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BBC News
20-06-2025
- Business
- BBC News
Herefordshire veterans' skills can boost economy
Skills held by a county's "huge" former armed forces population could help local industry meet growing challenges, a government minister has for Veterans, Al Carns, spoke about Herefordshire's "hugely valuable" veterans during a visit to the New Model Institute for Technology and Engineering (NMITE).More than 9,000 veterans are registered in the county, where Carns also spent time during his own armed forces Birmingham Selly Oak MP urged businesses to connect with potential employees through the Forces Employment Charity's Operation Ascend, a scheme which helps veterans find jobs. Their leadership, teamwork and technical skills are "hugely valuable to industry", Carns told forces and industry figures at the Military into Business Showcase event on also had "a huge amount of talent and skill, which sometimes gets lost when they leave the military", he Office for Veterans' Affairs posted on X it was estimated a quarter of Herefordshire's population had military ties, "making veterans crucial to the local economy". It added the visit's purpose was to encourage local businesses to sign the Armed Forces Covenant, a promise to treat fairly those who have which lies within the Rotherwas enterprise zone alongside several defence-related firms, provides engineering and technology degrees and champions ties with local defence secretary James Cartlidge also addressed attendees, telling them "your country needs you"."The battlefield is changing and we have to embrace technology like never before. Yet the most important capability of the armed forces will still be people, who will need skills as never before," Cartlidge added. This news was gathered by the Local Democracy Reporting Service, which covers councils and other public service organisations. Follow BBC Hereford & Worcester on BBC Sounds, Facebook, X and Instagram.
Yahoo
10-05-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
Engineering university celebrates first graduation
The first cohort of students has graduated from a university that was purpose-built to solve a shortage of engineers in the UK. The New Model in Technology and Engineering (NMITE) in Hereford opened in 2021 and adopts a "hands-on" learning technique, rather than traditional lectures and exams, to help prepare graduates for the workplace. The inaugural ceremony took place at 14:00 BST in the city's cathedral, where almost 400 people gathered to watch 25 students receive their degree certificates. Mahmoud Awad, 24, from Sierra Leone, graduated with an MA in Integrated Engineering and said his degree "meant the world" to him. "At one point in my life I was hopeless that I would ever become an engineer, and all of a sudden here I am. "By the end of your time at NMITE, you will have all the knowledge you need to solve a real engineering problem," Mr Awad added. The 24-year-old said he had secured a job at the construction company Balfour Beatty. He added that his graduation ceremony was a day he would "cherish forever". A spokesperson for the university said the day marked a "major landmark" in the UK's higher education, as NMITE was one of a number of new institutions that linked together "academic knowledge, practical skills and professional learning". James Newby, president and CEO of the university, added the day was also important not only for the staff and students but for all of Herefordshire. "NMITE was created to serve and support this region, not to 'fix' what is lacking, but to build on what is already great. "We are here because Herefordshire deserves world-class higher education and because we believe the future of engineering should be shaped in places like this", Mr Newby said. The university's different learning style had proven to be a success, with applications up 77% from the previous year, the spokesperson added. Follow BBC Hereford & Worcester on BBC Sounds, Facebook, X and Instagram. Siemens Energy boss warns of skills shortage New £2.5m scheme aims to tackle skills shortages New college 'to create 500 jobs' NMITE
BBC News
10-05-2025
- Business
- BBC News
Hereford engineering university NMITE celebrates first graduation
The first cohort of students has graduated from a university that was purpose-built to solve a shortage of engineers in the New Model in Technology and Engineering (NMITE) in Hereford opened in 2021 and adopts a "hands-on" learning technique, rather than traditional lectures and exams, to help prepare graduates for the inaugural ceremony took place at 14:00 BST in the city's cathedral, where almost 400 people gathered to watch 25 students receive their degree Awad, 24, from Sierra Leone, graduated with an MA in Integrated Engineering and said his degree "meant the world" to him. "At one point in my life I was hopeless that I would ever become an engineer, and all of a sudden here I am."By the end of your time at NMITE, you will have all the knowledge you need to solve a real engineering problem," Mr Awad 24-year-old said he had secured a job at the construction company Balfour Beatty. He added that his graduation ceremony was a day he would "cherish forever". A spokesperson for the university said the day marked a "major landmark" in the UK's higher education, as NMITE was one of a number of new institutions that linked together "academic knowledge, practical skills and professional learning". James Newby, president and CEO of the university, added the day was also important not only for the staff and students but for all of Herefordshire. "NMITE was created to serve and support this region, not to 'fix' what is lacking, but to build on what is already great. "We are here because Herefordshire deserves world-class higher education and because we believe the future of engineering should be shaped in places like this", Mr Newby university's different learning style had proven to be a success, with applications up 77% from the previous year, the spokesperson added. Follow BBC Hereford & Worcester on BBC Sounds, Facebook, X and Instagram.
