The West Midlands is a metropolitan county and combined authority area in western-central England with a 2014 estimated population of 2,808,356, making it the second most populous county in England after Greater London. 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 county itself is a NUTS 2 region within the wider NUTS 1 region of the same name. The county consists of seven metropolitan boroughs: the City of Birmingham, the City of Coventry and the City of Wolverhampton, as well as the boroughs of Dudley, Sandwell, Solihull and Walsall.
Smethwick is an industrial town in Sandwell, West Midlands, historically in Staffordshire. It is 4 miles west of Birmingham city centre and borders West Bromwich and Oldbury to the north and west. Formerly a Staffordshire county borough, Smethwick is situated near the edge of Sandwell metropolitan borough and borders the Birmingham districts of Handsworth, Winson Green, Harborne, Edgbaston and Quinton to the south and east, as well as the Black Country towns of West Bromwich and Oldbury, West Midlands in the north and west.
Sandwell is a metropolitan borough of the West Midlands county in England. The borough is named after the Sandwell Priory, and spans a densely populated part of the West Midlands conurbation. According to Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council, the borough comprises the six amalgamated towns of Oldbury, Rowley Regis, Smethwick, Tipton, Wednesbury, and West Bromwich, although these places consist of numerous smaller settlements and localities. Though West Bromwich is the largest town in the borough and its designated Strategic Town Centre, Sandwell Council House is situated in Oldbury.
Oldbury is an industrialized market town and administrative centre in Sandwell, West Midlands, England. It is a part of the Black Country, and the administrative centre of the borough of Sandwell.
Rowley Regis is a town and historic parish as well as a former municipal borough, in the Birmingham region of the West Midlands, England. Considered one of the six 'towns' that comprise the modern-day Sandwell Metropolitan Borough, it encompasses the wards of Blackheath, Cradley Heath and Old Hill, and Rowley Village. At the 2011 census, the combined population of Rowley Regis was 50,257.
Western Nebraska Community College (WNCC) is a community college in Scottsbluff, Nebraska. Its athletics teams are known as the Cougars.
Smethwick Rolfe Street is one of two railway stations serving the town of Smethwick, West Midlands, England. It is situated on the Rugby-Birmingham-Stafford Line 3¼ miles (5 km) north west of Birmingham New Street. The station, and all trains serving it, are operated by West Midlands Railway. The other station serving Smethwick is Smethwick Galton Bridge, which is the next stop up the line.
Oldbury Grammar School, later known as Oldbury High School, Langley High School, Oldbury College of Sport, then Oldbury Academy, was a secondary school located in Oldbury, West Midlands, England. It served the Warley area of Sandwell and was situated in Moat Road, Langley. It was between Oldbury and Smethwick to the east of what is now the M5 motorway.
Doncaster College is an operating division of DN Colleges Group. The college is a further and higher education college in Doncaster, South Yorkshire.
Bishop Auckland College is a further education college located in the town of Bishop Auckland, County Durham, England. It is located on Woodhouse Lane next to St John's Catholic School, and opposite Bishop Barrington School.
The College of Haringey, Enfield and North East London is a college of further and higher education, based over two centres in Tottenham and Enfield in North London, England. The college was created on 1 August 2009, as a result of a merger between Enfield College and The College of North East London (Conel). Serving an area of North London, the College draws its students mainly from Haringey, Enfield, and Hackney,
The origin of the City of Bath Technical School can be traced back to an educational establishment founded in the early 19th century. It obtained its official name when technical schools were formally introduced in Bath between the years 1892–96. Along with many other fledgling schools it was located in a new extension of the Guildhall, Bath, within the ceremonial county of Somerset, England. The school was transformed in the early 20th century, when it was combined with several other institutions, and evolved through various sites and roles until its closure at Brougham Hayes, Lower Oldfield Park in 1973 after being renamed in 1971 as Culverhay School.
Smethwick is a town in the Metropolitan Borough of Sandwell, in the West Midlands of England.
Stratford-upon-Avon College is an English further education college in Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire.
Richmond and Hillcroft Adult Community College is a further education college located in the Richmond area of the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames and in Surbiton in the Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames, in Surrey, England.
Warley College, originally called Warley College of Technology, was a college of further and higher education which served the vicinity of Oldbury in the West Midlands of England. It was formed in 1968 by the amalgamation of Oldbury College of Further Education and Chance Technical College in Smethwick and named in accordance with the recently created County Borough of Warley. It was located on the main Wolverhampton – Birmingham road. But now has moved both sites to pound road, now named as 'Oldbury Academy'
Albany Technical College is a unit of the Technical College System of Georgia (TCSG) and provides education services for a seven-county service area in southwest Georgia. The school's service area includes Baker, Calhoun, Clay, Dougherty, Lee, Randolph, and Terrell counties. ATC is accredited by the Commission on Colleges of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools to award Associate of Applied Science Degrees. The ATC Medical Assisting Program is also accredited by the Commission on Accreditation of Allied Health Education Programs (www.caahep.org) upon the recommendation of the Medical Assisting Education Review Board (MAERB).
The University of East London Stratford Campus is based in and around University House, a Grade II* listed building, located in Stratford, London in the London Borough of Newham. The nearest station is Maryland.
Coopers School is a mixed secondary school with academy status located in the suburb of Chislehurst in the London Borough of Bromley. The school specialises in technology, and the current Headteacher is Sue Wood.
