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TfL launches 'green' academy

26/06/2025

Transport for London (TfL) has launched a new green technology training academy to address ‘the growing demand for workers with green skills’.

Government on a £625m mission to boost construction skills

26/06/2025

Industry bosses have hailed the new Construction Skills Mission Board as a ‘significant step’ towards addressing the skills gap in the construction sector.

New training centre wins job offers for students

06/09/2021

Winvic Construction Lt and IM Properties, have welcomed the first learners inside a new ‘Future of Construction’ training centre at Mercia Park, Leicestershire.

Free inclusive training tools released to construction industry

28/09/2020

A suite of new learning materials covering inclusive leadership, recruitment and training and developed by industry leaders have been made freely available to the UK construction sector.

Highways England seeks more passport sign-ups

25/09/2020

Highways England has called for more members of its supply chain to register for its Passport scheme.

T Levels aim to narrow engineering skills gap

11/08/2020

This September marks a step forward in vocational engineering training for young adults, with the launch of the Government's T level qualification.

Scotland to launch national road worker training programme

21/01/2020

The national Scottish Roads Training Programme is set to be launched on 29 January with the ambition of re-engineering how road operatives are qualified and how training programmes are procured.

McCann: 'We all have a responsibility to safeguard the skills'

22/08/2019

Nottingham-based civil and electrical engineering firm, McCann, has an employment strategy based on continuous up-skilling and investment in the next generation, which it argues is the key to industry future proofing.

Street works – getting it right

20/06/2019

Richard Hayes, chief executive of the Institute of Highway Engineers, discusses its new training in street works inspections.

Competence framework to help code compliance

15/04/2019

Top organisations in the highways sector have released an asset management competence framework to help authorities become compliant with the national code of practice for roads maintenance.

A highways trailblazer

19/03/2019

Meg Bailey, trainee site supervisor at FM Conway, explains her journey into the highways sector and how more young men and women can be encouraged to take up on-site roles.

ACO launches flexible professional development programme

06/11/2018

Leading water management company ACO has launched a professional development programme designed to address training challenges in the construction industry.

Award winning training centre to teach tunnelling and construction skills

14/03/2017

Transport for London says Crossrail’s legacy of tunnelling and underground construction will continue after it signed a contract with Prospects College of Advanced Technology (PROCAT) to run the Tunnelling and Underground Construction Academy (TUCA) in Ilford.

TfL searches for apprentices

08/03/2017

Transport for London has created more than 175 new apprenticeship positions and say it is welcoming applications from people who, "want to play their part in keeping London moving, working and growing and making life in the city better".

Award for London Highways Academy of Excellence

01/03/2016

The London Highways Academy of Excellence has won the Civil Engineering Contractors Association’s (CECA) Inspiring Change in the Community Award 2016.

Kier and Surrey CC plan careers college to train highways workforce

04/02/2016

Kier and Surrey County Council are set to launch a ‘construction academy’ that will see them train their own highways workforce.

HTMA releases environmental training DVD

13/07/2015

The Highways Term Maintenance Association (HTMA) has produced an environmental training DVD in an effort to support member organisations and their clients with environmental awareness and management.

New course offers key to tackling crumbling roads

16/07/2014

A new university qualification has been launched to help equip highway engineers with the skills they need to fix the UK’s crumbling roads.

RSTA looks to minimise future skills crisis

20/08/2013

The Road Surface Treatments Association (RSTA) has developed an active training programme specific to the road surface sector.

Free training places for highways bosses

26/05/2011

Specialist trainers at the National Highways Academy (NHA) are offering 24 highway businesses free strategic management training for owner/directors and senior managers.

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