Fife College courses to combat COVID-19 economic downturn
The Scottish Government has approved courses for Fife College which are designed to provide skills for businesses and individuals impacted by the coronavirus pandemic.
Fife is working alongside Edinburgh, Forth Valley and West Lothian colleges to produce the Our Futures Programme and two of the resulting courses have been given financial backing by the Scottish Government, allowing the colleges to introduce Higher National Accelerator Programmes and Skills Boost Courses over a variety of priority sectors.
The new courses will help to address future skills shortages.
Fife College will be introducing accelerated versions of existing programmes in areas such as applied sciences, business, engineering and computing. It will also be offering several short-term skills boost courses in childcare, digital, customer service and core numeracy skills.
Dr Hugh Hall, Fife College principal, said: “We’re pleased to have secured the funding to offer these courses. Our four colleges came together to devise these programmes because we want to do everything we can to help those who are going to be affected by the Coronavirus pandemic.
“With unemployment expected to rise we need to be taking action now to help reskill and upskill those who are unfortunately affected in our region, so that we are better placed to meet the future needs of the jobs market.
“Now that we’ve received funding for these Accelerator Programmes and Skills Boost Courses, we’re ready to hit the ground running.”
More information on these courses and how to apply will be published in the new year on the college’s website, www.fife.ac.uk