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HS2: First steps on UK’s longest railway bridge
16 Jan 2023HS2 minister Huw Merriman today became the first person to officially walk on top of the UK’s longest railway bridge, which is under construction at an HS2 site just outside London.
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Formerly unemployed Londoners celebrate new year with new careers on HS2
13 Jan 2023Ten formerly unemployed London residents are starting the new year having secured full-time jobs helping to build HS2, Britain’s new zero carbon railway.
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HS2 partners with Build UK to open its construction sites to young people
11 Jan 2023- HS2 is hosting over 20 events on some of its busiest construction sites as part of Build UK’s ‘Open Doors 2023’ programme.
- The site visits give young people and career changers an opportunity to see behind the hoardings and consider a career in construction.
- The visits will be held during one week in March. Bookings are now open: https://opendoors.construction/#search
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Undergraduates offered paid summer placements on HS2
10 Jan 2023University students who live, or study, in the Midlands are being offered the chance to join HS2’s construction partner Balfour Beatty VINCI (BBV) on an eight-week paid work placement this summer.
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From office cleaner to HS2 site engineer in just a year
06 Jan 2023An aspiring engineer from Nigeria is climbing the career ladder and helping to build Britain’s new railway after being handed a one-off opportunity by Bachy Soletanche, a specialist geotechnics contractor working on HS2, with Balfour Beatty Ground Engineering.
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Final call for HS2's 2023 Graduate training programme
03 Jan 2023Talented graduates have just two weeks left to apply for one of 40 places on HS2 Ltd’s coveted two-year graduate training programme, which begins in September 2023.