Sandwell College and hydraPower dynamics win King's Award for promoting opportunity
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Updated · greaterbirminghamchambers.com · May 6
Sandwell College and hydraPower dynamics win King's Award for promoting opportunity
4 articles · Updated · greaterbirminghamchambers.com · May 6
The West Midlands pair were among 22 national recipients in this category, alongside Coventry-based Evtec Automotive, for helping disadvantaged young people into meaningful employment.
Their Go Further project was praised for innovative employer partnerships, with Sandwell College saying it creates pathways into industry and builds future skills across Sandwell and Birmingham.
The 2026 King's Awards for Enterprise recognised 185 organisations overall across international trade, innovation, sustainable development and promoting opportunity.
Do these awards celebrate a real solution or just mask a deeper systemic failure in youth employment?
With AI eliminating graduate roles, are these local partnerships a truly scalable fix for youth unemployment?
Beyond industry placements, how must UK education fundamentally change to prepare youth for an AI-driven economy?