{"id":1416,"date":"2023-05-23T09:00:14","date_gmt":"2023-05-23T09:00:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/discovery-park.co.uk\/?p=1416"},"modified":"2023-08-29T14:49:34","modified_gmt":"2023-08-29T14:49:34","slug":"discovery-park-and-ekc-group-join-forces-to-boost-stem-careers-in-kent","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/discovery-park.co.uk\/discovery-park-and-ekc-group-join-forces-to-boost-stem-careers-in-kent\/","title":{"rendered":"Discovery Park and EKC Group Join Forces to Boost STEM Careers in Kent"},"content":{"rendered":"
A partnership has been forged between Discovery Park and\u00a0EKC Group<\/a>\u00a0to inspire more of East Kent\u2019s young people to experience a career in science, technology, engineering and maths.<\/p>\n Discovery Park, the 220-acre science and technology campus near Sandwich in East Kent, home to over 150 companies and employing more than 3,500 people has struck an alliance with EKC Group. The further education provider supports 15,000 students across six community colleges in Ashford, Dover, Canterbury, Folkestone, Swale and Thanet, plus EKC Training, which provides Apprenticeships, community learning, employability provision and prison education.<\/p>\n EKC Group recently became the first further education provider in the country to be graded \u2018outstanding\u2019 by Ofsted for all of its educational centres, achieving top marks across all the assessed categories.<\/p>\n