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21 Press Releases | 14 Printed | 33 Publications
ESOL Summer School
June 3rd, 2010
Don’t just sunbathe this summer…
Have fun and improve your English at the ESOL Summer School (English for Speakers of Other Languages).
Wirral Metropolitan College, Conway Park Campus, Birkenhead.
Monday – Friday 9.00 – 12.00
5th – 16th July 2010
Call: 0151 551 7777 or 7144 for more information.
(Student must be over 16 years of age, Course will run subject to attendance, Fees: £240)
Click here to apply online and view the application procedure
The incredible taxi journey
May 24th, 2010
How far do you go in a taxi? This group went on an incredible one, out of hundreds of taxi drivers who enrolled on an NVQ programme; this group took their development a stage further. On Friday 21st May 2010 the learners pictured were part of the group who received their PTTLS certificates after successfully completing the course with Wirral Metropolitan College’s Merseyside Trade Union Education Unit.
Unite the union embarked on a project in 2007 to up-skill taxi drivers. The project was originally delivered by a small number of Taxi drivers who were responsible for tutoring the NVQ course to other drivers. As the project grew through the success and hard work of the team additional tutors were needed to help carry on the work.
Consequently this led to the identification of people who could be trained as NVQ assessors and tutors. The result was fifteen drivers have now achieved A1 Assessor Awards and PTTLS (Preparing to Teach in the Lifelong Learning Sector) qualifications.
The PTLLS course was the first organised by the Trade Union Education Unit and the standard of the learners work was highly praised by the external verifier for EDI. Dave Hawkins, the course tutor commented “the commitment shown by this group has been tremendous; none of these drivers would have expected to have come so far in such a short space of time. I am sure that they will put their new qualification to good use”.
Rhian Pennington, the taxi project manager for the college said “this project has really started to open doors for the taxi drivers involved in the project, they should all be proud of their achievement”.
Where will the taxi learning journey stop next? Watch this space!
New DVD Launch
May 7th, 2010
The Student Media Team celebrated the launch of our new ‘Enjoy Achieving’ DVD -- click play below to view the DVD.
This is a Student Media Team production
Drop-in sessions
April 6th, 2010
Are you aged 16-18?
(At 01/09/09 and not studied at Wirral Metropolitan College in the academic year 2009/2010)
Pop-in to one of our Drop-in Sessions at
Conway Park Campus
Friday 16 April from 12-2pm or
The Learning Shop, Pyramids Shopping Precinct
Friday 23 April from 12-2pm
We have lots of FREE courses available for you NOW!
- Construction
- Create your own Web-page
- Employability in the Health Sector
- Facebook and More
- Introduction to Radio Production
- Introduction to Workskills
- Make your Digital Photos Amazing
- Make-up
- Motor Vehicle/Fitting Operations
- Nail Art
- Preparing to be Independent
- Prince’s Trust Volunteers
- Pre-Uniformed Army Preparation
- Team Building
For details about any of these courses and other courses we have to offer call Learner Services on 0151 551 7777
Click here to download the courses from April 2010
Our Advisers are available at our Conway Park Campus from 9am-4pm Monday-Friday and 9am-7pm Tuesday*
(*evening opening only in term time)
International Women’s Day
March 5th, 2010
On Friday 5th March Wirral Metropolitan College played host to the celebration of International Women’s Day with an overwhelming attendance from women in our local community.
Visitors took part in many activities including henna painting, health checks, live music, body massage, hairdressing, make overs and belly dancing.
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