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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.

Apprentices from the College have seen off competition from hundreds of other construction students from rival colleges to win 17 top place positions in regional skill competitions.

Three students from Leeds College of Building have been recognised at the National BTEC Awards, with one civil engineering apprentice taking the coveted title of ‘BTEC Apprentice of the Year’.

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.

Apprentices from the college have scooped six top awards at this year’s Building Engineering Services Association (BESA) Yorkshire Region Awards.

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

An award winning Engineering Apprentice from Scarborough has become the 50th student at Leeds College of Building to pass the Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE) Technician Professional Review.

We are delighted to announce that Dan Martins an apprentice for EAS Mechanical, who are a sub-contractor of the College has been selected to be part of TeamUK at the WorldSkills finals in Abu Dhabi.

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.

Leeds College of Building’s Student Liaison Officer, Denis Metcalf faced fierce competition from across the UK to win the prestigious Team Member of the Year Award.