Ashfield District Council: Education and Skills

Education and Skills

Get-connected means being able to recruit from a large and diverse workforce.

With over 2 million people within a one hour drive you can recruit from a wide range of skilled individuals.

There are 6 universities and 15 colleges and centres of further education in the area, training over 140,000 skilled individuals each year.

Add to this a motivated and diverse workforce from a range of industries and sectors, and Ashfield provides you with a superb choice of potential employees to fill every level within your company.

With a training infrastructure that is established and constantly developing, the area has a range of colleges adept at engaging with partners, agencies and industry to offer latest skills, experience and technologies for studies.

Learning activities at colleges across the sub region encompass a large variety of topics including Business and Management; Construction; Engineering; Language Studies; Information Technology and packages of training courses including modern apprenticeships. There is also a range of Centres of Vocation Excellence (COVE) based at a number of local educational and training establishments.

Ashfield’s industrial past provides an ideal backdrop for studying engineering technologies and construction courses, and establishments such as West Nottinghamshire College are at the forefront in offering training courses in these areas.

There are 6 universities within an hour's drive, meaning over 30,000 graduates entering the job market every year. The University of Derby has a strong track record of applied, vocational courses and scores well on employability. Both Nottingham universities are renowned for their research and skills base, and close links with industry. You couldn’t find a better pool of talent and expertise, right on your doorstep.