What the West Yorkshire Consortium of Colleges have been up to recently
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27 June 2023
A fully funded training programme delivered as part of the West Yorkshire Consortium of Colleges’ Collaborative Apprenticeships project has brought insight and skills to apprentices at a social housing organisation in Shipley. Danny Halligan, Apprentice and Skills Officer at Incommunities encouraged apprentices at the company to sign up for Shipley…
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23 January 2023
Calderdale College has engaged with over 80 employers across Calderdale and the surrounding areas with fully funded* training courses, services and support as it reaches the halfway point of WYCC's Collaborative Apprenticeships project. This includes providing fully funded training to more than 60 participants. Businesses have until September 2023 to…
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28 February 2022
In the last two years people who have trained on the [re]boot programme say it has made an impact on their working lives. According to a recent survey of participants* by the West Yorkshire Consortium of Colleges, half of respondents felt that the course enhanced their job role within six…
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7 February 2022
National Apprenticeships Week 2022 A £3.2 million project will give hundreds of apprentices in West Yorkshire the extra skills they need to excel in the workplace. Managed by the West Yorkshire Consortium of Colleges and funded by the European Social Fund, ‘ Collaborative Apprenticeships ’ will deliver short, ‘wrap around’…
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29 November 2021
A new Site Operative qualification is being offered to people in the Leeds City Region who want to get a foothold in the construction industry. This new, much needed course has been developed with funding from the European Social
Fund as part of the West Yorkshire Consortium of Colleges' Let’s…
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9 July 2021
Leeds City College, part of Luminate Education Group, is delivering the first ever fast-track course for aspiring GP nurses, in partnership with the West Yorkshire Consortium of Colleges (WYCC) and Practicum, a specialist healthcare training company. Delivered at the college’s Park Lane Campus, the *Let’s Talk Real Skills six-month programme…
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18 May 2021
A new, three million pound project that aims to increase and improve access to apprenticeships in the Leeds City Region is launching this summer. Funded by the European Social Fund (ESF), Collaborative Apprenticeships will trial and test training programmes that can give apprentices extra, sector-based qualifications. The project will promote…
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13 May 2021
Businesses in the region are being offered a free skills planning service to help them take the next steps to a successful future. The West Yorkshire Consortium of Colleges has launched a campaign to raise awareness of the service that enables business leaders to take a breath, analyse the skills…
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