Reaseheath College has launched a new Employer Hub on its Nantwich campus to support regional and rural businesses.<\/p>\n
The \u00a32.1 million investment has been supported by Cheshire and Warrington Local Enterprise Partnership, which has contributed \u00a3675,000 through the Local Growth Fund.<\/p>\n
The Employer Hub will encourage business growth and development by offering tailor-made conferencing and seminar facilities, meeting and interview rooms and networking spaces.<\/p>\n
It creates a focal point where employers can discuss and launch collaborative research and trials run by undergraduates from University Centre Reaseheath or by the college\u2019s Further Education students.<\/p>\n
Reaseheath has a successful record of facilitating such projects, which allow businesses to drive innovation and economic growth by partnering students who have relevant research skills and knowledge.<\/p>\n
In return, students gain essential industry experience and workplace skills which often lead to career opportunities.<\/p>\n
Businesses are also encouraged to have an input into curriculum development, ensuring students have skills which employers need, and into student mentoring and employability programmes.<\/p>\n
Reaseheath\u2019s Employer Hub also provides access to specialist technical resources, from e-journals to industry standard trials facilities, and to the college\u2019s experienced technologists.<\/p>\n
This allows companies to carry out new product development or their employees to receive skills training and continuing professional development.<\/p>\n
The Employer Hub was officially launched on March 14 by Ged Barlow, Cheshire and Warrington Local Enterprise Partnership Board Member and Chairman of the Performance and Investment Committee.<\/p>\n
Mr Barlow said: “The LEP\u2019s investment, through the Local Growth Fund, into Reaseheath\u2019s Employer Hub builds on our relentless commitment to improve skills and open up career opportunities.<\/p>\n
“The Local Growth Fund is government funding that will see thousands of jobs created in our area and was developed to allow us to support projects such as this.<\/p>\n
“Reaseheath\u2019s Employer Hub will provide a unique environment to stimulate employer-learner collaboration, innovation and economic growth.\u201d<\/p>\n
Reaseheath\u2019s Principal and CEO, Marcus Clinton, added: “The Employer Hub creates an environment where businesses can grow, innovate and engage with their community and future workforce.<\/p>\n
“It offers a focal point which encapsulates the wider engagement which we are proud to operate within all the industries that we support.<\/p>\n
“I\u2019d like to thank the LEP for its continued support.<\/p>\n
“It will ensure that our students will progress through their studies, informed by future employment opportunities and the delivery of truly employer-led educational programmes.”<\/p>\n
Jake Berry, Minister for the Northern Powerhouse and Local Growth, added: “Congratulations to Reaseheath College and to Cheshire and Warrington Local Enterprise Partnership for successfully completing this programme of improvements, which further strengthens the skills provision in the Northern Powerhouse.<\/p>\n
“This government is committed to boosting economic growth across the whole of the UK and to building a Britain fit for the future.<\/p>\n
“As part of this commitment we have supported wider improvements at Reaseheath College, including this Employer Hub, through a total \u00a38.8m contribution from the Local Growth Fund.<\/p>\n
“This will ensure that students have the skills they need to meet the changing demands of land based industries in the 21st century.”<\/p>\n
(Pic: Ged Barlow of Cehshire and Warrignton LEP, Principal Marcus Clinton and Chair of Governors David Pearson at the launch of Reaseheath\u2019s Employer Hub)<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Reaseheath College has launched a new Employer Hub on its Nantwich campus to support regional and rural businesses.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":51273,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7089],"tags":[7131,7129,7128,7130],"class_list":["post-51271","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-business","tag-campus","tag-employer","tag-hub","tag-reaseheath-college"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n