Education and Training News & Updates
- 28th August 2014
Are you just leaving school and would love the idea of doing an apprenticeship? Well here’s your chance! Sykes Joinery Contractors, a fantastic reputable business in Bolton are looking to take on a new apprentice in the building trade!
- 13th August 2014
The new mayor of Bolton, Cllr Martin Donaghy, has launched a campaign to encourage firms to recruit more apprentices, in association with The Bolton News. He hopes that 50 businesses will take on apprentices in 50 weeks.
- 12th August 2014
Bolton Tuition Centre have a fantastic summer school running for the remainder of the school holidays.
Keith Ramsey worked as a sheet metal worker for over two decades and he is now using the skills and experience he’s learnt over his 20 year career to benefit the current crop of apprentices at Alliance Learning.
- 5th August 2014
Alliance Learning have announced details of two excellent courses, CITB Site Safety plus Health and Safety Awareness Course and Paediatric First Aid.
- 4th August 2014
3B Training have recently welcomed 2 apprentices to their company, to add to their already talented team. Ryan Latham and Charlotte Marshall have both joined the business as admin apprentices.
Bolton College’s efforts to tackle unemployment were recognised: an associated employer, an innovative staff member and a former apprentice who now runs a business were all celebrated at the Skills for Business Awards 2014.
The awards ceremony may have been a glittering, glamorous affair, but the night’s successes were a direct result of Bolton College’s dedication to a much more serious issue – that of tackling skills shortages to reduce unemployment and bolster the local economy
- 3rd July 2014
Are you wanting to go down the route of an apprenticeship but don’t know where to start? Alliance Learning can help and they have so many apprenticeship vacancies for you to choose from to start your career.
Last week, staff and students from Bolton College gathered to celebrate the success of their Motor Vehicle Student of the Year and to bid a poignant farewell to the College’s Horwich Campus, which has delivered Engineering courses up until now. However, as the Horwich Centre closes, our new £4.3 million STEM Centre opens, to provide a dynamic new curriculum. STEM – Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths – must be made a priority in terms of young people’s education in Bolton, as manufacturing still provides 18% of jobs in the town. Bolton College is addressing this skills gap by providing vocational pathways to STEM-related careers
A group of Level 3 Acting learners from Bolton College have finished their final term with a political bang by performing their interpretation of German playwright Brecht’s renowned play ‘The Caucasian Chalk Circle’.