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A new generation of students will be skilled up for careers in advanced manufacturing and clean energy through an investment of more than £2m by East Midlands Freeport.
The Freeport is set to deliver tens of thousands of jobs and add billions to the regional economy by attracting inward investment at its three tax sites – the East Midlands Intermodal Park near Derby, the Ratcliffe-on-Soar Power Station site in south Nottinghamshire and the East Midlands Airport Gateway Industrial Cluster.
With investment announcements likely in the coming months, the Freeport has now decided to put some of the cash from its £25m Seed Capital investment fund into a major training programme aimed at developing future talent firms need to grasp opportunities opened up by clean energy and the decarbonisation of industry.
The Freeport is investing more than £2m in the Future Energy Skills Hub (FESH), a project led by the East Midlands Institute of Technology (East Midlands IoT), which promotes high quality technical training and qualifications through a partnership involving Derby College Group, Loughborough College, the University of Derby, Loughborough University, and its business partners.
From September 2025, East Midlands IoT it will run FESH courses which provide higher technical skills tailored
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