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We are pleased to announce the start of our new course with ABC Awards. The first learners taking the Level 2 Certificate in Art, Design and Creative Studies have commenced their studies today. During the course the learners will: Research their favourite artist/designer including their influences and work Make designs of their own based on […]

  A huge thank you to our friends at Fashion Enter,a not for profit social enterprise, for the bag of goodies they kindly supplied from their London based textiles production and training centre.  All of our learners are excited and looking forward to using the new supplies within their studies in KTL’s innovative sewing academy […]

New Data Protection Regulations Friday 25 May 2018 sees the introduction of the new General Data Protection Regulations across the European Union.  The new changes see greater control placed on how companies and organisations use your data and also places great emphasis on explaining to you how your data will be used and sorted. At [...]

Basic Premier Limited Feature In Parliamentary Review!Huge congratulations are in order for Leicester based leading clothing manufacturer Basic Premier Limited on featuring in the 2016/17 Parliamentary Review – Highlighting Best Practice report published recently. The Parliamentary Review is an independent publication which aims to share best practice among policy makers and business leaders.  Each publication [...]

Big Ben built in a week! They say it's going to take 4 years to repair Big Ben, well we can beat that! One of our Graphic Design learners completed this brilliant model in a week, complete with lights. The learner said "I'm really proud of what I have been able to do, I can't [...]

Catch of the day Some of our learners took part in a healthier lifestyle challenge during National Diabetes week. The aim of the challenge was to improve the well being of the learners by healthy eating, exercise or a combination of the two. All the learners successfully achieved their own personal targets and each one [...]

Funding To Support British Textiles Are you a business operating in the textiles sector? A government backed fund may be able to help you to grow your business... A £97m fund has recently been launched to support capital projects, skills training and research development across the UK's textiles sector. The Textiles Growth Programme is aimed [...]

New Premises For those of you who might have missed our previous announcements, KTL have moved to Derby from our previous offices in Nottingham.  It's been a hectic few weeks co-ordinating the move and settling into our new home in Derwent Business Centre. KTL are now located in a former railway warehouse that has been [...]