Army seeks to build on partnership with FE colleges
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Major Anthony Liddell, of the army’s recruitment group, has spoken about the growing partnership between the armed forces and Further Education colleges across the country.
Promoting a new bursary at the Association of Colleges’ annual conference, he told how the army is “already in partnership with 220-odd FE colleges, so nearly 50 per cent of the sector, offering a financial incentive to young people to stay in Further Education.”
The bursary scheme enables learners to earn £1,000 per year, and then another £1,000 when they leave college to join the army and complete basic training. However, the scheme is about much more than simply offering financial rewards.
Major Liddell continued: “It’s about nurturing that individual through college, providing them with work experience opportunities, and of course the most important thing, allowing them to get a qualification – a vocational qualification that they can then take on and use when they join the army.”
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