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Employer Partnership Scheme

Our Employer Partnership Scheme is a mutually beneficial initiative designed to join the dots between education and industry and create lasting, collaborative relationships that benefit:

  • our employer partners
  • our college group
  • the local economy
  • the communities we serve.
Business HND students at Central Bedfordshire College (CBC).

Could YOU be our next Employer Partner?

We are on a quest to find local companies and organisations who see the value in supporting our students to become ‘work-ready’ and are willing to make a long-term commitment to us to help make this happen.

Partners can participate in as much or as little as they want – from high level engagement like hiring an apprentice or hosting a work placement, through to setting real world projects, attending careers events or giving a talk to a class of learners.  We will also be running a series of sector-specific advisory boards, where like-minded businesses can brainstorm course content for our curriculum and tell us about their skills and recruitment challenges.

There are so many ways we can work together and you can commit to as much or as little as you want:

  • attending skills advisory boards
  • endorsing courses
  • co-creating courses/ curriculum
  • donating equipment
  • guest speaking
  • attending careers fairs
  • taking on an apprentice
  • offering T Level or work placements
  • offering supported internships
  • setting real world projects
  • mentoring
  • providing professional CPD to our teaching staff
  • sponsoring classrooms or events

Across the group we are training more than 18,000 students at any one time, the majority of whom are looking to start their careers when they leave.  By working with us you will get the chance to see that pipeline of talent at first hand, and maybe even spot potential employees of the future.

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Help to ensure our students have the right skills to be the workforce of the future

Let's get the conversation started

To find out more about partnerships with The Bedford College Group, email us at partnerships@bedford.ac.uk