East Durham College have been announced as the lead applicant in the delivery and development of the North East’s Local Skills Improvement Fund (LSIF) worth £3.7m to be invested in meeting the regions skills needs.
The multi-million-pound fund will be used to develop post-16 technical training by upskilling teaching and college leadership and management staff, develop new training programmes and courses, improve college facilities and provide state-of-the-art training equipment.
The investment will be targeted to deliver the region’s Local Skills Improvement Plan (LSIP) which was recently produced to detail how skills provision should be developed and changed to meet the specific labour market needs of employers and key sectors in the region.
Source: Bdaily
