{"id":19173,"date":"2019-08-06T14:56:35","date_gmt":"2019-08-06T14:56:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.englishforums.com\/news\/?p=19173"},"modified":"2019-08-06T14:56:35","modified_gmt":"2019-08-06T14:56:35","slug":"newcastle-college-local-business-staff","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.englishforward.com\/news\/newcastle-college-local-business-staff\/","title":{"rendered":"Newcastle College will work with local business to fight staff shortages"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>Newcastle College has teamed up with one of the most recognized hotel brands in the region to develop specialized classes, which will help train students the necessary skills to be able to start working in the hotel industry after graduation.<\/b><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.gainfordgroup.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Gainford Group<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, which specializes in the hospitality sector, has expressed <\/span><b>concerns that there will be shortages for essential roles in some of the group\u2019s hotels &#8211; namely chefs.<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> To prepare better for the future, the group decided to team up with Newcastle College and develop programs, which will <\/span><b>give students the necessary skills to, later on, enter the hospitality business.<\/b><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The program will be considered a first step in the apprenticeship to become a chef in one of the group\u2019s many hotels around the Nort East region of the United Kingdom.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Newcastle College focuses on practical skills<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">This initiative between the Gainford Group and Newcastle College shows how much the <\/span><b>current business and economy need skillful additions in their ranks.<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> This program will be focused on providing the <\/span><b>practical and theoretical skills necessary for succeeding in a particular niche.<\/b><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The fact that the Gainford Group is looking to educate personnel for specific positions is an indicator that <\/span><b>the labor market will be in need of capable workers with practical skills. <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Probably this is why in recent months many initiatives across the globe started popularizing vocational education. Just one example is the recent <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.englishforums.com\/news\/vocational-education-for-strengthening-the-sino-german-ties\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">joint project<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> between China and Germany, who are looking to boost student exchanges in vocational training. The initiative between the Gainford Group and Newcastle College will boost practical education in the region.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Newcastle College has teamed up with one of the most recognized hotel brands in the region to develop specialized classes, which will help train students the necessary skills to be able to start working in the hotel industry after graduation. Gainford Group, which specializes in the hospitality sector, has expressed concerns that there will be [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":19174,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[31,34],"tags":[596,987,1119],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.englishforward.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19173"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.englishforward.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.englishforward.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.englishforward.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.englishforward.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19173"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.englishforward.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19173\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.englishforward.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/19174"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.englishforward.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19173"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.englishforward.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19173"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.englishforward.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19173"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}