Walsall College
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Walsall College is a further education
college in Walsall
, West Midlands
, England.
The college is the largest provider of qualifications for 14-19 year olds in the Borough of Walsall
. In addition, Walsall College provides education and training for adults, delivered both at the college campuses and on-site at workplaces and community centres. Campuses of the college include the main Wisemore Campus, and the Green Lane campus which offers engineering and construction courses.
Courses offered by the college include GCSEs, NVQs, BTEC
s, Diplomas
, Apprenticeship
s and Access course
s. Walsall College's sixth form
department, V6 is a vocational sixth form for young people focussing on vocational skills and qualifications.
Walsall College also offers its vocational courses through a series of academies, in partnership with businesses including Microsoft
, Apple, Francesco Group and Roland DG
. The academies include a gym, hair and beauty salon and restaurant. All facilities are staffed by students.
In addition to its own courses, the college also works in partnership with local secondary schools, supporting them to develop vocational learning for their own students. As part of this, Walsall College is leading a proposal to open one of the first University Technical Colleges, a specialist 14-19 engineering academy to serve the locality.
Walsall College also offers a provision of higher education
courses in conjunction with the University of Birmingham
(through University College Birmingham) and the University of Wolverhampton
.
Further education
Further education is a term mainly used in connection with education in the United Kingdom and Ireland. It is post-compulsory education , that is distinct from the education offered in universities...
college in Walsall
Walsall
Walsall is a large industrial town in the West Midlands of England. It is located northwest of Birmingham and east of Wolverhampton. Historically a part of Staffordshire, Walsall is a component area of the West Midlands conurbation and part of the Black Country.Walsall is the administrative...
, West Midlands
West Midlands (county)
The West Midlands is a metropolitan county in western central England with a 2009 estimated population of 2,638,700. It came into existence as a metropolitan county in 1974 after the passage of the Local Government Act 1972, formed from parts of Staffordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire. The...
, England.
The college is the largest provider of qualifications for 14-19 year olds in the Borough of Walsall
Metropolitan Borough of Walsall
The Metropolitan Borough of Walsall is a local government district in the Black Country part of the West Midlands, England, with the status of a metropolitan borough. It is named after its largest settlement, Walsall, but covers a larger area which also includes the towns of Aldridge, Brownhills,...
. In addition, Walsall College provides education and training for adults, delivered both at the college campuses and on-site at workplaces and community centres. Campuses of the college include the main Wisemore Campus, and the Green Lane campus which offers engineering and construction courses.
Courses offered by the college include GCSEs, NVQs, BTEC
Business And Technology Education Council (BTEC)
The Business and Technology Education Council is the British body which awards vocational qualifications. Such qualifications are commonly referred to as "BTECs"....
s, Diplomas
14–19 Diploma
The Diploma is a composite qualification in England launched in September 2008. Its development was announced in the 14–19 Education and Skills White Paper of March 2005...
, Apprenticeship
Apprenticeship
Apprenticeship is a system of training a new generation of practitioners of a skill. Apprentices or protégés build their careers from apprenticeships...
s and Access course
Access course
The Access to Higher Education Diploma is a qualification which prepares students - usually mature students, although the minimum age to be able to study for an access diploma is actually nineteen - for study as an undergraduate at university...
s. Walsall College's sixth form
Sixth form
In the education systems of England, Wales, and Northern Ireland, and of Commonwealth West Indian countries such as Barbados, Trinidad and Tobago, Belize, Jamaica and Malta, the sixth form is the final two years of secondary education, where students, usually sixteen to eighteen years of age,...
department, V6 is a vocational sixth form for young people focussing on vocational skills and qualifications.
Walsall College also offers its vocational courses through a series of academies, in partnership with businesses including Microsoft
Microsoft
Microsoft Corporation is an American public multinational corporation headquartered in Redmond, Washington, USA that develops, manufactures, licenses, and supports a wide range of products and services predominantly related to computing through its various product divisions...
, Apple, Francesco Group and Roland DG
Roland Corporation
is a Japanese manufacturer of electronic musical instruments, electronic equipment and software. It was founded by Ikutaro Kakehashi in Osaka on April 18, 1972, with ¥33 million in capital. In 2005 Roland's headquarters relocated to Hamamatsu in Shizuoka Prefecture. Today it has factories in Japan,...
. The academies include a gym, hair and beauty salon and restaurant. All facilities are staffed by students.
In addition to its own courses, the college also works in partnership with local secondary schools, supporting them to develop vocational learning for their own students. As part of this, Walsall College is leading a proposal to open one of the first University Technical Colleges, a specialist 14-19 engineering academy to serve the locality.
Walsall College also offers a provision of higher education
Higher education
Higher, post-secondary, tertiary, or third level education refers to the stage of learning that occurs at universities, academies, colleges, seminaries, and institutes of technology...
courses in conjunction with the University of Birmingham
University of Birmingham
The University of Birmingham is a British Redbrick university located in the city of Birmingham, England. It received its royal charter in 1900 as a successor to Birmingham Medical School and Mason Science College . Birmingham was the first Redbrick university to gain a charter and thus...
(through University College Birmingham) and the University of Wolverhampton
University of Wolverhampton
The University of Wolverhampton is a British university located on four campuses across the West Midlands and Shropshire. The city campus is located in Wolverhampton city centre with a second campus at Compton Park, Wolverhampton; a third in Walsall and a fourth in Telford...
.