£10M FUNDING TO BUILD DEGREE APPRENTICESHIP CENTRE W
MG, at the University of Warwick, have been awarded
£10 million to build a new Degree Apprenticeship Centre for the high value manufacturing sector. The WMG Degree Apprenticeship
Centre will focus on courses essential to the effective development of advanced engineering and manufacturing companies. The Centre, which is due to open
in 2019, has received £10 million from the Government’s Local Growth Fund through the Coventry and
Warwickshire Local Enterprise Partnership (CWLEP). The Centre will provide training programmes up to Level 7 (Master’s Degree level) with an initial capacity for 1,000 students on roll at any one time. The apprentices, who will be employed by companies, will undertake their academic studies at the WMG Degree Apprenticeship Centre, which will be on the University of Warwick campus. Work will start this summer on building the Centre which will
provide flexible teaching and lab space, and an environment for technology-enhanced learning as well as advice and support for apprentices and organisations. The WMG Degree Apprenticeship
Centre will be the first part of a future Degree Apprenticeship complex on the University of Warwick campus training students in a range of Degree Apprenticeships. Professor Lord Bhattacharyya,
Chairman of WMG, said: “Building on nearly four decades track record of
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FOOD DISTRIBUTIORS WARN OF RED £100M DIESEL SHOCK I
ncreased food prices and a slowdown in investment in innovative technologies will
be the result if Government presses ahead with proposals to remove food distributors’ prerogative to use red diesel to power refrigeration on vehicles. That is the warning of the Food Storage and
Distribution Federation, which has written to environment secretary Michael Gove. The proposals, which are subject to consultation by the Treasury, form part of the Clean Air Strategy that sets objectives for reducing levels of air pollution. In the letter the FSDF explains the
misunderstandings propagated about how many diesel-powered fridge units are used on vehicles on UK roads and the contribution they make to air pollution. The Federation shares its estimate that the removal of the rebate would add at least £100 million a year to the operating costs of food distributors. FSDF chief executive Shane Brennan says: “We are fully committed to our responsibilities to find ways to reduce emissions and to playing our part in meeting the ambitions of the Clean Air Strategy. We understand why Government is considering removing the red diesel rebate for equipment like refrigerated units on delivery
vehicles, but we urge Ministers not to do it. “This policy would not achieve the stated
ambition, which is to encourage businesses to switch to new ‘cleaner’ technologies. On the contrary,removing the red diesel rebate would impose unavoidable direct costs on the industry. This would not only prevent food distributors from being able to invest adequately in innovation, or even upgrade their equipment, but it would also drive up food prices on the shelves." The letter from FSDF can be viewed here –
https://www.fsdf.org.uk/wp- content/uploads/2018/08/Gove_Letter-Headed- 28-Aug-2018.pdf
developing, and delivering, pioneering education programmes, our new Degree Apprenticeship Centre will provide a variety of routes to achieve degree level apprenticeships. Young people are our future and we need to provide them with as many opportunities to support our manufacturing base. The Centre will give the opportunity for school leavers and apprentices, looking to progress from Level 4 and 5 qualifications to degree level.”
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TRUCK PARK OPENS AT DP WORLD LONDON T H
ello and welcome to the latest
issue of Materials Handling & Logistics! This is our first issue ‘flying the nest’ from Factory Equipment magazine, giving MHL space to grow and develop as the industry evolves.
In this issue we have
introduced a skills feature, which will explore ways to tackle the skills shortage we are facing, alongside the usual features you know and love. I hope you enjoy reading this issue as much as I enjoyed putting it together.
Rachel Tucker - Editor
he five-acre yard offers short and long term parking for to up 170 trucks at any one time. It opened its barriers to drivers on Monday, September
3 and is located on a larger truck park plot adjacent to the port’s main gate, and off the main artery road of the Logistics Park. A host of services and facilities will be introduced at
the yard over the next couple of months, including Marlon’s Bistro on the Port – a restaurant which will be open every day, showers, toilets, WiFi, vending machines,
CCTV and ANPR (automatic number plate recognition) and AdBlue facilities. Parking at the yard is £2 per hour for the first five hours
and £24 for six to 24 hours thereafter. Contract parking will also be available from £85 per space per week. DP World London Gateway comprises the UK’s fastest
growing deep-sea container port on the same site as a 9.25million sq ft Logistics Park for warehousing and distribution facilities. It is located just a few miles from the A13 and 10 miles from Junction 30 of the M25.
JUNGHEINRICH PROVIDE VR TRAINING FOR ENGINEERS I
ntralogistics expert Jungheinrich is using virtual reality (VR) to provide initial and further training for its after-sales service engineers across the whole of Europe. As part of the award-winning VR training, engineers
are placed in a virtual warehouse environment where they can gain in-depth experience of selected Jungheinrich forklift trucks in a variety of working situations. This enables trainees to practise a wide range of scenarios in a safe space without the risk of property damage or personal injury. Jungheinrich has succeeded in
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boosting the flexibility of the training it provides while also making considerable savings in terms of time and travel expenditure. Thomas Diwan, head of the Jungheinrich Training
Centre, explains: "Those taking part in the training completely forget that they are in a virtual environment. Everything seems perfectly real. Experience has shown that actions learned as part of the VR training are performed much better in real applications later on and error rates are vastly reduced. Jungheinrich is therefore planning significant expansion of its VR training."
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