Engineering and Technology students at Stow College are set to benefit from a pioneering new partnership.

A ‘Knowledge Transfer Partnership’ has been signed between Stow College and The Concrete Society Scotland (CSS) – a group which provides education, information and debate on the building material.

Despite remaining largely unloved due to its connections with 20th Century modernist architecture, concrete is at the core of construction in Scotland.

The new partnership has been created to provide students - on courses such as the HND Civil Engineering - with practical knowledge and understanding of the material.

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Alan Roseweir, Head of Faculty Engineering and Technology at Stow College, said: "This Knowledge Transfer Partnership with the Concrete Society is unique to the college. It gives us the opportunity to provide our staff and students with real exposure to latest practices in industry.

"This will ensure that staff are gaining essential Continuing Professional Development (CPD) and our students experience current practices in the industry, which is core for future employment."

The agreement creates a unique link between enterprise and education, giving students unrivalled access to information, education and debate on concrete and its future use and developments. It also creates industry-ready students qualified and properly equipped to understand and work in the modern-day construction and engineering world.

(GK)