Midlands colleges get share of £307m building boost
A slew of sixth-forms across the Midlands region are set to benefit from more than £300m of government funding aimed at restoring run-down further education facilities.
In an announcement today, the government said more than £40m has been allocated to sixth-form centres and colleges in the region, part of a £1.7bn investment earmarked in the government’s industrial strategy, aimed at modernising college buildings by 2030.
The Department for Education said each college would receive individual allocations in the summer, ranging from £6,000 for smaller institutions to £7m for large college groups for the next academic year.
Facilities in Loughborough and Nottingham will both get more than £3m each in funding, while in the West Midlands, Sandwell College will also get more than £3m to repair and modernise its facilities.
The full allocations for colleges in the region are:
- Birmingham Metropolitan College – £2,435,032.40
- Burton and South Derbyshire College – £923,100.75
- City of Wolverhampton College – £1,926,405.18
- Coventry College – £1,389,037.44
- Derby College – £2,364,078.34
- Dudley College of Technology – £2,215,464.59
- Fircroft College of Adult Education – £160,731.10
- Halesowen College – £1,843,281.3
- Heart of Worcestershire College – £1,178,102.15
- Hereford College of Arts – £228,091.06
- Herefordshire, Ludlow and North Shropshire College – £1,097,236.65
- Hereward College of Further Education – £109,991.09
- Leicester College – £2,272,942.62
- Lincoln College – £1,629,092.07
- Loughborough College £3,138,376.19
- Moulton College – £1,313,628.32
- Northampton College – £2,259,552.36
- Nottingham College – £3,769,302.43
- NCG Group (Kidderminster) – £7,335,275.30
- Sandwell College – £3,098,189.39
- Solihull College & University Centre – £2,382,550.08
- South Staffordshire College – £1,392,956.45
- South and City College Birmingham – £2,415,921.81
- Stoke-on-Trent College – £1,113,035.08
- Telford College – £995,256.44
- Walsall College – £2,151,044
- Warwickshire College Group – £1,748,341.80
- Workers’ Educational Association – £579,745.29
The government says modernised colleges will be key to delivering on the Prime Minister’s target for two-thirds of young people to be taking a gold standard apprenticeship, higher training or heading to university by the age of 25.
“The young people in these colleges are the engineers, bricklayers and designers of the future, and they and the dedicated staff teaching them deserve the best possible environment to learn and succeed,” said Skills Minister Jacqui Smith.
“This £307 million investment will repair and modernise facilities across all 175 colleges in England, giving young people the spaces they need to build the skills they need for good careers, helping to drive economic growth.”
