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Access to skills is always a major talking point for Peterborough businesses. Opportunity Peterborough is here to help you to invest in your current workforce, access new talent and contribute to the development of your future workforce.
The city is well serviced with specialist further and higher education providers listed at the bottom of this page, and construction has begun on the £30 million ARU Peterborough, a Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Combined Authority and Peterborough City Council initiative, set to open its doors to 2,000 students in 2022. The curriculum will be wholly grounded in the needs of local employers with an emphasis on providing students with industry experience. Consultations have already begun with employers – to get involved, talk to Opportunity Peterborough.
Opportunity Peterborough created The Skills Service to drive forward the city’s skills agenda. The Skills Service provides a brokerage role between business, education and training providers, upskilling the future workforce through careers fairs, enterprise challenges, employability workshops, and work experience placements.
In turn, the employers who support careers events can develop their future talent pipeline, increase brand awareness as a local employer and provide professional development and CSR opportunities for their current staff.
It’s grown into a national service that’s helping schools enhance careers education, giving students high impact employer interactions that improve their employability, and helping businesses develop their talent pipeline.
Find out how The Skills Service can help you grow your business here.
With so many changes happening around the world, leadership is a critical skillset employers are looking to develop within their existing workforce, and from new recruits. There are a number of national programmes which businesses can access such as Be the Business, and the Small Business Leadership Programme. Opportunity Peterborough can also discuss your needs and put you in touch local specialist providers to suit your industry or workforce goals.
Taking on more staff? Whether you want to post your vacancy on our jobs page, access graduates and students, find a suitable agency workers or find out more about working with people with disabilities, ex-service personnel or ex-offenders, Opportunity Peterborough can help. We can also signpost to the professional service providers which are best able to meet your requirements. Contact us for free support.
Investing in your existing workforce is one of the most effective ways of improving your business prospects. Look after your employees, nurture their ambitions and they will repay you in hard work, innovative new ideas and loyalty.
To discuss your training and development requirements contact Opportunity Peterborough.
There has never been a better time to consider taking on an Apprentice. You can employ apprentices at different levels, from school leavers and university graduates, to people who want to further their careers or change career direction completely.
The government has committed to creating an additional 3 million apprenticeship start in England by 2020. There is funding available through:
You can read more about these on The Skills Service’s website.
The new university in Peterborough, ARU Peterborough will also provide higher level apprenticeships, and has begun consultation with local employers to ensure the curriculum supports the local economy and provides students with hands-on, high impact experiences in the workplace.
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For more information contact Opportunity Peterborough’s Skills Service for free, impartial guidance.
ARU Peterborough, a Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Combined Authority and Peterborough City Council initiative, is a new £30 million university set to open its doors to 2,000 students in 2022 with an ambition to offer courses for up to 12,500 students, by 2032.
University Centre Peterborough (UCP) is a £9 million, purpose-built higher education provider, which was established as a joint venture between Anglia Ruskin University (ARU) and Peterborough College (PC) with which it shares its campus. It delivers degree level courses and higher education qualifications.
The University Centre offers a broad portfolio of courses covering a range of subject areas and is rapidly developing specialisms in a number of key areas.
The Greater Peterborough UTC (GPUTC) is a University Technical College in the centre of Peterborough with engineering and the built environment at its heart. The facility opened in September 2016 and the school has become the first choice for the city’s engineers, designers, architects, and construction specialists of the future.
Students aged 14-19 have access to state-of -the-art building, using industry leading-facilities and equipment at the £12 million campus.
Peterborough College offers a diverse and broad range of courses ranging from Entry Level to Level 6 programmes, including BTEC and skill based courses, Access to Higher Education courses, HNCs, HNDs and Degrees through University Centre Peterborough (UCP). Peterborough College works with hundreds of employers across the region, delivering apprenticeships and bespoke tailored provision to suit their needs.
City College Peterborough has been providing adult education since 1944. Its offer includes college courses, apprenticeships, 16-19 full/part time courses and workplace training for the Peterborough community.
The College focuses on providing courses and education to the all those who live in and work across Peterborough, including school leavers, apprentices, businesses, adults and families in over 60 communities, faith centres and schools.