{"id":7150,"date":"2025-08-12T06:46:52","date_gmt":"2025-08-12T06:46:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cita.co.uk\/news\/?p=7150"},"modified":"2025-08-12T06:46:52","modified_gmt":"2025-08-12T06:46:52","slug":"government-unveils-10-new-construction-technical-colleges","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cita.co.uk\/news\/government-unveils-10-new-construction-technical-colleges\/","title":{"rendered":"Government unveils 10 new construction technical colleges"},"content":{"rendered":"

The government has named ten specialist Construction Technical Excellence Colleges to train more than 40,000 future builders, bricklayers, electricians, carpenters and plumbers by 2029.<\/p>\n

Backed by \u00a3100m of fresh funding, the new designated construction colleges will be spread across every region of England, with hubs in Derby, Suffolk, London, Sunderland, Wigan, Kent, Exeter, Bedford, Dudley and Leeds.<\/p>\n

They will work on a \u201chub and spoke\u201d model, partnering with local training providers and employers.<\/p>\n

\u00a0The 10 Construction Technical Excellence Colleges<\/h4>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Region<\/th>\nCollege<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
East Midlands<\/td>\nDerby College Group<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
East of England<\/td>\nWest Suffolk College<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Greater London<\/td>\nNew City College<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
North East<\/td>\nCity of Sunderland College<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
North West<\/td>\nWigan and Leigh College<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
South East<\/td>\nNorth Kent College<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
South West<\/td>\nExeter College<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Cross-regional<\/td>\nBedford College<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
West Midlands<\/td>\nDudley College of Technology<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Yorkshire & Humber<\/td>\nLeeds College of Building<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n
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The scheme aims to plug a major labour shortage in the sector, with ONS figures showing 35,000 vacancies.<\/p>\n

Ministers hope the drive will reduce reliance on overseas workers and deliver the workforce needed for 1.5m homes, as well as new schools and hospitals.<\/p>\n

It builds on a separate \u00a3625m training investment announced in March to create 60,000 skilled workers by 2029 through apprenticeships, bootcamps and industry placements.<\/p>\n

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Industry bodies including the Association of Colleges, CITB, ECITB, NHBC and Skills England have all backed the plan, calling it a \u201ctransformative opportunity\u201d to modernise training and secure a skilled workforce for major projects like Hinkley Point C, Sizewell C and national housing delivery.<\/p>\n

The 10 colleges will also help upskill existing workers, break down barriers for young entrants, and boost the proportion of learners moving into relevant jobs.<\/p>\n

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from Construction Enquirer https:\/\/ift.tt\/IacZwb6<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The government has named ten specialist Construction Technical Excellence Colleges to train more than 40,000 future builders, bricklayers, electricians, carpenters and plumbers by 2029. Backed by \u00a3100m of fresh funding, the new designated construction colleges will be spread across every region of England, with hubs in Derby, Suffolk, London, Sunderland, Wigan, Kent, Exeter, Bedford, Dudley […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":149,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[9],"class_list":["post-7150","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-construction-enquirer"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cita.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7150","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cita.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cita.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cita.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cita.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7150"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/cita.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7150\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7151,"href":"https:\/\/cita.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7150\/revisions\/7151"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cita.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/146"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cita.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7150"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cita.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7150"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cita.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7150"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}