Partnerships
We work in partnership with a wide range of local businesses and Industry experts as well as Local Authorities and government funding bodies. Approximately 300 businesses provide industrial experience and training for College students/trainees at any one time through our extensive Apprenticeship and work placement programme. We also undertake consultation and joint assessment of training needs with many of these organisations through initiatives like Train to Gain.
Kingston Maurward College has Industrial Advisory Committees for market research, design, development, submission and overview of all new and existing courses.
Partnership Links
- Agricultural Departments of the main Banks
- Association of Colleges
- ATB Landbase (Agricultural Training Board)
- Arable Research Centre
- Arts Institute
- Association of Lecturers in Agricultural Machinery
- Association of Principals of Colleges
- Bournemouth Borough Council
- Bournemouth Dorset and Poole Lifelong Learning Partnership
- Bournemouth and Poole College
- Bournemouth University
- Bridgewater University
- British Agricultural and Garden Machinery Association
- British Trust for Conservation Volunteers
- British Veterinary Nursing Association
- Business and Technology Education Council
- Business Link Wessex
- Cannington Cannington, Somerset
- City and Guilds
- Connexions
- Consultative Group for Training and Education in Agriculture
- Country Landowners' and Business Association
- Department for Education and Skills
- Department of Trade and Industry
- Dog Big and Small
- Dorchester Agricultural Society
- Dorset Agricultural Advisory Service
- Dorchester Town Football Club
- Dorchester Town Youth Football Club
- Dorset Beekeepers' Association
- Dorset Business Link
- Dorset Business, The Chamber of Commerce and Industry
- Dorset Chamber of Commerce and Industry
- Dorset Community Action
- Dorset County Council
- Dorset County Proficiency Test Committee
- Dorset Environmental Education Group
- Dorset Expeditionary Society
- Dorset Farming and Wildlife Advisory Group
- Dorset Farmers for Overseas Aid
- Dorset Federation for Horticultural Societies
- Dorset Federation of Women's Institutes
- Dorset Federation of Young Farmers' Clubs
- Dorset Football Association
- Dorset Grassland Society
- Dorset Herdsmen's Club
- Dorset Pig Husbandry Club
- Dorset Ponds and Lakes Association
- Dorset Rural Advisory Group
- Dorset Search Engine (iDorset)
- Dorset and Somerset Training Group
- Dorset Tourism Association
- Dorset Trainers' Network
- Dorset Training and Enterprise Council
- Dorset Wildlife Trust
- Education Business Partnership
- Employment Services
- Environment Agency
- English Nature
- Expedition Equus
- Further Education Development Agency
- Further Education Finding Council
- Further Education National Teaching Organisation
- Forestry Enterprise
- Forestry Training Council
- Game Conservancy
- Gardens Guide
- Government Office for the South West
- Hamworthy Outdoor Education Centre
- Hartpury College, Gloucestershire
- Hengisbury Head Centre
- ICEBreakers Project
- Institute of Groundmanship
- Institute of Horticulture
- Job Centres in Dorset
- Kingshay Farming Trust
- LEA Pupil and Schools Improvement Department
- Learning and Skills Council
- Links for Learning
- Milk Marque
- Millennium Volunteers
- DEFRA
- National Association of Principal Agricultural Education Officers
- National Association of Teachers in Further and Higher Education
- National Council for the Conservation of Plants and Gardens
- National Equine Students (NES)
- National Farmers' Union (NFU)
- National Employment & Education Committee
- Dorset Central Branch
- Dorset County Executive Committee
- Dorset Affairs Committee
- Dorset & Somerset Education and Training Working Party
- National Proficiency Test Committee
- National Sheep Association
- National Trust
- National Union of Students
- North Dorset Skills Centre
- Paragon Training
- Parent Pages
- Plymouth University
- Poole Borough Council
- Prince's Trust
- Rare Breeds Survival Trust
- Reading University
- Royal Agricultural Society of England
- Royal Bath and West of England Show Society
- Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons
- Royal Horticultural Society
- Royal Society for the Protection of Birds
- Royal Society for the Protection of Animals
- RSPCA Taylor's Rehoming Centre
- Skills for Life Unit
- Rural Development Agency
- Small Business Service
- South West Association for Further Education and Training
- South West of England Regional Development Agency
- West Dorset Business and Industry Club
- West Dorset District Council
- West Dorset Education Partnership
- West Dorset Tourism
- Weymouth and Portland Borough Council
- Weymouth College
- Weymouth Outdoor Education Centre