Industry specialisms
Working with all businesses, the college is actively seeking partnerships in the digital sector, engineering (particularly aeronautical and space), healthcare, construction and sustainable technology (including air source heat pumps, solar and retrofit technologies), so that it can prepare workers for the growing green economy.
Businesses are engaged through its cutting-edge facilities in electric and hydrogen vehicle testing, engineering (mechanical, electrical, electronic, aeronautical, and space) and advanced healthcare training suites.
Laboratories and extensive construction workshops are available for industry collaboration and training support.
The college's specialist staff are ready to support local workforce development needs, from entry-level training to advanced expertise opportunities. Flexible learning pathways combine technical and basic skills development.
Adult upskilling programmes are also offered, focusing on essentials including literacy, numeracy and digital. This helps career changers, existing workers and the unemployed improve their fundamental skills.
Key facilities and capabilities
The college has three main campuses in Leicester, as well as smaller sites providing facilities across a range of sectors.
Industry-standard environments include working hospital wards, laboratories, construction and engineering workshops, and classrooms equipped with cutting-edge AR/VR technology.
The engineering centre houses state-of-the-art CAD/CAM equipment and robotics labs.
Business and Law students benefit from spaces reflecting real workplace environments.
The construction centre features dedicated trade spaces, from electrical and plumbing to carpentry and bricklaying.
Other training facilities include a fine-dining restaurant, commercial hair and beauty salons and a creative arts space with live theatre and media suites.
The city facilities provide students with real-life work experience and ensure businesses have access to a skilled, ready-to-work talent pool.
Get in touch
Tina Mistry, Business Development and Account Manager
tmistry@leicestercollege.ac.uk
Debi Donnarumma, Vice Principal Study Programmes and Apprenticeships
ddonnarumma@leicestercollege.ac.uk
Hannah Georg, Head of Marketing and Communications
Deepa Doshi, Apprenticeships System Co-ordinator
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Case Study: Halfords Autocentre
Apprentices help Halfords Autocentres to keep vehicles on the road.
Every year, almost a million people use a Halfords Autocentre - the nation’s leading MOT, car service, repairs and tyres specialist.
Halfords Autocentre has been employing apprentices for 30 years and in 2022, took on its first intake from Leicester College.
Rhoda Lee, group apprenticeship manager for Halfords, said: “Following a skills assessment, we offer students up to five days work experience where they shadow the colleagues in the centre.
"This gives both them and us the chance to see if it’s a good fit.
“Once we take on an apprentice, we work very closely with Leicester College. The team there has been really supportive.”
Case Study: Nylacast Engineering Apprenticeships
Nylacast helps Leicester College students build a career in engineering.
The engineered polymer specialist has partnered with the college for several years to help students kick-start their careers in engineering.
Students get a high-quality hands-on experience through apprenticeships and training offered by Nylacast, backed up by learning at Leicester College.
The Leicester business opened an award-wining training academy in 2014 and spent the following decade investing in people and machinery.
It now has hobby lathes, manual machines and Computer Numerical Control (CNC) machines where budding students can hone their skills.
Ian Mallabone, group HR and training manager at Nylacast, said: “Our training academy has been vital to us as a business as the engineering sector has struggled with engineering apprentices in the last two decades.
"We recognised that quite early on and started to bring in apprentices.
"We now have a dedicated space where we can take apprentices through a four-year programme in just one area of the business and it’s absolutely vital to us as the engineering market becomes even more competitive.”