Suffolk New College is forging ahead with an ambitious programme of capital development initiatives on the Ipswich Campus to provide state-of-the-art facilities and realistic replicated workplace settings to support learning.
Freeport East Skills Escalator
The Freeport East area is home to key UK ports and Gateway 14 at Stowmarket as well as a thriving business landscape. As a result, it offers excellent careers across many sectors.
Thrive
Thrive gives adults and young people in Suffolk the tailored support and skills they need to take a first step into employment, education or training.
Bringing together voluntary sector specialist organisations and the county’s community colleges, Thrive provides bespoke support for you to access the right employment, education and training opportunities for you.
Local Skills Improvement Fund
Suffolk New College is leading a major partnership skills project across Norfolk and Suffolk funded by the Local Skills Improvement Fund (LSIF) from the Department for Education.
Health Science Campus
In 2023, a new Health and Science Campus, a sister building to Tech Campus, was launched. Funded with £1.1m support from the Government’s Post-16 Capacity Fund, the new building enables students to experience real-life mock workplace environments including hospital ward and nursery settings.
Net Zero Skills Centre
In 2023 we launched new facilities at the Ipswich Campus to enable the College to equip the future and current workforce with key sustainable technologies. Hybrid and EV car maintenance, new heating technologies – air source and ground source heat pumps – solar panel installation, rainwater and greywater harvesting, and new approaches to building insulation, are all included in the new Net Zero Skills Centre, which is partly funded by £800,000 from the Ipswich Town Deal.
TECH Campus
Opened in September 2021, Tech Campus provides exclusive access to labs and industry-standard workshops for specialist courses in Creative Media Production, Computing & E-sports, Games Design & Game Arts. Also enabling collaborative working with local tech companies and innovators, Tech Campus is a £2.4m project part-funded by £1.6m from the New Anglia Local Enterprise Partnership.
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Net Zero Skills Centre celebrates second anniversary with major upgrade announcement
The second phase of the Net Zero Skill Centre, training new generations in sustainable skills was launched at Suffolk New College.
March 25, 2025
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3 min read
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College celebrates second anniversary of new green skills centre by signing partnership with leading heat pump provider NIBE
College celebrates second anniversary of its Net Zero Skills Centre by signing a partnership with NIBE Energy Systems Limited.
March 4, 2025
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2 min read
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Back to work programme helps 700 people ‘Thrive’ in six months
A Suffolk initiative to help people of all ages get back to work has helped 700 people in under six months.
February 27, 2025
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4 min read