A site manager at a local development in Perth has welcomed the newest recruit to his site team – his son, 16-year-old Max Murphy. From Tullibody, Max has joined his dad at Springfield’s Bertha Park Village development on the edge of Perth. He is one of the 77 apprentices at Springfield
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Forth Valley College to benefit from £259,000 ECITB funding to attract next generation of engingeers
Forth Valley College has received a £259,000 funding boost from the Engineering Construction Industry Training Board (ECITB) to help attract the next generation of engineers in Scotland’s Central Belt. The college, which has campuses in Alloa, Falkirk and Stirling, has been awarded
Forth Valley College will become the first college in the UK to deliver an innovative and well-respected drone training course – when it begins on Monday 24 March.
Persimmon Homes has donated over 3,000 bricks to Forth Valley College to support the next generation of construction workers.
Renewable energy apprentices now number a quarter of all heating engineer trainees as the race to install more air and ground source heating systems steps up. In the latest intake at Forth Valley College’s Renewables and Energy Efficiency Training Centre, a quarter of the class of 16 apprentic
Scotland’s minister for higher education and further education, youth employment and training Mr Jamie Hepburn officially opened Forth Valley College’s award-winning Falkirk Campus at a celebration event on Tuesday 6 December. The £78 million state-of-the-art campus opened its door
Historic Environment Scotland (HES) and Forth Valley College are welcoming the new cohort of apprentice stonemasons to the Stirling and Elgin training centres, equal to their highest-ever intake, as courses begin for the new academic year. The organisation has recently significantly increased its ca
International Women Into Engineering Day today has been chosen as the perfect launch date of the Women into STEM’s next phase of activity.
The full business case for a £52 million international environment centre has been given approval by the Stirling and Clackmannanshire City Regional Deal joint committee. The landmark project was presented to committee members on Tuesday, where it received unanimous support from
CMS Window Systems has played a key role in the creation of the new Forth Valley College in Falkirk with the manufacture and installation of high-performance aluminium windows, doors and curtain walling for the £78 million campus.
Some of the world’s foremost practitioners in traditional trades will be gathering in Stirling from Thursday 5 September as the Engine Shed hosts the annual International Preservation Trades Workshop (IPTW).
Three generations of carpentry & joinery apprentices are playing a key role in the construction of Forth Valley College’s new Falkirk Campus. Harry Bedborough (66, Stirling), Steven Dunn (51, Denny), Andrew Dunn (19, Denny) and Steven Wilson (20, Denny) are all either former, or curre
A young trainee site manager had the honour of handing over the keys for the new Bellfield Centre, the flagship part of the new £37 million Stirling Health and Care Village. Kieran Day, a 21 year old trainee with Robertson, was one of hundreds of construction staff involved in the building.
A new interactive map showing some examples of Scottish Government investment in infrastructure projects since 2007 has been launched by cabinet secretary for transport, infrastructure and connectivity Michael Matheson. It comes after the Programme for Government set out a commitment to invest an ad
Robertson intern Ailsa Howie (right) explains how digital technology is aiding construction at Bertha Park A new purpose-built high school under construction in Perth has played host to a group of modern apprentices from Hong Kong.



