The facility was unveiled by Education Secretary Justine Greening on Monday, 09 October.
The college, which was built over a 15-month period by Willmott Dixon, is the largest of five new national colleges created by the government to ensure young people can learn world-class technical skills, including, engineering, design, planning, manufacturing and construction.
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Overall, it will play a key role in creating the workforce to design and build the UK's new high-speed rail network and future infrastructure projects.
Education Secretary Justine Greening said: "It has been great to attend the official launch of the NCHSR. It is part of how we are steadily transforming technical education in this country, training up a new generation of skilled young people and the existing workforce so that British business has the skills it needs and people have the opportunities they want – a win-win for everyone.
"We can only do this in partnership with employers – the NCHSR is just one great example of this. The impressive new building and training facilities are at the forefront of our ambitions to create a world class system of technical education."
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