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Students urge ministers to ‘give us a future’

Young people from East Coast College call upon the Government to back Sizewell C. The students write to senior ministers highlighting the 1500 apprenticeships and 25,000 high skilled jobs the project will deliver The student letters come as unemployment in Suffolk rises 75% as Government furlough scheme ends. Students from East Coast College in […]

Sizewell C aims to employ 1,500 apprentices

Sizewell C is increasing the number of apprentices it is aiming to employ from 1,000 to 1,500. A range of opportunities from conventional to degree level apprenticeships will be offered if construction of the new nuclear power station goes ahead. Apprentices will be trained in a wide variety of construction and mechanical roles including degree-level […]

25k jobs to build Sizewell C boosting post-pandemic economy

A new nuclear power station on the Suffolk coast, with the creation of up to 25,000 jobs during construction, will be a flagship infrastructure project for the post-pandemic economy. Unite, Britain and Ireland’s largest union with members spanning energy and construction, has thrown its support behind the application by French energy giant EDF to the […]

Female students discover more about energy and construction sectors

Over fifty female students from colleges across Suffolk and Norfolk are to be wowed by an interactive tech fair and visit to Sizewell B nuclear power station this week in a bid to encourage more girls into the energy and construction sectors. Thanks to support from local businesses the Year 8 students will get to […]

National Apprenticeship Week attracts students to Sizewell B

Today, dozens of engineering students from Suffolk One enjoyed a look behind the scenes of a working power station as part of activities being held at Sizewell B on National Apprenticeship Week. Over 40 students studying for their B-Tech Level 3 in Engineering brought their studies to life as they visited Sizewell B to see […]

EDF sees more women apprentices graduate from training programme

EDF Energy is welcoming more and more women into its apprentice scheme, the company’s new CEO Simone Rossi told an audience of graduating apprentices and their families. Simone was attending the EDF Energy apprentice graduation ceremony for the first time and before the formal awards met with the former apprentices and their families. Sizewell B […]

EDF demonstrates support for young learners and teachers in Suffolk

EDF Energy, one of Suffolk’s leading employers, has announced it is to be a Patron of Suffolk’s Young Chamber. The announcement was made at Suffolk’s first Festival of Learning event held at the University of Suffolk today and follows the energy company’s sponsorship of the annual Suffolk Skills Show earlier this week. EDF Energy, which operates Sizewell […]

Suffolk One students visit Sizewell B on National Apprenticeship Week

Dozens of engineering students from Suffolk One enjoyed a look behind the scenes of a working power station as part of activities being held at Sizewell B on National Apprenticeship Week. Over 30 students studying for their B-Tech Level 3 in Engineering brought their studies to life as they visited Sizewell B to see how […]

Charity CEO says Sizewell C will make positive impact to deprived areas

Sizewell C gives Suffolk the opportunity to address some very real social issues that pockets of the county are living with. At Inspire Suffolk we work directly with people living in these areas. We specialise in youth work with our Head Office based in South East Ipswich and outreach work through rural locations reaching up […]

Hinkley Point C has already brought opportunities for Suffolk students

The Sizewell C sister project, Hinkley Point C, has already brought opportunities to the students of East Coast College, Suffolk and has enabled positive relationships to be created. As the Principal of East Coast College, the nearest college to the Sizewell C site in Leiston, Suffolk, I speak from experience as to the positively formed […]