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News Release from: The Manufacturing Institute
Edited by the Manufacturingtalk Editorial
Team on 28 April 2006
Educational scholarships to produce
future leaders
A GBP 115,000 educational scholarship fund has been launched by The Manufacturing Institute to create the elite industry leaders needed to drive the UK's future manufacturing economy.
A GBP 115,000 educational scholarship fund has been launched by The Manufacturing Institute to create the elite industry leaders required to drive the UK's future manufacturing economy The funding will help companies to develop the 'rising stars' who will manage the agile and innovate manufacturing businesses of tomorrow
This article was originally published on Manufacturingtalk on 28 Jul 2003 at 8.00am (UK)
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Almost GBP 200,000 in funding is available to UK's North West manufacturing companies who want their key personnel to benefit from acquiring The Diploma in Manufacturing.
The charity, which is dedicated to the advancement of manufacturing excellence, is awarding scholarships on its Diploma in Manufacturing and MSc in Manufacturing Leadership.
Both are results-led, nationally recognised programmes - developed by manufacturers and delivered in partnership with the UK's top universities.
"UK industry urgently needs to seek competitive advantage through knowledge and people," said Dr Julie Madigan, chief executive of The Manufacturing Institute.
"If businesses are to compete against the 50 cent an hour workforce of China and productive powerhouses of the US and other parts of Europe, they need to differentiate themselves as smart and nimble operators - driven by highly skilled innovators who are able to provide niche, value-added products with higher profit margins." The Manufacturing Institute's new part-time MSc in Manufacturing Leadership, which is delivered in partnership with the six-star Lancaster University Management School centres on the resolution of complex manufacturing and business challenges.
It combines practical know-how and academic insight to equip manufacturers with the expertise necessary to champion enterprise and growth.
Since 1996, more than 250 manufacturers have pursued the Diploma in Manufacturing programme - applying learning to their factories to achieve hundreds of thousands of pounds worth of productivity improvements.
Senior industrialists from leading manufacturing companies, including Hewlett Packard, Jaguar and Unilever, work alongside some of the UK's foremost university academics to deliver the part-time Diploma.
Both educational programmes have been specially formulated to minimise workplace disruption, with the MSc based mainly around interactive e-learning.
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