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City College Birmingham lecturers strike over job cuts

LECTURERS at a major Birmingham college were striking today in protest at almost 80 redundancies – despite being told it was fighting for its survival.Read

Chelmsley Wood teaching assistant in national final of 'Oscars'

IT was double joy for a Midland primary school today after a teaching assistant won through to the national final of the profession’s ‘Oscars’.Read

Are Birmingham's students drinking to the right degree?

UNIVERSITY graduates Claire Meade and Emma Lees know only too well the pressures that can drive students to drink.Read

School of the Week: St Edmund Campion Catholic School, Erdington

A SECONDARY school in Erdington is on the up and that’s official!Read

City College Birmingham lecturers strike over job cuts

LECTURERS at a major Birmingham college were striking today in protest at almost 80 redundancies – despite being told it was fighting for its survival.Read

City College Birmingham lecturers strike over job cuts

LECTURERS at a major Birmingham college were striking today in protest at almost 80 redundancies – despite being told it was fighting for its survival.Read

City College Birmingham lecturers strike over job cuts

LECTURERS at a major Birmingham college were striking today in protest at almost 80 redundancies – despite being told it was fighting for its survival.Read

Runner Beans children’s group in Birmingham wins fitness awards

A CHILDREN’S group in Birmingham that runs health and fitness programmes tailored for infants has taken two national awards.Read

Lordswood Boys School pupils learn ancient sport of kabaddi

TWO young leaders from Pakistan have arrived in Birmingham to teach the sport of kabaddi to city pupils.Read

Nechells pupils enjoy camping out in school grounds

CHILDREN at a Birmingham school enjoyed the full residential experience – without leaving the comfort of their own grounds.Read

Birchensale School pupils in Redditch take lead in Bikeability scheme

PUPILS at a Midland school have been getting on their bikes to encourage other children to get in the saddle.Read

Gemma Cartwright made MBE for restoring hope to devastated Longbridge

THE wife of a former Rover worker has been made an MBE for restoring hope in a community devastated by the collapse of the car plant with the loss of 6,500 jobs in 2005.Read

Medal for disaster specialist PC Laura Burford

PC LAURA BURFORD of West Midlands Police has been awarded the Queen’s Police Medal for services to policing.Read

Sutton charity founder Gurdev Kaur Abrol made OBE

COMMUNITY worker GURDEV KAUR ABROL is made an OBE for voluntary service to Sikh and Asian women in the West Midlands after founding the Sikh Nari Manch UK charity in 1998.Read

Birmingham Opera Company artistic director Graham Vick receives CBE

THE artistic director of Birmingham Opera Company heads the list of CBEs.Read

Birmingham teen highlighted in national education study

A TEENAGE immigrant who arrived in Birmingham speaking just two words of English has been chosen to highlight the plight of girls from working class backgrounds in a national study.Read

Bird club in a flap over Birmingham school's balloon release

A HISTORICAL bird club in Birmingham has complained to a city primary school after it released hundreds of balloons to mark a special occasion.Read

Any Questions? visits Lordswood Girls' School

POLITICS students at a Birmingham girls’ school will enjoy a close-up experience of current debates when it hosts BBC Radio 4’s Any Questions? programme.Read

Highfield Junior and Infants, Saltley

IT is the biggest primary school in Birmingham.Read

Birmingham school plans major expansion

A LEADING girls’ school in Birmingham is undergoing a major expansion costing more than £3 million.Read

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