Alex has welcomed the Government's decision to award Gloucestershire College £4m to build a state-of-the-art construction skills centre at its Cheltenham campus in Hesters Way.
For the first time ever, students and apprentices will be able to study construction here in Cheltenham.
Equipped to train 164 learners per week, the new centre will help deliver Cheltenham’s cyber and infrastructure vision by meeting the growing local demand for skilled workers, projected to be 6,400 each year by 2025.
Alex said:
"I am delighted that the Government is investing £4m in a construction skills centre at the University of Gloucestershire.
"Not only will this help deliver the skilled workforce needed for Cheltenham's cyber vision, M5 J10 and Air Balloon projects, but it will also create exciting opportunities allowing young people of skill and determination to go as far as their talents can take them."
You can read Alex's column in the Cheltenham Post by clicking HERE.