A new technology partnership with other colleges will share best practice and help better qualify employees to degree level as Stamford College joins the Lincolnshire Institute of Technology.
Director of the Institute, Mick Loughran, says it will benefit the whole workforce and strengthen Lincolnshire's offering too.
"We all know that the skills needs in Lincolnshire are different to those in London or the southwest. So we're really looking at the whole picture in Lincolnshire, and what does it need now. And more important, what's it going to need in the future? And Stamford are inputting into that and are already changing their curriculum and moving the curriculum around, bringing in things like higher technical qualifications, which are level four and five qualifications with more skills elements to them, so it's not just classroom, there's a lot more actually doing in there, so they can go straight into employment.
We're also doing some great work around what we call micro-credentials, which is building up bite sized chunks of learning at level four and five, so people who are employed or people who just want to have a taste can come in and do one module and then they may build that up and do different modules to a full qualification or they might just stop at one module. So there's a lot going on and we're working together on developing that."
The new Rutland Hub next to Oakham Baptist Church is only part of their expansion. It was officially opened yesterday by MP Alicia Kearns and sees offices from the church move in as well as spaces for the community to use and a cafe.
Northamptonshire police are appealing for witnesses after a series of burglaries, which they believe are all linked around the A43 between Kettering and Stamford.
Around 650 athletes began a swim at first light and are taking part in three laps of Rutland Water's roads this morning by bike before they run a half marathon in the annual Vitruvian Triathlon.
Road closures are in place in Stamford this morning on Broad Street, Star Lane and Red Lion Street for the annual Battle of Britain Parade and Service and will continue until lunchtime.
As part of the Rutland Day celebrations yesterday, there was an event at Oakham Castle which saw reenactors from the Ferrars' household along with local stalls, a Maker's market, a history tour and the Special Multum Gin Parvo Rutland Cocktail and Rutland Pippin were also on offer.
After a 37 year wait there was an all-female podium at Defender Burghley Horse Trails in Stamford which annually welcomes over 170,00 visitors across the four day event.
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