A new National College for High Speed Rail (NCHSR) has opened in Doncaster.

The facility was unveiled by Education Secretary Justine Greening on Monday, 09 October.

The college, which was built over a 15-month period by Willmott Dixon, is the largest of five new national colleges created by the government to ensure young people can learn world-class technical skills, including, engineering, design, planning, manufacturing and construction.

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Overall, it will play a key role in creating the workforce to design and build the UK's new high-speed rail network and future infrastructure projects.

Education Secretary Justine Greening said: "It has been great to attend the official launch of the NCHSR. It is part of how we are steadily transforming technical education in this country, training up a new generation of skilled young people and the existing workforce so that British business has the skills it needs and people have the opportunities they want – a win-win for everyone.

"We can only do this in partnership with employers – the NCHSR is just one great example of this. The impressive new building and training facilities are at the forefront of our ambitions to create a world class system of technical education."

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