Leeds College of Building has played a pivotal role in delivering high-quality education and training to over 100,000 students and apprentices since its establishment in 1960. It is the UK’s only specialist further education college focused solely on construction and the built environment.
Senior leaders from across construction and Government Ministers will launch the construction sector skills mission this week, to ensure the sector has the workforce it needs to deliver. The Construction Skills Mission Board will meet today, 26 June, to set a strategy for recruiting an additional 100,000 workers a year by the end of the Parliament.
Future ACCA Qualification unveiled as employers look to accountants to take broader role in embracing AI-driven technology and driving sustainable business
The Silver Plate is the winner of this year’s Craft Guild of Chefs Accredited College Restaurant Award sponsored by Wafflemeister.
A Leeds College of Building apprentice has been crowned Senior Champion at the Guild of Bricklayers National Final 2025.
The Met Office has said temperatures could reach 33C today (Friday 20th June 2025), while heat alerts remain in place until Monday. This has led some to question if it can ever be too hot to work from home or the office, what the rules are for employers and their duty of care to their employees?
BCoT's Digital Team Honoured with Silver Pearson National Teaching Award The College is delighted to announce that the Digital Team has won a prestigious Silver Award for Transformational Use of Digital Technology at this year's Pearson National Teaching Awards. This national recognition celebrates BCoT's pioneering and innovative approach to integrating Artificial Intelligence (AI) into teaching, learning, and student support.
A group of five Bradford College students got to see their faces on prime time television, featuring in a very special Countryfile ‘Bradford: City of Culture’ episode. Described as ‘a story of grit and wool’, the latest instalment of the popular programme saw the BBC celebrate Bradford’s year as UK City of Culture by exploring how surrounding countryside has shaped the city and its creative legacy.
West Herts College Group is delighted to announce that its Principal and Chief Executive, Gill Worgan, has been awarded a Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in the King’s Birthday Honours list. This prestigious recognition highlights the contributions made by Gill to the field of further education and the communities the College serves.
A new report from Learning and Work Institute (L&W) warns the UK is likely to face a greater demand for care, with projections of rising ill-health driven by an aging population. Much of this care is already provided by “unpaid” carers – usually family members – of whom there are nearly six million of working age in the UK. 1.7 million of these are classed as ‘substantial carers’, caring for 20 hours or more per week.
Government driving forward AI tools to deliver excellence everywhere for every child, as part of Plan for Change. Pupils across England will benefit from more face-to-face time with teachers as the government forges ahead with plans to harness the power of AI to deliver educational excellence.
Pupils across the country will be given the skills and tools needed to get the AI-powered jobs of the future thanks to a new skills programme launched by the Prime Minister today (Monday 9 June). At the heart of the skills drive, and as part of the upcoming modern Industrial Strategy, is a new £187 million government “TechFirst” programme to bring digital skills and AI learning into classrooms and communities and train up people of all ages and backgrounds for the tech careers of the future. Today’s announcements show this government is laser focused on investing in the futures of young people across Britain, knocking down barriers to opportunities, regardless of where they grow up.
A recent UK-based study from the University of Warsaw, which reviewed almost 1,000 managers, found that remote and hybrid staff were consistently overlooked for progression opportunities, even when performance was known to be equal.
A national campaign calling for increased funding to support further education colleges and their students and staff is being backed by The Sheffield College. College leaders from across the United Kingdom have published a first of-its-kind open letter to Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer.
A new £250,000 centre for green skills training and education has been officially opened at Nottingham College, to address skills shortages in both construction and renewable energy in the region.
