Plans for new Centre of Excellence for Engineering unveiled
Fareham College in Hampshire has lodged a planning application for a new Centre of Excellence for Engineering, Manufacturing and Advanced Skills Technology (CEMAST) on the Daedalus site.
If approved, the proposed Centre will house open plan engineering workshops, classrooms, a learning resource centre and café, as well as conference and exhibition space for local employers and is scheduled to open in September 2014.
Representing a £12 million investment in engineering skills, the site will provide industry standard training facilities to support manufacturing skills with a focus on aeronautical, marine, electrical, automotive and mechanical engineering. The move is supported by an agreement which sees the College take eight acres of land from the Homes and Communities Agency, which owns much of the Enterprise Zone site.
If the plans are approved, the Centre would provide training for around 400 students in courses ranging from Foundation Level to Higher National Diplomas.
The Centre for Excellence in Engineering and Manufacturing Advanced Skills Training will be the first major development of the newly designated Solent Enterprise Zone at the former HMS Daedalus site in Lee-on-Solent, Hampshire.
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