The new principal at Swindon College is asking for greater involvement in the college from the region’s employers.
Andrew Miller, who joined the college in January believes the time is right for the college to work more closely with employers in developing relevant training and qualifications and in representation on its governing body.
‘While the college already works with many employers, and last year some 2700 students achieved qualifications through our Train to Gain contract either in the workplace or in college, I do believe that we should be working more strategically with more key local employers’ he said.
Swindon College offers courses primarily in work related areas including construction, business, engineering and catering. The college has around 6500 further education students (including 400 apprentices) and 500 higher education students studying university courses. The University of Bath and Oxford Brookes University are its main partner institutions
‘The focus of our provision is vocational education and training, taking into account local skills needs, progression to higher education and the 14-19 strategy for Swindon’ said Andrew. ‘The college is ideally placed to meet the demands of the region’s employers as we come out of recession but we do need to ensure, through engagement with them, that we are offering the qualifications and skills that employees will need in the future.
“We are also very interested in attracting new members to our governing body and associated committees and we would welcome expressions of interest from people who would like to be involved with the college at this exciting stage of its development,” Mr Miller said.
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