STOURBRIDGE College has secured grant funding from the Skills Funding Agency towards a £4 million investment in facilities, part of a £400 million total investment in college buildings by the Government.

The Enhanced Renewal Grant will be match funded by Stourbridge College to enhance facilities at its Hagley Road Centre and create a new Centre of Excellence for Care, Early Years and Uniformed Public Services.

Lynette Cutting, principal at Stourbridge College, said: “We’re delighted to have been successful in securing additional funding to further improve our facilities for students studying at our Hagley Road Centre.

“We are in the process of planning in detail how we can create our new Centre of Excellence for Care, Early Years and Uniformed Public Services utilising our current space and we will be consulting with local residents and businesses in relation to any changes we make to our building structure.”