Work With Us

Partnership Opportunities

What can we offer to your business?

Enterprise and Employability skills are key to our students’ future success. At Blackburn College we work closely with employers to ensure that our training reflects the latest industry standards and meets business needs.

Both students and businesses benefit from the many placements that we arrange. Our placements offer students the chance to gain valuable experience spending time working for an employer and carrying out duties or tasks as any other employee of your company would. Students work on your premises to complete work tasks that support your business.

Research

If there is a strategic need within your organisation that cannot be addressed by your own staff, we can support you through a number of sources including Knowledge Transfer Partnerships (KTPs), which can provide the necessary funded support to put a graduate and supervising mentor in place. Please contact us to discuss your needs.

Employer panels and guest speakers

Our employer panels keep us informed of sector updates and provide valuable contributions to develop our curriculum. We also welcome industry specialist guest speakers who are able to share their knowledge and experience. Please contact us to find out how your business can be involved.

Information for public sector employers

Tenders, Compliance and Procurement

As a Public Sector body, you may be required to work with suppliers that have been approved for the delivery of services and/or products.

As such we have listed the Approved Framework Agreements and

Dynamic Purchasing Systems (DPS) we have current procurement approval with, these are for following areas: Apprenticeships,

Professional Qualifications or other bespoke training requirements.

Frameworks

• YPO
• NHS Shared Business Services
• NHS North of England, Commercial Procurement Collaborative
• Greater Manchester Combined Authority

Tender Portals

• Proactis

Bespoke Training

Blackburn College has extensive experience of working with organisations across Lancashire and the surrounding areas to develop and deliver high quality, cost effective, bespoke and tailored training courses.

We can create training activities that are specifically designed for your organisation, so why not talk to us about your requirements and see how we can create a bespoke programme for you.

What we can offer your business

We work with small and large organisations to develop and deliver high quality, relevant, cost effective and bespoke programmes and Apprenticeships. We are able to:

• Deliver courses from our existing programme specifically for your organisation at a time and date suitable for you.
• Tailor course content from our courses to suit your training requirements.
• Design a completely bespoke training programme or activity to meet your organisation’s training objectives.