Become an employer partner

Are you looking to develop the skills of your workforce or attract new talent?

Warrington & Vale Royal College are proud to work in partnership with over 500 local, national and international employers to provide a wide range of training programmes that can be tailored to your business. With our bespoke training packages and skills analysis, we can work with you to create a more proficient and effective workforce that fosters a culture of continued professional development.

We offer a huge variety of courses across a range of sectors and if our existing offer doesn't fit, we will work with you to customise a training programme that suits your organisation's needs. Start dates can vary throughout the year and we have flexible delivery methods.

Why should you upskill your employees?

Judge us by the companies we keep:

Our employer partners support us in many ways.

This includes employing apprentices, offering industry placements, helping us to shape our curriculum offer, attending steering group meetings, participating in college events such as Employer Week and Find Your Match and delivering guest lectures to students.

Watch the videos below to learn more about how we are working with 10:10 Games, InnovateHer, Aico and Catalyst Choices to enrich the experiences of our students and fully prepare them for their future careers.

Arthur Parsons
Design Director at 10:10 Games

We are working in partnership with 10:10 Games to ensure our students are at the centre of future entertainment.

Our Advanced Creative & Digital Skills (ACDS) students benefit from live briefs, industry placements and workshops covering everything from technical and creative skills to soft skills and career advice. Together, we’re ensuring our students are uniquely equipped to progress into the multi-billion pound gaming industry.

Chelsea Slater
Co-Founder and Director of InnovateHer

We are working in partnership with InnovateHer, a unique extra-curricular enterprise support programme with a mission to 'get girls ready for the tech industry, and the industry ready for girls.'

Through their educational programme, our Advanced Creative & Digital Skills (ACDS) students will connect with real-life industry role models and be given the opportunity to interact with leading employers and learn new digital skills.

Alex Parker
Account Manager at Aico

We are working in partnership with Aico, the European market leader in Home Life Safety, who are passionate about getting students job-ready in the technical industry.

Students studying in our Advanced Manufacturing & Engineering Academy benefit from this partnership by having access to their Expert Installer Training session which they deliver at the college several times throughout the academic year.

Grace Nolan, Director of People,
Michelle Malley, Head of Learning & Development, and
Ron Barker, Learning & Development Co-Ordinator at Catalyst Choices

Students studying in our Health & Social Care Academy benefit from an excellent ongoing partnership with Catalyst Choices who provide industry placement opportunities for students, regularly visit the college to deliver guest lectures, and make use of our outstanding facilities to deliver training to their own staff.

Employer Week

Warrington & Vale Royal College is committed to being a place where a qualification becomes a career.

A key element of this ethos is providing students with opportunities to meet and engage with a range of employers. This underpins their entire time at college, however each year, we dedicate an entire week to inviting employers in to college to meet our students, talk to them about opportunities in their industry and their organisations, and support them in considering their future career options. Check out some photos of our most recent Employer Weeks below.

Preparing students for the world of work is a vital part of what we do at Warrington & Vale Royal College and we couldn’t do it without the support of employers who take time out of their busy schedules to visit our students and provide incredibly valuable insight.

If you'd like to support a future event, please use the form below to register your interest, or call 01925 494 555.

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