Department for Education designates City of Liverpool College a Technical Excellence College (TEC) for clean energy for clean energy. Tony McDonough reports
The City of Liverpool College has been awarded a leading national role in clean energy skills development.
It has been confirmed as a a Technical Excellence College (TEC) for clean energy by the Department for Education. TECs will work with employers, representative bodies, trade unions, strategic authorities and local government/
They will spearhead the national plan to meet critical skills needs, provide people with better training and job opportunities, and to provide the highly trained workforce that local economies need.
This appointment of the college as a Clean Energy Technical Excellence College (CETEC), one of five across the UK, follows a stringent review by the department and key government stakeholders.
This assessed a provider’s ability to demonstrate excellent achievement rates, a curriculum aligned to the national and regional priorities in clean energy and exceptional employer partnerships.
It will see the college established as a hub of excellence for clean energy skills, sharing excellence across the skills sector and co-ordinating investment in skills solutions for the clean energy industries.
Each TEC ‘hub’ will offer advanced facilities, expert staff, and high-quality curricula developed with industry.
These hubs will collaborate with and support other FE partner providers (‘spokes’, including FE Colleges, Independent Training Providers and University Technical Colleges) by sharing specialist training, resources, and expertise.
Elaine Bowker, principal and chief executive of The City of Liverpool College said: “This is an outstanding opportunity for both our region and the college to be at the forefront of clean energy skills development.
“It’s also an acknowledgement of the outstanding work we do at the college with local and national employers in this sector.
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“The hub and spoke model will see us deepen our existing relationships with other leading providers across the North West region including our delivery partners The Manchester College and Cheshire College and our collaborating partner Blackpool and The Fylde College.”
The college will share a proportion of the £175m over four years allocated to the establishment of TECS announced in the Post 16 Education and Skills White paper.