Education and Training

Building materials supplier ARDEX Group UK has made a significant investment in skills and training by upgrading its Stoke-on-Trent academy.  The company’s ARDEXacademy North has reopened following an extensive programme of renovation and redevelopment and is now expected to cater for 500 construction professionals across the UK each year.  Previously operating as the Innovation & Technology Centre, which primarily supported

A £2.3 million advanced green technology centre has opened in Stoke-on-Trent providing new training opportunities in green technology, retrofit skills and sustainable construction.

Manufacturer Russell Roof Tiles is helping to strengthen construction skills and support the next generation of UK housebuilding talent through a training partnership with the National House Building Council (NHBC).

Prominent business leader Carol Shanahan has been appointed as Keele University’s new Chancellor, becoming the first woman to hold the role in more than 40 years.

A specialist engineering training provider has marked its 60th anniversary with a £350,000 investment in a new state-of-the-art workshop aimed at meeting the rising demand for advanced skills training in the sector.

University of Staffordshire has been named University of the Year at the Academic Employability Awards 2026, in recognition of its approach to preparing students for the workplace. 

Two Stoke-on-Trent businesses have been presented with awards recognising their collaborations with a college.