Ayrshire College Wins Semta Skills Award
EDM number 1174 in 2016-17, proposed by Alan Brown on 25/04/2017.
Categorised under the topic of Further education.
That this House congratulates Ayrshire College on winning the Semta Skills Award for Training Partner of the Year 2017; understands that Ayrshire College has developed a close strategic partnership with industry that supports both the students to learn valuable in-demand skills and local companies need for highly trained individuals to join the workforce; notes that Ayrshire College has sparked the imagination of 200 school pupils and college students with its competition to design a space experiment aided by NASA experts, the winning entry will be tested at the International Space Station in 2017; applauds its #ThisAyrshireGirlCan campaign to encourage more girls into engineering and advancing equality by promoting apprenticeships to female students; recognises the great success of its scheme to retrain unemployed engineers and through a partnership business help them re-join the local workforce; wishes Ayrshire College continued success with its strategic partnership approach.
This motion has been signed by a total of 5 MPs.
MP | Date | Constituency | Party | Type |
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Alan Brown | 25/04/2017 | Kilmarnock and Loudoun | Scottish National Party | Proposed |
Carol Monaghan | 25/04/2017 | Glasgow North West | Scottish National Party | Seconded |
Philippa Whitford | 25/04/2017 | Central Ayrshire | Scottish National Party | Seconded |
Deidre Brock | 25/04/2017 | Edinburgh North and Leith | Scottish National Party | Seconded |
Chris Stephens | 26/04/2017 | Glasgow South West | Scottish National Party | Seconded |
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