national student-led project that will give thousands of young people across the country a voice on racial justice. Leaders Unlocked is bringing together students from nine partnering colleges to form the Student Commission. The partnering colleges are: Barnsley College […]

Students and staff from BMet College joined a trio of virtual celebrations today (15 October) designed to inspire participants and showcase student success. The three concurrent events recognised the college’s Student Star of the Month Awards and World Students Day, alongside Black History Month – commemorated by a captivating presentation by acclaimed Birmingham-based artist and […]

BMet Sport Academies at Sutton Coldfield College are back in action and raring to go after a long unprecedented break due to COVID19. Since March, sport student enthusiasts at the college have had to put their passions for team games, competitions and challenges on hold, to be safe and in line with national Government advice. […]

BMet is gearing up for a series of ‘virtual open events” next week (12 October to 15 October) in the shape of live information sessions, Q&As, careers advice, and how to apply details. The ‘Virtual Open Events’ are designed to give parents and prospective students a chance to find out more about the fantastic range of […]

The hard work and positive achievements of BMet’s interim payroll manager has led to national recognition by a leading global recruitment agency. Samantha Lancaster was nominated for the Payroller of the Year award by Hays Recruitment Agency and was one of only four people to be chosen as a highly commended winner. The leading agency […]

Students and staff at BMet College are embracing Black History Month with a series of unique forward-thinking and engaging cultural activities. Throughout October, there will be the opportunity for the college community to take part in range of virtual and college-hosted events. All activity has been designed to celebrate positive contributions of key figures within […]

A careers, advice and guidance apprentice at BMet is one step closer to reaching his career goals after being selected as a finalist at a regional awards ceremony recognising young professionals. Joel Harrison, who works as an employer contact officer at the college, will be joining 49 other young professionals this Friday (28 August) – […]