Two apprentices from the University of Lincoln’s National Centre for Food Manufacturing (NCFM) were chosen as finalists for the Lincolnshire and Rutland Skills Awards. Gabrielle Smith, who completed her Advanced Apprenticeship in Food Manufacturing, was named Apprentice of the Year in the Manufacturing and Engineering Technologies category. The judges...
A collaborative research project between the University of Lincoln’s National Centre for Food Manufacturing (NCFM) at Holbeach and leading engineering company Olympus Automation Ltd aims to revolutionise advances in food processing. Funded by the Technology Strategy Board (TSB), the project will look at developing a fuller understanding of the...
Mike Dudbridge @HolbeachNCFM on BBC Radio Lincolnshire’s Rod Whiting breakfast show – Pepsico modernising Lincoln’s Walkers factory to maintain position in competitive market. Listen on http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p012lw7g at 2 hours 22 minutes.
The National Centre for Food Manufacturing is holding a master class session on Thursday 14 June 2012 to share the latest information on funding and courses for 2012-13. The session will cover updates from our key staff members in Skills for Life (basic literacy and numeracy provision) through Short...
SUSTAIN Lincolnshire is supporting research into the effects of packaging on small and medium entreprises through a competition – please see attached information sheet and competition submission form. 24.5.12 Creating Innovation in Packaging
Employees at R B Organic in Yaxley (Produce World) celebrated success in English lessons with a presentation last week, on gaining their City & Guilds 3792 Adult Literacy Entry level award. Esther Penney,UniversityofLincoln, had taught a class every week at the factory in Yaxley. Employees attended a two hour...