Redcar & Cleveland College – Education Training Collective https://www.the-etc.ac.uk Tue, 04 Feb 2025 13:18:11 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://www.the-etc.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/cropped-site-icon-32x32.png Redcar & Cleveland College – Education Training Collective https://www.the-etc.ac.uk 32 32 Award win for college group’s positive influence on green habits https://www.the-etc.ac.uk/2025/02/04/award-win-for-college-groups-positive-influence-on-green-habits/ Tue, 04 Feb 2025 13:18:00 +0000 https://www.the-etc.ac.uk/?p=4958 A college group’s efforts to bolster greener habits have been recognised with a national award and green accreditation for the second year running. The Education Training Collective (Etc.) has been named winner of the Investors in the Environment’s Sustainability Influencer Award. The title highlights not only their own commitment to change but also a drive to encourage others to do the same.

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]]> Meet Etc.’s new group director of human resources, Adele https://www.the-etc.ac.uk/2024/12/04/meet-etc-s-new-group-director-of-human-resources-adele/ Wed, 04 Dec 2024 10:07:32 +0000 https://www.the-etc.ac.uk/?p=4847 From fairground work to catering, human resource management to studying a professional doctorate, Adele Currie knows career paths often take a varied route. Now, joining the Education Training Collective as the group director of human resources and people development, she’s ready to put her own mixed bag of professional experiences to good use and hit the ground running.

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]]> Looking to the future https://www.the-etc.ac.uk/2024/09/04/looking-to-the-future/ Wed, 04 Sep 2024 10:44:59 +0000 https://www.the-etc.ac.uk/?p=4695 How Etc. is helping to prepare people for the opportunities coming their way As Redcar and Cleveland College’s Student of the Year, Alfie is a big believer in the fact that “you get out what you put in”. Leaping at the opportunity, after he left school, to be part of the college’s first ever batch of the bp-backed Teesside clean energy technician scholars, for him and his fellow…

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]]> Thirteen launches new apprenticeship opportunities https://www.the-etc.ac.uk/2024/06/25/thirteen-launches-new-apprenticeship-opportunities/ Tue, 25 Jun 2024 10:02:43 +0000 https://www.the-etc.ac.uk/?p=4081 We are working in partnership with Thirteen Group to deliver new apprenticeships. Apprenticeships feature a mix of trade operative and office-based roles, including business administration, electrical, gas, joinery, plastering and plumbing. New recruits will receive paid work experience, alongside studying and training in a classroom. The training will be delivered in partnership…

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]]> Hydrogen station will help fuel future talent https://www.the-etc.ac.uk/2024/03/15/hydrogen-station-will-help-fuel-future-talent/ Fri, 15 Mar 2024 13:03:22 +0000 https://www.the-etc.ac.uk/?p=3969 Redcar and Cleveland College in partnership with Hydrasun are taking the driving seat in the delivery of skills training to support the UK Government-funded Tees Valley hydrogen transport hub. Plans unveiled today will see a modular hydrogen refuelling facility built at the college made possible with £286k hydrogen hub transport funding, secured from the Tees Valley Mayor and Combined…

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]]> Meet the 21 engineering scholars getting a head start with bp https://www.the-etc.ac.uk/2023/09/18/meet-the-21-engineering-scholars-getting-a-head-start-with-bp/ Mon, 18 Sep 2023 14:56:25 +0000 https://www.the-etc.ac.uk/?p=3751 The future could quite literally be in the hands of 21 students selected to take part in an industry-backed scholarship designed to help meet the skills needs ready for the transition to green energy. Energy giant bp has teamed up with Redcar and Cleveland College to create the bespoke programme now welcoming its first batch of students, offering a potential leg-up on to the career…

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]]> College groups working to develop Retrofit skills across the region https://www.the-etc.ac.uk/2023/07/31/college-groups-working-to-develop-retrofit-skills-across-the-region/ Mon, 31 Jul 2023 10:07:18 +0000 https://www.the-etc.ac.uk/?p=3638 Education Partnership North East (EPNE) and the Education Training Collective (Etc.) are set to lead a retrofit revolution which will deliver skills, jobs, and growth across the region. The two college groups have been announced as official partners of the Retrofit Training Academy CIC to deliver leading retrofit qualifications and training to thousands of people in the North East and…

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]]> Award win for principal who helped transform college https://www.the-etc.ac.uk/2023/04/28/award-win-for-principal-who-helped-transform-college/ Fri, 28 Apr 2023 14:24:17 +0000 https://www.the-etc.ac.uk/?p=3476 Turning around the fortunes of Redcar and Cleveland College has proven something of a mercy mission for its principal Jason Faulkner. Now, it seems the hard work and determination has paid off, as the college boss has picked up an education leadership award for his efforts. Named winner of the UK Education Leadership Award at the Educate North Awards in Manchester last night…

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]]> Education Training Collective rated Ofsted ‘Good’ with ‘Outstanding’ features https://www.the-etc.ac.uk/2022/07/15/education-training-collective-rated-ofsted-good-with-outstanding-features/ Fri, 15 Jul 2022 09:30:21 +0000 https://www.the-etc.ac.uk/?p=2643 High praise from Ofsted is another great result for the colleges, students and staff, that make up the Education Training Collective (Etc.). In its first full inspection since the merger of Stockton Riverside College and Redcar and Cleveland College, the group, which also includes Bede Sixth Form College, NETA Training and The Skills Academy (Billingham), has been rated ‘Good’ with…

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]]> Work starts on £3.2m Clean Energy Education Hub https://www.the-etc.ac.uk/2022/06/21/work-starts-on-3-2m-clean-energy-education-hub/ Tue, 21 Jun 2022 09:41:22 +0000 https://www.the-etc.ac.uk/?p=2560 Construction of Redcar and Cleveland College’s Clean Energy Education Hub is underway in a move to help prepare people for future green jobs coming to the Tees Valley. First spades in the ground on the site on Corporation Road mark the development of the £3.2m facility which will deliver the skills needed by employers in the clean energy and renewable sector, and also drive the ambitions of…

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