SKILLS


Grant Thornton to deliver Executive MBA Programme


The Stephenson building at the Roundhouse campus will house the Institute of Technology


Technology institute revealed


Derby College is further developing its plans to create an Institute of Technology for Engineering and Professional Construction following the announcement of a cash boost for the D2N2 Local Enterprise Partnership area. The Institute is part of the


£63m allocation for the Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire areas, which is designed to help create jobs, build homes, raise productivity, support businesses and encourage economic growth. A plan has been drawn up to complete a £3m


programmes with Institute of Technology. Higher apprenticeship and further education study


‘Our aim is to refit parts of our Roundhouse campus to create a state-of-the-art facility’


refurbishment of part of the Roundhouse campus on Pride Park, which is the College’s flagship technical centre. The Institute will be a hub for higher level skills


development, including the creation of 60 higher apprenticeships a year in engineering and professional construction and the development of further level three study programmes for 16- to 19-year-olds who then have the potential to progress on to the higher level


programmes will range from rail-specific training and mechatronics in the engineering sector to civil engineering and construction management in the professional construction industry. These skills have been


identified as particularly crucial to enable local and regional companies to bid for key road and rail infrastructure projects planned over the next decades and the


ongoing expansion of the residential housing stock. Derby College Chief Executive, Mandie Stravino, said:


“Our aim is to refit parts of our Roundhouse campus to create a state-of-the-art facility which matches international standards. This development will link learning provision to the present and future employment and skills needs of employers by offering an expanded range of construction and engineering apprenticeship and employer-focused programmes.”


Getting to grips with corporate language


Language staff at a Derby school have been holding English language classes with a difference – teaching foreign nationals the finer points of communicating in the corporate world. For the past month, staff at da


Vinci Community School, at Breadsall Hilltop, Derby, have been hosting classes with workers employed by UK recruitment company Gi Group UK. Gi Group UK works in


partnership with da Vinci as part of the Business in the Community movement on a host of projects in the school to teach its students employability skills and prepare them for the world of work. But the new classes have turned


the usual arrangement on its head by getting da Vinci’s staff to teach a group of Gi Group UK colleagues hailing from Eastern Europe how to write emails and letters, how to address envelopes and even how to converse with their fellow workers in the office. Teacher Gosia Ogbonnia, who is


giving the lessons alongside da Vinci’s EAL Manager Lynn Ashwell, originally hails from Poland and


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Students have been learning business English with Lynn Ashwell (far right), EAL Manager at da Vinci Community School in Derby


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Leicester-based business and financial adviser Grant Thornton UK LLP has teamed up with Cranfield School of Management to develop and deliver the Cranfield Executive MBA programme. The collaboration aims to


address the current management skills gap in the UK and improve productivity by using the new Apprenticeship Levy to bring scale and wider accessibility to the world-class education offered by the Executive MBA. The part-time programme,


which runs over two years, will offer the best of academic theory, commercial insights and practical application. Grant Thornton and


Cranfield will work with employers impacted by the Apprenticeship Levy that wish to make best use of their contributions and allowance by enrolling high-potential colleagues and investing in upskilling their talent base.


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