Region's colleges unite in skills 'game changer'

NEW ENTITY IN DRIVE TO BOOST NORTH EAST EDUCATION

- By GRAEME WHITFIELD Business and Agenda Editor

COLLEGES from around the North East have come together to form an organisation that aims to improve skills in the region.

North East mayor Kim McGuinness hopes the new organisation can help shape the region's future by providing skilled workers in key industries.

Colleges for North East England - which follows a similar group bringing together the North East’s universities - brings together Bishop Auckland College, Derwentside College, East Durham College, Education Partnership North East (Sunderland College, Northumberland College and Hartlepool Sixth Form), Gateshead College, Newcastle College, New College Durham, and Tyne Coast College. The North East Combined Authority is also involved.