St Modwen Logistics has been selected as a strategic partner for the forthcoming Stoke-on-Trent and Staffordshire Institute of Technology.
The partnership aims to see employers and academia working collaboratively to provide training and learning to increase employment opportunities in the science, technology, engineering and manufacturing industries.
The logistic developer will provide opportunities to learn about all facets of logistics development, from land acquisition and design and planning considerations through to sustainable construction and operation, to help address the long-term shortage of specialist skills in the region.
Stoke and Staffordshire IoT has also partnered with Keele University, Burton and South Derbyshire College, Axia Solutions, Siemens, Moog Aircraft Group, Dell and Hitachi Energy.
The institute is scheduled to open in 2024 and will be one of 21 facilities dedicated to increasing learning and employment opportunities in the STEM industries across the UK.
The £16m centre is being developed by the Newcastle and Stafford Colleges Group and will be funded by the UK government.
Polly Troughton, managing director of St Modwen Logistics, said: “The opportunity to work with the IoT to help shape the curriculum means we will be able to equip students with the development and construction skills needed to support this growth and play our part in creating a high-wage, high-skill economy in the region.”
Jason Lancaster, director of Institute of Technology and employer partnerships at NSCG, said: “St Modwen Logistics’ extensive experience of developing and supporting the operation of commercial properties brings a unique perspective to the work we are doing around technical construction professions, commercial development and advanced logistics operations and will give our future students the opportunity to gain valuable new insights into these exciting and rapidly expanding fields.”
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