Editing West Midlands (county) (section)

==Education==
The West Midlands contains ten universities, seven of which are in Birmingham:
*[[Aston University]]
*[[University of Birmingham]]
*[[Birmingham City University]]
*[[University College Birmingham]]
*[[BPP University]]
*[[University of Law]]
*[[Newman University, Birmingham|Newman University]]

Both [[Coventry University]] and the [[University of Warwick]] are in Coventry whilst [[University of Wolverhampton]] is located in Wolverhampton with campuses in [[Telford]] and [[Walsall]].

Each of the local authorities has at least one further education college for students aged over 16, and since September 1992 all of the local authorities have operated traditional 5–7 infant, 7–11 junior, and 11-16/18 secondary schools for students in compulsory education. This followed the demise of 5–8 first, 8–12 middle and 12-16/18 secondary schools in the [[Sutton Coldfield area]].<ref name="Sutton Coldfield"/>

For 18 years before September 1990, Dudley had operated 5–8 first, 8–12 middle, and 12-16/18 secondary schools before then, while Halesowen (September 1972 until July 1982) and Aldridge-Brownhills (September 1972 until July 1986) had both operated 5–9 first, 9–13 middle and 13-16/18 secondary schools.

Many local authorities still have sixth form facilities in secondary schools, though sixth form facilities had been axed by most secondary schools in Dudley since the early 1990s (and in Halesowen in 1982) as the local authorities changed direction towards further education colleges.

All secondary state education in Dudley and Sandwell is mixed comprehensive, although there are a small number of single sex and grammar schools existing in parts of Birmingham, Solihull, Wolverhampton and Walsall.

In August 2009, Matthew Boulton College and Sutton Coldfield College merged to become [[Birmingham Metropolitan College]], one of the largest further and higher education institutions in the country. Plans are afoot for the construction of a new campus in the [[Perry Barr]] area of Birmingham.