Education Training Collective – Education Training Collective https://www.the-etc.ac.uk Mon, 13 Apr 2026 18:20:27 +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 Education Training Collective – Education Training Collective https://www.the-etc.ac.uk 32 32 Education Training Collective named Clean Energy Technical Excellence College https://www.the-etc.ac.uk/2026/04/14/education-training-collective-named-clean-energy-technical-excellence-college/ Tue, 14 Apr 2026 06:00:00 +0000 https://www.the-etc.ac.uk/?p=5830 The Education Training Collective (Etc.) has been named a Clean Energy Technical Excellence College by the Department for Education today. One of just five Clean Energy TECs announced nationally, it puts the Teesside college group, which incorporates Bede Sixth Form College, Innersummit, NETA Training, Redcar and Cleveland College and Stockton Riverside College, at the forefront of clean…

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]]> College chief execs to join forces in Great Wall of China trek https://www.the-etc.ac.uk/2026/04/01/college-chief-execs-to-join-forces-in-great-wall-of-china-trek/ Wed, 01 Apr 2026 11:00:00 +0000 https://www.the-etc.ac.uk/?p=5810 College leaders Grant Glendinning and Zoe Lewis have never been ones to shy away from a challenge. And the latest is sure to test both to their limits. Familiar faces to many across the Tees Valley, the chief executives are joining forces to tackle Daisy Chain’s Great Wall of China trek. While it’s not going to be easy, both are ready to put on brave faces as the training begins.

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]]> Putting the structure in place to build future skills https://www.the-etc.ac.uk/2025/08/27/putting-the-structure-in-place-to-build-future-skills/ Wed, 27 Aug 2025 10:46:24 +0000 https://www.the-etc.ac.uk/?p=5473 The Education Training Collective (Etc.) is proud to be a “strategic spoke” in ambitious new government plans to train 40,000 new construction learners by 2029. Central to the government’s Plan for Change, 10 Construction Technical Excellence Colleges (CTECs) have been announced across the country, backed by £100m of investment, to meet demand in sectors such as housebuilding…

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]]> Popular Etc. CFO, Fiona Sharp, retires after 26 years https://www.the-etc.ac.uk/2025/07/30/popular-etc-cfo-fiona-sharp-retires-after-26-years/ Wed, 30 Jul 2025 10:50:41 +0000 https://www.the-etc.ac.uk/?p=5460 Mild mannered but with a fierce head for numbers, Fiona Sharp is retiring after 26 years with the colleges that now make up the Education Training Collective (Etc.). As chief financial officer, hers is a face that will be familiar to many after almost three decades helping balance the books, first as a part-time finance officer at what was then believed to be the smallest sixth form college…

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]]> Making Time for Tees! https://www.the-etc.ac.uk/2025/07/29/making-time-for-tees/ Tue, 29 Jul 2025 13:20:33 +0000 https://www.the-etc.ac.uk/?p=5451 From filling and dishing out hay bags to litter picking and even repainting the stage at Stockton Globe, college staff have been out in the community making Time for Tees. The annual event, launched by the Education Training Collective (Etc.), urges staff to take time out from the day job to give practical help to good causes. “This is our way of hopefully making a real hands-on…

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