The year 10 WEX Final deadline is 22^nd March and need to be adhered to, if your child STILL has not organised a placement.  WEX drop ins are Thursday and Friday lunchtimes 12.30pm and Thursday afterschool with Miss Birch.

Give your feedback on careers in the NHS, how can they improve their careers advice to our students? (Complete the forms below)

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TfWM Youth Forum Meeting

Scale new heights – Fly a jet! Fancy life in the fast lane? Check out the Formula One Simulator…..

Come and join us for a VIP tour of the University’s High Performance and Engineering department Saturday 26th January, 2019: 8.45 – 14.00

We’ve been invited to join the Head of the Mechanical, Aerospace and Automotive team at Coventry University to visit their state of the art research department.

We plan to also visit the Coventry Transport Museum before heading back to Birmingham after lunch.

Do you have ideas on how to make travel for young people in the West Midlands better? We are looking for young people 12-24 years old who are interested in shaping the future of region’s transport network. Why not come along and join the TFWM Youth Forum for our next meeting on Saturday 26th January, 2019, at 8.45am at New Street Station.

Free travel tickets for the day & lunch is provided Contact Jacqui on youth.forum@tfwm.org.uk or education@tfwm.org.uk or call on 0121 214 7614 to reserve your place as soon as possible

SIPS Database Login

The SIPS database allows students to log in and search for WEX placements.

The login details are:

Username: woodgreenstudent
Password: pupilwex123

Instructions: If you click onto SEARCH FOR PLACES (in PINK), you can search companies by type. Click onto the down arrows in each sector and choose a job that they would like to search. Click on search and they will have a list of companies that you could contact. You will have to click into each company to see where it is located. You will also be able to access the job description and also they will also find a map to the company.

Sandwell Council

Sandwell council are committed to helping pupils find a work experience placement and now have a new ON LINE procedure.

Log onto Sandwell.gov

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Additional Information

Please see Miss Birch for the application forms for Walsall Hospital, Sandwell Hospital and Sandwell Leisure Trust.

For year 10 the deadline for WEX letters is Thursday 28th February 2019.

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Useful Links:

Sandwell hospital has put a series of short films on You Tube giving information on the less well known careers that are available:

• Histopathology
• Nuclear medicine as a clinical scientist
• Nurophysiology
• Nuclear medicine as a clinical technologist

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