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All Press Releases Tagged 'engineering' (13)

Breaking the Mould: Nissan and West Thames College Launch Clay Modelling Apprenticeship

On 1 May the Business Secretary Vince Cable helped Nissan and West Thames College launch an innovative apprenticeship scheme which will recruit and train the people who will literally shape the future of car design.

On a visit to Nissan’s European design centre in Paddington, London, Dr Cable joined Andy Palmer, Nissan Executive Vice President, in launching the company’s Clay Modelling Apprenticeship Programme – an innovative scheme designed to address a national shortage in skilled…

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Added by West Thames College on May 2, 2013 at 9:40 — No Comments

New film shines spotlight on Apprenticeships in the construction sector

The National Apprenticeship Service has today launched a new film to encourage more young people to explore the …

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Added by Ana Granger on April 2, 2013 at 16:14 — No Comments

New £300 million spending boost welcomed by college launching country's first ever space engineering courses

Plans to invest an extra £300 million and triple the size of Britain’s space industry announced by the government mean more good news for a unique programme training its future stars.

 

Loughborough College has just launched a pioneering post-16 Space Engineering course in association with the National Space Academy and is developing the country’s first ever Higher Apprenticeship course in Space Engineering for a rapidly-expanding sector which already employs around 30,000 and…

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Added by Elizabeth Udall on November 14, 2012 at 8:08 — No Comments

Trafford College celebrates first intake of 'Higher Apprentices' at Siemens

Trafford College is celebrating a new partnership with Siemens Power Transmission in Manchester which will see the College delivering training to its apprentices in electronic and electrical engineering.

Trafford College, a specialist provider of Business Training and Apprenticeships…

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Added by Carly Wilde on October 8, 2012 at 10:00 — No Comments

'New model of learning' planned for North Somerset

A specialist College described as 'a new model of learning' is being planned for North Somerset by Weston College.



The college, provisionally called the 'North Somerset Enterprise and Tec…

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Added by Tom Henry on October 1, 2012 at 11:21 — No Comments

Apprenticeship starts rise in engineering and manufacturing

New statistics showing a rise in the number of Apprenticeships in engineering and manufacturing are “extremely encouraging”, says EAL, the specialist awarding organisation for industry qualifications.

Provisional data*…

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Added by Sam Schofield on June 29, 2012 at 13:00 — No Comments

Local engineers display bright ideas

Employees from nine local organisations were among students displaying their work at the annual HND/C Engineering Project Exhibition held at the Arora…

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Added by Lisa Cole on June 13, 2012 at 10:14 — No Comments

Record Breaking Project at Derby College

Derby College will mark this year's National Apprenticeship Week with a series of activities including showcasing a pioneering project aiming to break the motorcycle land speed record.…

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Added by Derby College on February 6, 2012 at 10:53 — No Comments

Industry must do more to boost engineering education

Industry should be taking the initiative to educate pupils, teachers and parents on the benefits and careers available in the engineering and manufacturing sector, EAL has said.

The specialist awarding organisation for industry qualifications was responding to an independent…

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Added by Sam Schofield on December 14, 2011 at 10:39 — No Comments

Technology apprentices make it a hat-trick

Central Sussex College is celebrating the success of three engineers who have undertaken their apprenticeships within the College’s Faculty of Technology.

As one of the largest providers of apprenticeship training in the South East, the College is also one of the area’s biggest employers and…

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Added by Lisa Cole on October 11, 2011 at 10:31 — No Comments

Civil Engineering Course Launch

Leeds College of Building has become the first College in Yorkshire to offer an innovative new Civil Engineering course that spans a variety of engineering disciplines and offers apprentices a wide range of employment options.

 

The Civil Engineering Advanced Technician Apprenticeship Employers Consortium was launched at a special event held on Friday 9th September where 14 new apprentices signed up to the four year course.

 

Leeds College of Building’s…

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Added by Catherine Izzard on September 27, 2011 at 14:13 — No Comments

Southampton City College launches new ‘learning for pleasure’ courses to benefit adults

From September the college will offer a number of new part-time courses to help adults develop their interests in everything from photography to beauty therapy.



The ‘new generation’ of classes will reflect modern hobbies such as digital photography and it is hoped that the college will become the hub not just for people to learn for work, but also to learn for pleasure.



In a move to exactly meet people’s needs the college has pledged that it will run…
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Added by Laura Downton on August 26, 2010 at 11:18 — No Comments

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