What the West Yorkshire Consortium of Colleges have been up to recently
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27 June 2023
Customer service training boosts social housing organisation in Bradford
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…7 March 2023
"Training is best for business" - Birkwood Training Plant
Wakefield-based Birkwood Plant Training is seeing the positive impacts of training delivered as part of the West Yorkshire Combined Authority’s Skills Connect funded training. Birkwood Plant has been able to p rovid e opportunities for individuals to upskill their qualifications, such as self-employed labourer Bryn Clark. Bryn attended the Skills…29 April 2022
Improving teaching standards and student experience through collaboration - FE Catalyst Learning
A pilot project managed by the West Yorkshire Consortium of Colleges has enabled staff from eight colleges in the region to strengthen their professional development and curriculum expertise. The FE Catalyst Learning project was made possible through the development of a cross-college community and funding from the Department for Education.…21 February 2022
New training of West Yorkshire college staff underway through FE Catalyst Learning
Newly developed training of West Yorkshire FE colleges' curriculum staff is now underway. This training is being delivered as part of the West Yorkshire Consortium of Colleges' FE Catalyst Learning project. The pilot project, funded by the Department for Education, will build capacity and increase expertise through peer-to-peer learning delivered…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…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…1 March 2021
Funding available for businesses to access 168 new accredited courses in updated Grow Skills brochure
Businesses of any size in the Leeds City Region can now access 40% funding from the European Social Fund (ESF) towards 168 new accredited courses that have been added to our Grow Skills brochure. This is in addition to the hundreds of courses already available through Higher Performing Workplaces, a…9 October 2020
Opportunity to tender – accredited training for Higher Performing Workplaces
The West Yorkshire Consortium of Colleges is inviting tenders to deliver new training through its Higher Performing Workplaces project. Higher Performing Workplaces (HPW) aims to deliver packages of skills support to grow internal talent and provides European Structural and Investment Funds (ESIF) funding (40%) towards the cost of training to…
