Higher Education - Advanced Engineering and Automotive

Our varied and first-rate curriculum is delivered by passionate and highly-qualified tutors. Excellent facilities offer realistic working environments where you have ample scope to develop your potential. The School’s reputation for quality has made it a favourite with industry.

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Latest Industry Links

The School became the first approved member of the National Skills Academy for Nuclear (NSAN) to deliver the new Award in Nuclear Industrial Awareness (ANIA) Level 2 qualification to the nuclear sector
At Westinghouse, an increasing number of learners undertook the B-IT NVQ (levels 2 and 3) with roll-out to other areas of the organisation now likely
Three exciting new Foundation Degrees were developed in direct response to industry demand
The Automotive Academy became the first Ford training partner to deliver the new ATA assessment programme

Alumnus interview

Philip Bates - BEng (Hons) Mechanical and Production Engineering

I studied further education at the College and I found the atmosphere relaxed, while encouraging you to learn. I wanted to continue onto higher education and doing so at the College was natural a progression I was happy to follow.

The College had all the facilities on site to enable me to learn. The tutor’s were always available by telephone or email and I found this support network extremely useful. The tutors knowledge of the subject was great – they had ‘been there and done it’ which made the course content relevant to industry.

The College recommended me to my current employer when they requested apprentice designers. I completed my NVQ and continued to work with Addison Project throughout my study.

To be a designer, you need an eye for detail, a good principle of spatial awareness to ensure you can visualise the new design in place and a good imagination helps! I design 3D and 2D pipework and visit our client’s sites on a regular basis. It’s really varied - some days I could be working with low hazard fluids like water and nitrogen and other days I could be dealing with 26 Bar High Pressure Steam and Hydrochloric Acid.

College was challenging yet rewarding. The tutors have even inspired me to consider returning to teach part-time in the future to give something back to the 80 College that has given me so much.