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Healthcare training facility to offer degree courses

Posted onPosted on 9th Jul

The Mayor of Mansfield, Andy Abrahams, has welcomed a £580,000 investment from the D2N2 Local Enterprise Partnership towards a new health care training facility offering degree courses at Vision West Notts College in Mansfield.

The new £1.5m facility will be operated by Nottingham Trent University (NTU) at the college’s Derby Road campus and will improve the education and training available to local people and employers.

Courses will be delivered in partnership with local healthcare providers, including Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, East Midlands Ambulance Service, Nottinghamshire Healthcare Trust, Nottingham University Hospital NHS Trust, and Nottinghamshire County Council.

“This is great news,” said the Mayor. “The provision of higher education courses in these subject areas and with direct links to local industry will provide both Mansfield residents and businesses with the skills and knowledge they need to succeed and supports council priorities for the district around growth, place, aspiration and wellbeing.

“We hope this will help to retain and attract talent, innovation and investment to our district for the benefit of everyone here.

The facility is being supported by D2N2’s Local Growth Fund, which invests in Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire projects that benefit the local area and economy, supporting greater numbers of jobs, homes, and learners.

It is hoped that the facility will support local residents committed to pursuing healthcare careers and at the same time, help to alleviate the current recruitment challenges within frontline nursing, ambulance/ paramedic services and social care.

D2N2 Interim Chair David Williams said: “The need for high-quality healthcare professionals has never been more acute than during the current pandemic, and D2N2 is delighted to be able to provide the financial backing for this facility which will improve the lives of local residents.

“When this facility opens, learners who might never have considered Higher or Further Education, will have the opportunity to access higher paid jobs, increasing aspiration and social mobility for the entire community.”

Teaching will take place at the college’s £6.5m University Centre, which opened in 2016 with part-funding by the D2N2 Local Enterprise Partnership, and in an additional building on the site that will be adapted for NTU use to teach nursing and other health-related degree courses.

The proposals will see NTU take over responsibility for the majority of the college’s HE provision and have sole use of its University Centre.