How Colleges have a key role to play in upskilling people for the green jobs of the future

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Green jobs are essential to the low carbon transition and colleges have a key role to play in upskilling the workforce, says NIBE Energy System's Phil Hurley

Meeting the UK's legislated net zero target by 2050 requires green jobs, and lots of them; however, we must first provide workers with the low carbon skills they need to fulfil them. Eventually all jobs...

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