Construction Technical Excellence College
The Bedford College Group has been appointed by the Department of Education as the UK’s cross-regional Construction Technical Excellence College (CTEC).
This recognition reflects our industry-leading construction training and facilities, including our Modern Methods of Construction centre in Bedford, advanced facilities at Tresham, and strong apprenticeship partnerships with employers across the sector. The Group is also supporting major regional developments including East West Rail, the Oxford–Cambridge supercluster and the Luton Airport Parkway expansion, helping to train the next generation of skilled construction professionals.
Why choose us?
The construction industry is going through massive changes to incorporate green technologies and meet the demands of government targets and their customers for carbon reduced construction. Join us and you will develop renewable technology construction skills that will put you at the forefront of the job market. Sustainability is embedded within most of our construction courses as employers are demanding workers have skills in this area to meet the demands of their customers.
Industry opportunities
We have excellent links with the industry, helping students to gain apprenticeships and employment with local companies such as Kier, Morgan Sindrall Construction and Newlands Developments.
Our courses also have an excellent reputation with employers, many of whom have direct input into what you learn to ensure you gain the experence of realistic workplace environments and stand out from the crowd when it comes to looking for a job. So whether you see yourself as a builder, painter and decorator, joiner, project manager, surveyor or one of the many related office-based roles, enrolling on a course here will give you strong foundations for your future career
Expert tutors and top-class facilities
We’re at the cutting-edge of construction, with industry-class workshops and state-of-the-art equipment designed to reflect real working environments. Our tutors have enjoyed successful careers in the industry and now take the lead in shaping the UK’s construction and building services sector, talking at high-profile events such as Ecobuild, the leading event for sustainable design, construction, energy and the built environment.
You will develop skills in the latest construction methods through practical, hands-on training, while also gaining valuable experience through real projects, industry visits and site-based learning.
Explore our Connolly Centre for Modern Construction
Student success
You will be encouraged to enter competitions and win awards to ensure that you stand out from the crowd when applying for jobs. Students on our Sustainable Construction Foundation Degree won a national Small Business Research Initiative (SBRI) competition to gain £150,000 of Government funding to undertake a retrofit of Bedfordshire housing.
Our part-time courses will help you to enhance your existing career or go in a new direction, while our full-time courses can help you get into employment, an apprenticeship or go on to study further at university, which 82% of our Construction students did in 2019.
What our students have to say
Explore more of our HTQ Construction Case Studies“The course has provided practical experience that directly translates to my day-to-day work, such as estimating, measuring, and working on bills of quantities. These are key aspects I use regularly in the office, making the learning process highly applicable to real-life scenarios.”
Hannah Rogers – Quantity Surveying Student, HTQ