A former apprentice and current employee at BMet has received a special award to recognise his positive contributions to the college. Joel, an Employment Contact Centre Officer within the college’s business development team, received an Alumni award as part of this year’s Virtual Higher Education Graduation Ceremony. Held last week, the celebration evening rewarded current […]

Over 200 Higher Education students at BMet were officially recognised for their hard work and achievements at a special virtual ceremony held to celebrate their success last week. The annual event, took place on 10 December and this year was online in keeping with current trends arising from the Covid-19 pandemic. Opening with a welcome […]

Further education colleges across the West Midlands have joined forces to help get local people who have lost their jobs during the coronavirus pandemic back into work. Any adult living in the West Midlands can join short sector-based work academy programmes, which usually last up to six weeks. Sectors include construction, digital, health and social […]

Further education colleges across the West Midlands have joined forces to help get local people who have lost their jobs during the coronavirus pandemic back into work. More than 5,000 adults are set to benefit from free training over the next year in a major new programme, funded by the West Midlands Combined Authority, to […]

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 has today, 20th November launched a new work experience programme for students called “Work it.” The programme is set to build strong partnerships with employers across the region who recognise the importance of good quality work placements for students and can offer mentoring support. The mentoring is a key aspect of the programme as […]

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 […]

Colleges Week 2020 celebrates all the fantastic work done nationally by colleges all over the UK – including BMet. The week (19 – 23 October) is a chance to celebrate and shout about all the brilliant things that colleges do, day in and day out to build communities, boost businesses, and support individuals. In particular, […]