It is reported that the Learning and Skills Council has confirmed that it will be investing £30 million of the £48 million needed for the Skelmersdale College redevelopment.

The Construction News article states:

The Learning and Skills Council has approved two more college construction projects in a shock move this morning.

As well as Manchester College – the last of the 13 shortlisted projects to be approved – it has found more than £30 million for Lancashire, Skelmersdale and Ormskirk College.

This is just brilliant news and now represents real money on the table, unlike the decision reported a couple of weeks ago. I don’t know if the £18 million difference represents a shortfall in LSC funding, or if the college was expecting to get that from elsewhere, but that’s for another day.

Well done to Rosie Cooper and everyone else involved in getting this investment back on track.