Useful links
You'll find links for all MSA Members on the box to the right.
East Coast College (formerly Lowestoft College)
Fleetwood Nautical Campus (Blackpool & The Fylde College)
HOTA: Hull Offshore Training Association
Liverpool Maritime Academy (Liverpool John Moores University)
Lowestoft College (now East Coast College)
Marine Society [email protected] courses
MCA Approved colleges and training providers
National Maritime Development Centre at North Kent College
Seafish Approved Training Providers network
Scottish Maritime Academy (NE Scotland College)
Shetland College (NAFC Marine Centre)
South Devon College Marine Academy
South Shields Marine School (South Tyneside College)
Warsash Maritime Centre (Southampton Solent University)
Latest news
Coronavirus
Useful links
Government guidance for employees, employers and businesses
Apprenticeships & other training:
Re-opening: What FE & providers will need to do from the start of the 2020 Autumn term
DfE: Apprenticeship programme response
Institute for Apprenticeships C-19 guidance
- detailed guidance on paying apprentices who are furloughed
Skills Development Scotland: advice on MAs
DfE: Maintaining further education provision
MCA: putting short courses online
MCA: putting long courses online
MCA: flexibilities & fishermen's safety courses
Seafish: funding to support online learning
RYA guidance for training centres
RYA: Sport England community emergency fund
For training providers as businesses:
UK Govt: Find coronavirus support for your business
- detail on the furlough scheme
- apply for a Bounce Back Loan
- local Top-Up Grants (England)
- free recovery advice for business coordinated for BEIS by Enterprise Nation
Local support in England: contact points for each Local Enterprise Partnership
Business support in Northern Ireland
- Pivotal Enterprise Resilience Fund (Scotland)
CIPD: options to avoid redundancies
Norton Rose Fulbright: alternatives to redundancy
Federation of Small Businesses advice
NESTA advice on crowdfunding in a crisis
Other links:
British Marine coronavirus microsite
Nautilus International resources
3 August 2020