Skills and training for North Cornwall

A £6.3m STEM and Health Skills Centre in Bodmin that aims to transform the teaching of industry-relevant skills in Cornwall is on course to open in spring next year.

Scott Mann MP was delighted to open the Launceston office of the Government's new flagship employability programme - The Restart Scheme - which aims to help thousands of people back into work.

While talent and potential is distributed evenly across this country, opportunity is not – and as we recover from the pandemic, we are determined to level up the UK and deliver a fairer, stronger society.

Schools, colleges and universities across Cornwall are being urged to apply for the government’s new Turing Scheme, which will provide young people with the opportunity to study and work around the world.

A good education is vital to ensuring the best long-term life chances for the people of North Cornwall. Learning does not stop at 18, though - we must also consider the needs of adults who may wish to learn more or learn new skills.

Today in a major speech the Prime Minister has set out our plan to transform the provision of skills so that we can help people to retrain and find new, well-paid jobs as part of our agenda to Build Back Better.

Scott Mann MP has welcomed the Government’s landmark new Kickstart scheme and called on local employers to sign up and help young people into work to mark the opening of the initiative.

North Cornwall MP Scott Mann has welcomed the announcement of funding for two multi-million-pound projects in the North Cornwall constituency from the government’s Get Building Fund (GBF). Both schemes are ‘shovel ready’ and should be completed within the next eighteen months.  

The Prime Minister this morning set out our ‘New Deal’, an ambitious economic strategy to rebuild Britain across the UK, putting jobs, skills and infrastructure investment at the heart of our economic recovery post-coronavirus, and delivering on our manifesto pledges to level up the entire countr