PUPILS took to the airwaves to earn amateur radio licences.

Eight Brownhills Maths and Computing College students took part in the school's first radio broadcasting course, which involved learning Morse code and using transmitters and receivers to contact radio users around the world.

The year-long course, part of the Tunstall school's enrichment programme, climaxed with a trip up The Cloud, near Congleton, to test their skills last week.