Ayrshire College

The managing director of Persimmon West Scotland recently met with business students at Ayrshire College to discuss the wide variety of opportunities available in the housebuilding industry.

Two Ayrshire College students, Billie Murray and Chantelle Muir, have been selected to attend the Scottish bricklaying ‘SkillBuild’ competition taking place in Edinburgh in June this year. SkillBuild is the largest and longest-running multi-trade competition in the UK for construction ap

One of Persimmon’s first apprentice painters and decorators in Scotland, Frankie O’Dea, was announced as a recipient of the John Mather Award at Ayrshire College last month. The Ayrshire College student took his first steps into the construction industry by enrolling in a course that pre

Persimmon apprentices showcased their bricklaying skills to Jenny Gilruth MSP, as the education secretary marked the homebuilder’s milestone donation of materials to construction colleges across Scotland. The cabinet secretary joined apprentices and members of staff at Ayrshire College’s

Ayrshire College has officially opened the new Willie Mackie Skills Hub in Kilwinning.

As Scottish Apprentice Week gets underway (2-6 March 2020), Ayrshire College is reporting great levels of engagement with young Scots hoping to secure a place on one of its two courses being offered in partnership with Taylor Wimpey West Scotland. Ayrshire College principal Carol Turnball on her rec

Ayrshire College has formally partnered with Taylor Wimpey West Scotland for two of its courses starting at the Ayr Campus in August 2020. Ayrshire College principal Carol Turnbull visits Taylor Wimpey’s Princess Gate in Troon to mark the launch of this year’s bricklaying and joinery cou

Taylor Wimpey West Scotland has donated 10 pallets of bricks and block to help young bricklayers at its new Apprenticeship Academy with Ayrshire College learn their trade. Bricklaying apprentices Lewis Owens and David Waite with Ayrshire College lecturer Billy Hutchison (front)

Taylor Wimpey West Scotland has continued its drive to invest in young talent and future-proofing the business with the launch of a new Apprenticeship Academy with Ayrshire College. The team has worked with lecturers at Ayrshire College to create a bespoke training course that will enhance the SQA q

GRAHAM is working with communities in East Ayrshire to donate expertise and resources to local projects. A group of local children and volunteers at Netherthird Community Garden with GRAHAM apprentices

Students restoring the historic Belleisle Park walled garden has become a regular sight after Morrison Construction contributed funding for a new course in partnership with Ayrshire College and South Ayrshire Council, resulting in more than 80 young people gaining qualifications. Ayrshire College st

GRAHAM has supported an event aiming to encourage young female students to consider a career in construction or civil engineering. 150 S1 and S2 students from nine schools across East, North and South Ayrshire attended Girls into Construction and Civil Engineering at Ayrshire College, as part of the

(L-R) Rose Yeats (Stewarton Academy), Charlie Christie (design manager, McLaughlin & Harvey), Jemma Shields (Stewarton Academy), Ryan Sylvester (divisional director, Keppie Design) and Megan Kernaghan (Stewarton Academy) reviewing drawings at the site office of the new Kilmarnock campus of Ayrsh