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A landmark office building in Beverley is now a bustling hub of business and learning following a successful restoration, remodelling and refurbishment programme. Minster House forms part of the market town’s thriving Flemingate centre and has been sympathetically modernised by owner Wykeland Group in a £550,000 project.

East Riding College marked Armistice Day with a moving Act of Remembrance and its inaugural Veterans Dinner.  The College staff and students at both main campuses in Beverley and Bridlington gathered to observe the two minutes silence at the eleventh hour on Thursday 11 November.  The Act of Remembrance is a non-religious event that staff and students organise to bring the College community together to remember the fallen.

East Riding College has expanded its Flemingate site in Beverley to include a new Yorkshire and Humber Institute of Technology (IoT).  The IoT in the Yorkshire and Humber has brought investment of over £10million of capital funding into the region.  The £2.1m Institute at East Riding College houses specialist high-level training facilities for engineering and technical disciplines.  The College aims to boost employment opportunities and improve the number of suitably qualified candidates in the technical and professional jobs market.

Every October, colleges, students and businesses celebrate Colleges Week. A chance to celebrate the brilliant things colleges do to build communities, boost businesses and support people of all ages. This year’s Colleges Week theme is ‘Get in, Go Further’, which will showcase all the great things that happen in colleges every day and celebrate the journeys that colleges take their students on.  

As we emerge from restrictions and college life returns to normal for students, East Riding College’s Beverley campus has also started to host community events once again.

East Riding College in partnership with Bridlington CYP and the Echo are delighted to announce that the Bridlington Sports & Community Awards will be returning in 2021.  The Sports and Community Awards will be held at Bridlington CYP on Friday 19th November 6-8.30pm. Nominations are now open!

Principal of East Riding College Mike Welsh has been named a sub-board member of the Hull and East Yorkshire Local Enterprise Partnership (HEY LEP).  The HEY LEP recently announced the appointment following a successful recruitment campaign where the LEP was overwhelmed by both the number and quality of applications received from individuals representing many different sectors.  Sub-Board members are set to steer the economic direction of our region and have been appointed by the Hull and East Yorkshire Local Enterprise Partnership to contribute to its Growth and Wellbeing Strategy.

East Riding College is delighted to announce they have been successful in their bid, along with Scarborough TEC, to take part in the Government’s new £110m Turing Scheme.

The region is poised to benefit from a share of a new £65m government flagship investment programme. Twelve education providers across the Humber, Lincolnshire and Yorkshire are set to receive a multimillion-pound boost as part of the successful TEC Partnership-led bid to join the Skills Accelerator Programme.