A NORTH-EAST training centre has established a new partnership with Durham University.

The new two-year agreement will see first year General Engineering degree students attend TTE’s training centre in Middlesbrough where they will take part in the Professional Engineers Applications Course (PEAC).

The first group of 160 Durham University Engineering Department students will attend TTE in June.

Steve Grant, chief executive of the TTE Technical Institute, said: “To be selected by one of the world’s top 100 universities to deliver this vocational programme is a significant endorsement of the expertise, experience and facilities we provide at the TTE Technical Institute."