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Suffolk students rise to energy challenge

Girls studying STEM in Suffolk have risen to a challenge to design a solution to cut energy use at their schools through a project backed by EDF Energy and the Engineering Development Trust. Schools from Bungay, Leiston and Beccles took part in the project which saw the students’ research energy use at their schools, plan […]

Suffolk New College signs agreement to prepare students for Sizewell C

Suffolk New College and Sizewell C have signed a memorandum of understanding to upskill local students so they can work on Suffolk's planned new nuclear power station. Agreements are in place now between Sizewell C and all Further Education Colleges in Suffolk, also including the University of Suffolk. The agreement signed by Viv Gillespie, Principal of […]

Recruitment drive for Sizewell C apprentices moves to Ipswich and Bury

Members of the Sizewell C Civils Programme have visited students from colleges in Ipswich and Bury St Edmunds in Suffolk for the latest round of assessments for apprenticeships with the project. The engineering students studying at Suffolk New College and West Suffolk College tried out for one of dozens of apprenticeships on offer. This assessment […]

Suffolk born and bred apprentices rise through the ranks at power station

Gavin Rousseau has been appointed as Sizewell B Maintenance Manager taking over from Danny Bailey who retires this year following 44 years with the nuclear industry. Starting with Sizewell B straight from Alde Valley Academy, formerly Leiston High School, when he was 16, Gavin says the station has always been part of his life. “Joining […]

Sizewell B apprentices throw their support behind Leiston’s new town square

Picture: Lesley Dolphin, Russ Rainger, Kris Knights, Adele Jenner standing under the arch created by the Sizewell B apprentices and JT Pegg & Sons Three Sizewell B apprentices and a local business have engineered the impressive archways marking the entrance to a new town square in Leiston, which was officially opened over the weekend. ‘Church […]

Sizewell C environment and education plans take shape at East Suffolk Conference

Plan outlined for biodiversity net gain in East Suffolk as independent research confirms that CO2 emissions from the electricity generated by Britain’s newest nuclear power stations will be even lower than wind and solar power. All three technologies will be essential in helping Britain achieve net zero carbon emissions. Agreements signed with University of Suffolk […]

Sizewell C works with Suffolk to get local people into training and back into work

Young people in Suffolk are to receive training to get them back into work thanks to Sizewell C, Suffolk’s proposed new power station. Sizewell C has worked alongside two local charities, Access Community Trust and Inspire Suffolk, since 2019 to improve access to training in skills the project and wider region will need. In this […]

Successful season of work experience for Sizewell C Consortium Kickstart participants

From June 2021 to August 2022 the Sizewell C Consortium participated in the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) Kickstart Scheme which creates jobs for young people aged 16-24 at risk of long-term unemployment. The Consortium offered 37 placements across the UK, successfully filling 20 of those. At least 8 of those who took part […]

Sizewell engineers give students a helping hand on International Women in Engineering Day

Female engineers from Sizewell B and Sizewell C have come together to celebrate International Women in Engineering Day and encourage gender balance in the sector. Through an event led by the East of England Energy Group’s (EEEGR) Skills for Energy programme, the Sizewell engineers are supporting a group of Year 8 female students from Norwich […]

New nature walk in Leiston opened by local students

A group of Year 9 pupils from a Suffolk school have joined Sizewell C to launch a new nature walk, the ‘Alde Valley Academy Nature Trail’ at Aldhurst Farm in Leiston. The ‘Green Guardians’ from the school visited the Aldhurst Farm site to support their schoolwork on biodiversity, habitat conservation and the role of charities […]