Local MP Peter Aldous celebrated Colleges Week with a visit to East Coast College’s Lowestoft campus where he met with members of the Senior Leadership Team to hear about the latest college developments and projects.

Peter heard about the college’s partnership in The Place, a brand new university centre opening in the heart of Great Yarmouth, along with exciting campus rebuild projects.

They also discussed the college’s call to the government to take urgent action on skills, made through a joint open letter sent in collaboration with the leaders of four of Norfolk and Suffolk’s Further Education institutions. The college supports two major requests: to support the skills employers are calling for; and, to start building the system needed to deliver the flagship Advanced British Standard.