Welding skills course with PTP helps artwork to bloom

Welding skills course with PTP helps artwork to bloom

Creative Upstarts, running from August 1 to November 16 at The New Art Gallery Walsall as part of this year’s MarkFest Fringe Festival, is a bold celebration of emerging local creatives supported by the Creative Upstarts Programme (CUSP). Developed by Urban Hax...
Apprentices celebrate achievements at graduation ceremony

Apprentices celebrate achievements at graduation ceremony

The event at Stafford’s County Showground last week marked ten years since one of the West Midlands’s largest ceremonies began. In that time, over 1,000 apprentices have graduated at the events and 74,000 people started an apprenticeship in Staffordshire. Among...
Ex-soldier enjoys new career thanks to jobs and careers service

Ex-soldier enjoys new career thanks to jobs and careers service

Paul Alcorn, a retired Army Captain who served for 25 years, secured his new job with the authority’s Learning and Organisational Development department. After a military career that took him across the globe from Canada to Malaysia, Paul was looking for a change that...
Ladder urges young people to apply for apprenticeships

Ladder urges young people to apply for apprenticeships

With most 16-year-olds finishing their GCSE exams over the next two weeks, there’s a huge temptation to leave making decisions about the future until at least results day in August. Hundreds of people start apprenticeships in Staffordshire every year. With more...
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