Leeds College of Building Competes at ‘The Big Construction Diversity Challenge’
A team of Leeds College of Building (LCB) staff have competed in ‘The Big Construction Diversity Challenge’ for the first time. The annual event, held…
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Skilled Workers Are Essential to Build Britain’s 1.5 million Homes
Kirstie Donnelly, CEO of City & Guilds, discusses the UK construction sector’s chronic skills crisis threatening government housing targets. Despite £625 million government investment, she…
Leeds College of Building Principal Attends Construction Skills Mission Board at Westminster
Senior leaders from across construction and Government Ministers have launched the construction sector skills mission, to ensure the sector has the workforce it needs to…
Leeds College of Building Apprentice Wins Guild of Bricklayers National Trophy
A Leeds College of Building apprentice has been crowned Senior Champion at the Guild of Bricklayers National Final 2025. Ellis Smith, an apprentice with Hirst…
Bradford Joinery Apprentice Targets ‘WorldSkills Shanghai 2026’
Following national success at SkillBuild 2024, Bradford College’s joinery apprentice Ahmed Shakir has been shortlisted for a chance to represent ‘Squad UK’ at WorldSkills Shanghai 2026. Supported…
How will DfE Build up T Level Student Numbers? | FE Soundbite 790
Welcome to FE Soundbite Edition 790: 28th March 2025 | How will DfE Build up T Level Student Numbers? | FE Soundbite 790 This is…
£600 Million Construction Training Funding Package To Train 60,000 More Construction Workers
Up to 60,000 more specialist Construction workers will be trained by 2029 to tackle Construction Skills shortages. £100 million of new investment to fund 10…
Topps Tiles Partners with Colleges to Tackle National Skills Shortage
A new education partnership designed to boost the number of qualified tilers in the UK has been launched by Topps Tiles. The UK’s number one…
Apprenticeship Provision in Wales – Addressing the Construction Industry Skills Gap
For anything to change in government policy three things are generally needed. The timing has to be right, there needs to be some workable solutions…
CITB Report finds that Apprenticeship Starts Need to Triple to Meet Industry Demand
Today, the Construction Industry Training Board (CITB) has published its latest ‘Construction Apprenticeships: Opportunities. Challenges. Support.’ report. The publication draws on a range of research…