West Yorkshire Consortium of Colleges

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21 January 2022

Funded training embeds sustainability skills in 61 creative businesses in West Yorkshire

Through Let’s Talk Real Skills, SAIL (Sustainable Arts in Leeds) has trained over 250 individuals in the West Yorkshire creative sector to be carbon literate. Embedding sustainability skills across 61 organisations including Leeds Arts University, Opera North (pictured below) and Northern Ballet. Green ideas made possible through funded project The…

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29 November 2021

New Site Operative training becomes reality thanks to Let's Talk Real Skills

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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10 August 2021

Educators join forces to offer businesses help with skills

Seven West Yorkshire colleges, Go Higher West Yorkshire and the Textile Centre of Excellence have come together to give businesses a simple way to access funded training and advice. As part of the West Yorkshire Consortium of Colleges’ Let’s Talk Real Skills project, the colleges and educators are offering SMEs…

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9 July 2021

Let's Talk Real Skills supports groundbreaking fast-track GP nursing programme

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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30 June 2021

West Yorkshire Skills Partnership Launches

Partnership aims to provide expertise and ambitious direction to meet skills needs A new partnership has been launched to replace the Leeds City Region Skills Network with a renewed brand and outlook. The West Yorkshire Skills Partnership brings together senior leaders from universities, FE colleges and independent training providers to…

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13 May 2021

Businesses offered a chance to take stock

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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7 August 2020

Multiple sectors engaged through Let’s Talk Real Skills collaboration

The Let’s Talk Real Skills project aims to improve skills provision in the Leeds City Region through a strong collaborative approach with sectors, industry groups, Further and Higher Education institutes. The WYCC Skills Associates have been busy establishing Collaborative Skills Partnerships within a variety of sectors and have just published…

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