Skills & Employment
Connecting businesses with world-class training, funding opportunities, and the next generation of talent across Hampshire and the Solent.
Strategic Training Partners
A specialist training centre for groundworks and highways, offering employer-led apprenticeships. Based at Daedalus, it provides a purpose-built mock construction site for hands-on learning.
Visit CETCAccess grants and funding for construction training. Support available for short courses, qualifications, and apprenticeships to upskill your workforce.
Explore FundingPartnering with businesses to deliver T Levels, apprenticeships, and bespoke training. Specialisms include digital skills, engineering, and professional services.
Business ServicesUniversity Partnerships & Work Placements
Access Graduate Talent
Connect with the region's leading universities for student placements, graduate recruitment, and knowledge transfer partnerships (KTPs).
- University of Southampton
- University of Portsmouth
- Solent University
- University of Winchester
Offer a Work Placement
Gain fresh perspectives and support local talent by offering short-term work experience or year-long industry placements.
Free Learning & Funding Support
Flexible courses of up to 16 weeks, giving people the opportunity to build up sector-specific skills and fast-track to an interview with a local employer.
Large employers can pledge their unspent levy funds to support smaller businesses in the region with training costs.
Free numeracy courses to help build confidence with numbers at work and in everyday life, available to employees without a maths GCSE.