Newbury College is one of three Berkshire institutions selected to become solutions labs' which are designed to raise the quality and profile of science, technology, engineering and maths (STEM) skills across the Thames Valley in and respond to the needs of the local economy.
Investment for the Solutions Lab comes as a result of a successful bid from Newbury College to the Thames Valley Berkshire Local Enterprise Partnership's Local Growth Fund and will focus exclusively on creating resources for fusion, mechanical and electrical engineering that are currently unavailable within Berkshire colleges.
Dr Anne Murdoch OBE, Principal of Newbury College says: We are absolutely delighted to receive this support from the Thames Valley Berkshire LEP, via the Growth Deal, for our proposed Solutions Lab. This new facility will be a great addition for local employers who, along with Newbury College students, will use the Lab to research and develop products for their own industries.
The Solutions Lab will have very high-specification machinery which will help Newbury College research, design and manufacture components for a variety of local innovators. This facility is a great complement to Newbury College's existing high-quality facilities which our students − who are the workforce of the future ' can use to good effect.
More details about the Growth Deal can be found on the Thames Valley LEP website.
