South West Institute of Technology
A new working partnership to drive world-class technical education and deliver skilled local people, economic growth and prosperity in the South West.
The mission of the South West Institute of Technology is to:
- provide employers with the skills that they need to succeed, now and in the future
- provide learners with excellent technical education
- enable the South West to become one of the world’s leading regions for digital, engineering and manufacturing technologies.

The Vision
For Employers - SWIOT will:
- tackle employers’ current skills gaps and anticipate their future skills needs, drawing on applied research
- enable employers to develop and retain local talent, reducing the need to recruit from outside of the region
- provide industry standard, specialist training facilities locally, reducing the need to train outside of the region
- put in place learning provision that is tailored to the needs of employers, more quickly
- enable the existing workforce to retrain and upskill, as well as attracting new entrants to the digital, engineering and manufacturing sectors
- provide strategic leadership across STEM provision and initiatives in the South West, making them more coherent and easier to navigate
For Providers - SWIOT will:
- promote technical education to learners, parents, employers and other stakeholders, raising its status relative to academic education
- make it easier to attract expert teaching staff and provide them with outstanding development opportunities
- enable innovation and create economies of scale, through the sharing of expertise and resources between colleges and universities
- develop new curriculum that is informed by research and insight from employers
- develop new approaches to learning delivery, through collaboration between employers and providers
For Learners - SWIOT will:
- offer industry standard teaching and facilities and new curriculum in the digital, engineering and manufacturing sectors
- inspire and raise the aspirations of learners, from school students to lifelong learners
- provide learners with the nonacademic skills required in the modern workplace, as well as technical skills
- increase social mobility, reach under-represented groups, develop unidentified talent and improve gender balance
- break down geographical barriers, through a mix of local and digital delivery
- enable learners to get good jobs and follow progression pathways that have been mapped out with employers
For the South West - SWIOT will:
- put the South West on the map, as a great place to learn, work, recruit, invest and innovate in the digital, engineering and manufacturing sectors
- make a crucial contribution to industrial strategy, raising regional and UK productivity and growth
- promote social mobility and inclusion by offering new opportunities to a wide range of learners
- contribute to and benefit from the sharing of innovative practice, as part of a national network of IoTs
- attract substantial other funding and investment, to enable SWIoT to have a greater impact on the region
- promote the role of STEM in tackling major social problems, as well as creating economic opportunity
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Institute of Technology Courses at the College
Applications are open for the below courses starting in 2021
Computing & IT
BSc (Hons) Applied Computing Technologies
Engineering
You can apply for these courses via UCAS.com