Introducing the National Skills Academy Network of Excellence

The National Skills Academy for Food and Drink comprises of a prestigious and unique, UK-wide network of training provision for all learners in the food and drink industry. The network of excellence consists of a series of specialist training partners who have been selected for their ability to provide effective quality training, as defined by you. They match skills areas demanded by you, and each must have a well established reputation for delivering high quality, food sector specific learning solutions.

CenFRA General Food & Drink network icon Robotics & Automation network icon

www.cenfra.co.uk | nsachampion

Since its formal launch in 2007, the Doncaster-based Centre for Food Robotics and Automation (CenFRA) has established itself as…

College for Agriculture, Food and Rural Enterprise General Food & Drink network icon

www.cafre.ac.uk | nsachampion

  The College for Agriculture, Food and Rural Enterprise (Cafre) has a long-standing reputation as the key resource for education,…

CQM Training & Consultancy Ltd Food Man Excellence network icon General Food & Drink network icon Leadership & Management network icon

www.cqmltd.co.uk | nsachampion

A highly respected business improvement consultancy and training organisation, with over 17 years experience delivering practical business…

Leicester College Bakery & Confectionery network icon General Food & Drink network icon

www.leicestercollege.ac.uk | nsachampion

Work-based training services for the food and drink manufacturing industry were first launched at Leicester College in 1997. Since then,…

Poultec Training Limited General Food & Drink network icon Leadership & Management network icon Meat & Poultry network icon

www.poultec.co.uk | nsachampion

Poultec Training Ltd was one of the first members of the National Skills Academy for Food and Drink Manufacturing and was awarded the…

Reaseheath College Dairy network icon General Food & Drink network icon

www.reaseheath.ac.uk | nsachampion

One of the UK’s most celebrated specialists in land-based education and training, Reaseheath College enjoys a growing international…

Seafood Training Academy General Food & Drink network icon Seafood network icon

www.seafoodacademy.org | nsachampion

As champion of the National Skills Academy for Food and Drink Manufacturing’s Seafood Network, the Seafood Training Academy provides…

Barking and Dagenham College Bakery & Confectionery network icon General Food & Drink network icon

www.barkingcollege.ac.uk | nsaspecialist

With a history of working with bakers employed by two of the country’s supermarket giants, Barking and Dagenham College has built up…

Billingsgate Seafood Training School General Food & Drink network icon Seafood network icon

www.seafoodtraining.org | nsaspecialist

Billingsgate Seafood Training School is ideally located at the world famous London Fish Market and offers a range of courses to independent…

Birmingham Metropolitan College Food Man Excellence network icon General Food & Drink network icon

www.bmetc.ac.uk | nsaspecialist

 Birmingham Metropolitan College is a leading provider of work-based…

Campden BRI Bakery & Confectionery network icon General Food & Drink network icon

www.campden.co.uk | nsaspecialist

Being part of the Bakery and Confectionery Network within the National Skills Academy for Food and Drink Manufacturing, Campden BRI…

Develop-U Food Man Excellence network icon General Food & Drink network icon

www.develop-u.co.uk | nsaspecialist

Develop-U specialises in providing companies with a wide range of training, assessment and consultancy services aimed at boosting business…

Duchy College Dairy network icon Food Man Excellence network icon General Food & Drink network icon Meat & Poultry network icon

www.cornwall.ac.uk | nsaspecialist

In addition to specialising in food processing and manufacturing, Duchy College is also a leading centre of learning in all aspects of…

Festo General Food & Drink network icon Leadership & Management network icon Robotics & Automation network icon

www.festo-didactic.co.uk | nsaspecialist

   A division of an internationally renowned manufacturing, sales and service company in its own right, Festo Didactic Training…

Food and Drink Training Solutions General Food & Drink network icon Meat & Poultry network icon

www.foodanddrinktraining.co.uk | nsaspecialist

Food and Drink Training Solutions is a forward thinking training provider, able to offer flexible programmes on or off-site for employers…

Grimsby Institute of Further & Higher Education Food Man Excellence network icon General Food & Drink network icon Seafood network icon

www.grimsby.ac.uk | nsaspecialist

The Grimsby Institute is located at the heart of one of the greatest concentrations of food factories anywhere in the UK, and certainly the…

Hartpury College Food Man Excellence network icon General Food & Drink network icon

www.hartpury.ac.uk | nsaspecialist

Hartpury College, situated just off the M5 north of Gloucester was awarded a Centre of Vocational Excellence for Food and Drink in 2005 and…

IGD Commercial network icon General Food & Drink network icon

www.igd.com/academy | nsaspecialist

For over 100 years IGD has delivered training and development tailored to people at all levels of the food and grocery industry. Today, we…

Industry Forum Food Man Excellence network icon General Food & Drink network icon

www.industryforum.co.uk | nsaspecialist

From its origins in the automotive sector Industry Forum has evolved into a truly multi-sectoral provider of business solutions. During…

Leanpal Food Man Excellence network icon General Food & Drink network icon

www.leanpal.com | nsaspecialist

Leanpal's major strength is the ability to demonstrably improve profitability through the practical application of lean manufacturing tools…

Leeds City College Bakery & Confectionery network icon General Food & Drink network icon

www.leedscitycollege.ac.uk | nsaspecialist

Leeds City College has specialised in delivering craft and plant bakery, patisserie and confectionery training to businesses in Yorkshire…

Liverpool Community College Bakery & Confectionery network icon General Food & Drink network icon

www.liv-coll.ac.uk | nsaspecialist

With a history stretching back to 1890, Liverpool Community College is one of the UK’s longest-established bakery training…

Midland Group Training Services Engineering & Maintenance network icon General Food & Drink network icon

www.mgts.co.uk | nsaspecialist

Midland Group Training Services (MGTS) has been meeting the needs of manufacturers and their employees in the development of engineering…

National Federation of Fish Friers General Food & Drink network icon Seafood network icon

www.federationoffishfriers.co.uk | nsaspecialist

Serving up a perfectly battered fish to partner a portion of chips and create the nation’s tastiest takeaway dish requires a trained…

North West Seafood Training Centre General Food & Drink network icon Seafood network icon

www.seafoodtrainingcentre.co.uk | nsaspecialist

The North West Seafood Training Centre is a collaboration between Seafood Northwest and Blackpool and the Fylde College which allows…

Nottingham Trent University Innovation, Tech & Science network icon Regional & Rural  network icon

www.ntu.ac.uk | nsaspecialist

Nottingham Trent University’s School of Animal, Rural and Environmental Sciences is a thriving specialist science department based at…

Parity General Food & Drink network icon Leadership & Management network icon

www.parity.net | nsaspecialist

Parity has more than 20 years’ experience of helping some of the UK’s largest public and private organisations to develop and…

Petroc Food Logistics network icon Food Man Excellence network icon General Food & Drink network icon

www.petroc.ac.uk | nsaspecialist

Petroc, which was formed in 2009 as a result of the merger of the former North Devon and East Devon Colleges, provides learning for the…

Quaestus Consulting General Food & Drink network icon Leadership & Management network icon

www.quaestus.co.uk | nsaspecialist

Quaestus trainers, coaches and facilitators work hard to “create the buzz, boost confidence and exceed expectations” in all…

Scottish Bakers Bakery & Confectionery network icon General Food & Drink network icon

www.scottishbakers.org | nsaspecialist

Scottish Bakers is the trade association for the Scottish baking industry.  It includes the delivery of work-based learning and…

Seafood Training Centre North East General Food & Drink network icon Seafood network icon

www.seafoodtrainingcentre.co.uk | nsaspecialist

Located in the heart of a thriving fishing community, the Seafood Training Centre North East offers a wide variety of courses designed for…

Sheffield College Bakery & Confectionery network icon General Food & Drink network icon

www.sheffcol.ac.uk | nsaspecialist

The Catering and Bakery Department of Sheffield College provides world-class training facilities close to Sheffield city centre and within…

Shropshire Training General Food & Drink network icon Meat & Poultry network icon

www.shropshiretrainingltd.co.uk | nsaspecialist

Shropshire Training is an independent provider committed to working with businesses to identify their training needs and deliver…

Tameside College Bakery & Confectionery network icon General Food & Drink network icon

www.tameside.ac.uk | nsaspecialist

Tameside College provides bakery knowledge and skills for individuals preparing for or already working in the industry, as well as…

Total Excellence Centre General Food & Drink network icon Leadership & Management network icon

www.totalexcellencecentre.com | nsaspecialist

Since it was founded in 1992, Total Excellence Centre has an established track record for providing training and recruitment solutions for…

University College Birmingham Bakery & Confectionery network icon General Food & Drink network icon

www.ucb.ac.uk | nsaspecialist

University College Birmingham’s BusinessHub offers a range of expert training, consultancy and business development services to a…

University of Chester General Food & Drink network icon Leadership & Management network icon

www.chester.ac.uk | nsaspecialist

The University of Chester is one of the UK’s leading providers of work-based learning within higher education. In partnership with…

University of Lincoln Holbeach Campus General Food & Drink network icon Innovation, Tech & Science network icon

www.lincoln.ac.uk | nsaspecialist

As a specialist member for Food Innovation within the National Skills Academy for Food and Drink Manufacturing, the University of Lincoln's…

Valkyrie Support Services Food Man Excellence network icon General Food & Drink network icon

www.vsslearning.co.uk | nsaspecialist

Valkyrie Support Services based in Stoke-on-Trent is a member of the Lean Manufacturing network within the National Skills Academy for Food…

West Nottinghamshire College Engineering & Maintenance network icon General Food & Drink network icon

www.wnc.ac.uk | nsaspecialist

West Nottinghamshire College is an Ofsted Outstanding Beacon status college with a long-standing reputation for excellence in providing…

Westminster Kingsway College General Food & Drink network icon Regional & Rural  network icon

www.westking.ac.uk | nsaspecialist

Located in the heart of the West End of London, Westminster Kingsway College has a 100 year history of training provision for the food and…

Arfon Dwyfor Training Limited General Food & Drink network icon

www.adt-ltd.com

Established in 1983, Arfon Dwyfor Training (ADT) is one of the leading vocational training providers in Wales. In collaboration with the…

Back-up Training & Recruitment General Food & Drink network icon

www.backuptraining.co.uk

Back-up Training & Recruitment is one of the UK’s leading providers of training and personal-development programmes for the food…

Barnsley College General Food & Drink network icon

www.barnsley.ac.uk

Barnsley College offers a range of bespoke training facilities for the food and drink sector as well as other industries.  The South…

Bishop Burton College General Food & Drink network icon

www.bishopburton.ac.uk

Bishop Burton College positions itself at the forefront of agricultural applied research and education. The Bishop Burton Centre for…

Burton College General Food & Drink network icon

www.burton-college.ac.uk

Based in one of the UK’s most famous brewery towns, Burton College has a long history of delivering training to the food and drink…

Campus Training General Food & Drink network icon

www.campustraining.co.uk

Campus Training has built up an enviable reputation for delivering outstanding training programmes to all sectors of the food and drink…

Derby College General Food & Drink network icon

www.derby-college.ac.uk

Derby College leads the field in supporting businesses and organisations to gain a competitive advantage through bespoke skills…

Dialog Training General Food & Drink network icon

www.training.dialog.com

Dialog Training has earned a reputation for delivering innovative and superb quality training programmes to some of the country’s…

Harper Adams University College General Food & Drink network icon

www.harper-adams.ac.uk

Set on a 343 hectare estate in Shropshire, Harper Adams is Britain’s largest land-based sector college. It is also home to the West…

Industrious General Food & Drink network icon

www.eucanlearn.com

Eucanlearn is a consultancy division within Industrious Ltd who are a team of professionals delivering ethical and innovative workforce…

Manchester Metropolitan University General Food & Drink network icon

www.foodresearchcentre.co.uk

The Manchester Food Research Centre is an unparalleled business support resource for food and drink companies in the north-west and…

Peter Rowley General Food & Drink network icon

www.peterrowley.co.uk

Peter Rowley is widely recognised as a UK leader in lean manufacturing training and consultancy, serving many industries and especially the…

University of Derby Corporate General Food & Drink network icon

www.derby.ac.uk/corporate

University of Derby Corporate is on a mission to offer effective employer engagement through work- based learning. Offering training and…

Verner Wheelock Associates General Food & Drink network icon

www.vwa.co.uk

Established in 1990, Verner Wheelock Associates (VWA) is a leading specialist provider of high-quality training to the food and drink…

Weston College General Food & Drink network icon

www.weston.ac.uk/college/businessenterprise

Weston College now operates across three sites, the Knightstone Campus, the newly acquired 8.5 Acre South West Skills Campus and its…

Wiltshire Enterprise General Food & Drink network icon

www.wiltshire-enterprise.co.uk

Wiltshire Enterprise (WE) is the Business Services Division of Wiltshire College and is one of the South West's largest training…

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