Colleges offering courses in construction are facing a surge in demand from white-collar workers looking to switch professions due to the increased use of AI in their fields. As a result, colleges are having difficulty meeting the growing demand for places, with waiting lists for construction courses and evening course enrollments being full.
Colleges offering courses in construction are struggling to keep up with the increasing demand as increasing numbers of white-collar workers ditch their desk jobs to learn a trade.
The labor shortage in the sector has led to colleges having waiting lists for construction courses, with 86% of colleges currently having them. For instance, Leeds College of Building, the UK's only further education college dedicated to construction, had 600 applicants turned away in September 2025 due to a lack of space
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