Education and Training - Page 9

Industrial automation and control systems integrator for digital solutions Capula has welcomed a record number of apprentices to its ranks  The apprentice class of 2024 is the Stone-based company’s largest annual intake and sees 23 new recruits alongside 3 existing employees setting off on their apprenticeship pathway.  They will study

The founding cohort of students have started school at Stoke-on-Trent’s newest academy. Co-op Academy Florence MacWilliams in Meir opened its doors to 120 Year 7 students yesterday. They will begin learning inside temporary classroom accommodation while the school’s state-of-the-art building is constructed. Named after Florence Jessie MacWilliams, a trailblazing mathematician

Four former employees were treated to a VIP visit to JCB to mark the 60th anniversary of their recruitment as the company’s first ever apprentices.   A total of nine 15-year-old boys started as Craft Apprentices at the Rocester plant in 1964.   And four of them – Chris Carnwell, Nigel Heinich, Mick

Student interns from Staffordshire University have been getting hands on work experience at a range of exciting creative companies.  The ‘Best Summer Job Ever’ scheme offered four-week paid internships to aspiring creatives from across Staffordshire.   After a competitive application process, five Staffordshire University students from across Graphic Design, Cartoon and

Businesses are being urged to inspire the next generation of digital engineers to meet a widening UK skills gap. 

It’s results time, and as hundreds of thousands of young people decide on their future as they receive A-Levels, GCSEs, BTECs, T Levels and a whole host of other qualifications, Daily Focus sheds the spotlight on a former professional footballer and his inspirational learning story with Stoke on Trent College.

Three Staffordshire University professors have been ranked in the top half a per cent of all scholars worldwide. 

A hospital ward, GP surgery, operating theatre, and CT scanner are among the environments featured in a brand-new healthcare simulation suite at Keele University.  

Insolvency practitioners Currie Young are investing in the future by adding three apprentices to their Staffordshire and Black Country teams. 

A woman from Ukraine who fled her country after the Russian invasion has settled in Staffordshire and secured a full-time job.