Birmingham Metropolitan College (BMet)

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Birmingham Metropolitan College (BMet) is a leading provider of further and higher education courses across the Midlands. Our engineering and manufacturing courses are delivered from our James Watt College in Great Barr, Birmingham, Stourbridge College and Kidderminster Academy. These locations are home to state of the art engineering and workshop suites that include the latest CNC manual and machine tools. Courses are from entry to degree level and are delivered on a full and part-time basis or as part of an Apprenticeship. Cadbury UK, as well as having a special focus on meeting the needs of small and medium-sized businesses.

Bridgwater & Taunton College

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BTC has a long history of training for the food and drink industry at our Cannington, Bridgwater and Taunton Campuses. Our superb facilities span from field to fork and our land-based training is now considered to be among the most exceptional in the country, providing students with state-of-the-art surroundings for learning and practicing their skills.

Kirklees College

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Kirklees College offers both work based and in-college learning from our purpose built Process Manufacturing Centre. The Centre provides a fully operational process manufacturing batch plant supported by a control room and PLC control. For those apprentices attending college our adjoining classrooms, IT and learning resource facilities provide ‘off the job’ training. For those accessing remotely, they provide sustainable and effective distance learning.

Midland Group Training Services (MGTS)

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Midland Group Training Services (MGTS) has been meeting the needs of manufacturers and their employees in the development of engineering competences for more than 40 years.

It’s an employer-led, membership organisation with more than 100 members dedicated to continuous improvement in the workplace and to ensuring the provision of learning and skills that can benefit the whole of manufacturing industry.

National Centre of Excellence for Food Engineering

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Food and drink is the largest manufacturing sector in the UK. Already responsible for 18% of the country's total output by value, the industry has been tasked by government and the Food and Drink Federation with achieving 20% growth in productivity by 2020.

North West Training Council

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North West Training Council (NWTC) was founded in 1963 by local industrialists, a partnership with industry that has continued to be central to the accomplishments of the Organisation and a key strength. Today NWTC currently has 373 engineering apprentices employed in 178 member companies.

Peterborough Regional College

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Selby College

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Selby College is one of England’s top-performing colleges with student exam results that consistently place it in the top ten percent of Further Education colleges nationally. Based in the leafy market town of Selby in North Yorkshire, Selby College was the first college in Yorkshire and Humberside and one of only 13 organisations in 2007 to have been awarded a complete set of Outstanding grades by Ofsted, which has been maintained ever since.

Sheffield Hallam University

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Dramatic change is required in the food sector. As an organisation with a long history of innovation, we're working intensively with the food industry to meet these challenges.

The College of West Anglia

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The College of West Anglia (CWA) is one of the largest providers of education and training in Norfolk and Cambridgeshire and has an exceptional track record in developing the skills and talents of our students. This is achieved through a combination of high quality teaching by a team of highly-trained, industry-experienced staff and excellent facilities.