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Michael Richardson (20) won The Chartered Institution of Highways & Transportation (CIHT) North East & Cumbria Branch Regional Apprentice of the Year Award (2021) at a special virtual awards ceremony.

Tracy Brabin, Mayor of West Yorkshire, visited Leeds College of Building on Friday (8.10.21) to celebrate the College receiving over £1million of grant funding.

The Princess Royal toured the College’s South Bank Campus.

Leeds College of Building has a longstanding relationship with NG Bailey and in 2012 they appointed the College to help them deliver their apprenticeship programme.

Work is now underway on Leeds College of Building’s brand-new campus in the South Bank area of Leeds.

The College has secured planning permission for a new £13 million building on the city’s South Bank and work on the project is due to start imminently.

An innovative scheme spearheaded by Leeds College of Building has already enabled more than 29 unemployed and disadvantaged people from Yorkshire to pursue a career in the construction industry.

West Yorkshire Consortium of Colleges (WYCC) has successfully secured funding totalling £5.5m under its new Joint Venture agreement.

Thornbury Cricket Club has been bowled over by a group of students from Leeds College of Building who have built a brand new storage unit for the club.

Young Writers recently held a creative writing competition for 11-18 year olds to, engage, enthuse and inspire students to write about the theme Welcome to Wonderland.

This academic year the College started an enterprise programme aimed at giving students experience of setting up and running their own business.

Staff and students from the College attended the launch of the brand new skills initiative on-site at Kirkstall Forge called the Forging Futures Campus.