£3 million funding approved for Berkeley cyber security centre

MILLIONS of pounds of funding has been approved for a new cyber security training and conference centre in Berkeley.

The board of GFirst LEP, Gloucestershire’s local enterprise partnership, approved £3million of funding from the Gloucestershire Growth Deal to be spent on the new centre.

The Cyber Security Training and Conference Centre is a joint initiative between the University of Gloucestershire (UoG) and South Gloucestershire and Stroud College (SGSC) and will create new cyber security facilities in Cheltenham and at Berkeley Green.

Facilities at Gloucestershire Science and Technology Park, Berkeley will be used to deliver science, technology, engineering and maths (STEM) skills development, and will support business development and training in Gloucestershire.

It will be connected into existing activity in the region with the aim of making Gloucestershire a regional force in cyber security training, employment and expertise.

The Cheltenham site will become the main regional hub for higher education courses and research in computing and cyber security at undergraduate, postgraduate and doctoral level. For the full article click here 

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