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SWR needs nine new apprentices
South Western Railway is looking for nine new apprentices to join its programme this year. But candidates are encouraged to apply quickly as the...
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Network Rail is one of England’s top 20 apprentice employers
The National Apprenticeship Service has named Network Rail as one of the top 20 apprentice employers in England in its Top 100 Apprenticeship Employers...
Company News
University of Birmingham opens new centre for digital railway engineering
The University of Birmingham has opened a new purpose-built centre designed to deliver specialist research in digital railway engineering.The university has partnered with the...
General Interest
HS2 signs up to Tomorrow’s Engineers Code of Practice
To help make engineering careers accessible for this and the next generation of young people, HS2 has signed up to The Tomorrow’s Engineers Code...
Careers
13 new rail apprentices join Vital
Vital Human Resources, part of the Morson Group, has launched its latest apprenticeship programme as thirteen apprentices from Manchester and Liverpool have embarked on...
Careers
First apprentices for new Siemens train factory begin training at Selby College
The first 12 apprentices to be employed by Siemens Mobility for its planned rail facility in Goole, East Yorkshire, have started their training at...
Company Focus
Young Rail Professionals, YRP’s world wide web ‘takeover’
Lockdown has been a strange time, with events cancelled and most people working from home. So why has Young Rail Professionals been busier than...
General Interest
Lockdown on railway training
While lockdown was in place, no one could travel and face-to-face meetings were barred, railway training companies suddenly had no work to do.With no...
Careers
HS2 continues to encourage young people into work
For the last five years, HS2 has partnered with the Social Mobility Foundation (SMF) to provide work experience placements and 1:1 mentoring, ensuring that...
Careers
200 new train driver jobs attracts 10,000 applicants
A search for 200 new train drivers in Wales has attracted over 10,000 applicants in just a few days!Wales and Borders operator KeolisAmey is...
Company News
Carrington West strengthens specialist rail team
Technical recruiter Carrington West has appointed director Nick Rowe to be the head of its rail team and brought in three new consultants in...
Company News
Young Rail Professionals – A new online community
With 14,000 members split between eight regions and participating in events, overseas visits, training courses and good old-fashioned ‘networking’, it was time to improve...
Industry News
Investing in essential skills
Lockdown and social distancing have forced companies to work in new and different ways, favouring those with skilled, versatile and adaptable workforces.The current Coronavirus...
Industry News
Graduates in lockdown
Trainees need to learn from their supervisors and managers, so how does that work during lockdown?Network Rail has a well-respected graduate training programme, during...
Digital Railway
Simulators help train new signallers in the West Midlands
To train the railway signallers of the future, Network Rail has opened new training facilities at its Walsall training centre and Birmingham’s New Street...
Company News
Selby College to be training partner for Siemens Mobility’s new Goole factory
Selby College will be the training partner for the new factory that Siemens Mobility is setting up in Goole, East Riding of Yorkshire. The...
Rail News
Young Rail Professionals – Young Rail Tour To Japan
YRP's 2020 study tour of Japan for young professionals working in the UK rail industryWhen Young Rail Tours took a party of 21 young...
Rail News
Want to be a train driver?
Every child wants to be a train driver. Some still want to when they grow up, but what does it take to become one?Train...
