A £3.5m funding boost from the Sheffield City Region has been secured for a proposed university centre in Rotherham.
Rotherham College, part of RNN Group, will open the new £10.5m higher education centre to students in Autumn 2018, offering a new programme of degrees and degree apprenticeships.
The project is aimed at addressing the skills gap in Rotherham as currently only 23% of people in the town have a higher education qualification compared to the national average of 36%.
This should enable people to take up higher skilled jobs, progress in their careers, increase their income and help attract employers to Rotherham.
Read more: https://bdaily.co.uk/industrials/08-02-2017/funding-secured-for-105m-rotherham-university-centre/