Manchester misses out on HS2 college

MANCHESTER has lost out on its bid to become the location for a new National College for High Speed Rail.

Instead the institution will be split between Birmingham and Doncaster, said the government.

Manchester had bid for the right to host the college along with Birmingham, Doncaster and Derby.

The college, due to open in 2017, will be based at Birmingham’s Science Park, while in Yorkshire it is destined for Doncaster’s Lakeside Campus.

The new college ‘hub’ and a number of ‘spokes’ based across the country will provide training to the next generation of engineers working on the HS2 project and beyond.

The government said the quality of bids had been very high overall and all had been assessed against a range of criteria including the size and availability of a suitable site, accessibility, and the potential to develop strong links with employers and providers already operating in the sector.

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