Highly Skilled Workforce

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The borough has a workforce who possess a level of skills amongst the highest in the country, stemming from its:

• Academic links
• High-tec engineering tradition
• Service economy strengths

Educational Attainment
Kingston is a centre of excellence in education with top quality schools in both the public and private sectors that consistently achieve some of the best GCSE results in the country.

The borough is also home to Kingston University (with its highly rated Business and Technology faculties), and Kingston College:

In fact 45% of the workforce is educated to degree level.

Kingston University
Kingston University is one of the most successful of the "new" universities and makes a major contribution to the regional skills base in many sectors including technology, design, engineering, business and management.

It has a specific remit to provide industry and public sector organisations with access to expertise, knowledge, research and facilities in order to support improvements to competitiveness and productivity.

Kingston University's Enterprise Exchange is a meeting point between the worlds of education and commerce. It aims to share knowledge, resources and opportunities in order to help enterprises and individuals realise their full potential.

Kingston College
Kingston College also plays an important part in providing students with skills for employment and is a Centre for Vocational Excellence.