Editing Network Rail (section)

===Training facilities===
[[File:Network Rail 30July06.JPG|thumb|Network Rail's Coventry leadership development centre, Westwood.]]
Network Rail has several training and development sites around Britain. These include sites in York, Peterborough, Derby, Leeds, [[Walsall]] and [[Larbert]] which provide refresher courses, and train staff in new equipment. Advanced Apprentice Scheme trainees are trained at Network Rail's Westwood training centre for the first five months of their apprenticeship and then are trained further at {{HMS|Sultan|shore establishment|6}} in Gosport over seven 2-week periods or five 3-week periods (throughout their second and third year) of their apprenticeship, using a combination of [[Royal Navy]] facilities and a specially installed training centre. All courses are taught by VT Flagship (part of [[Babcock International]]) in the first year but apprentices are trained by Network Rail staff in the second and third years.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.networkrail.co.uk/careers/schemes/students-and-graduates/advanced-apprenticeship-scheme/ |title=Advanced Apprenticeship Scheme |publisher=Network Rail |url-status=live |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20161026233524/http://www.networkrail.co.uk/careers/schemes/students-and-graduates/advanced-apprenticeship-scheme/ |archive-date=26 October 2016 }}</ref> Network Rail bought a residential centre from [[Cable & Wireless plc|Cable and Wireless]] in the Westwood Business Centre near [[Coventry]] for leadership development. The company and other industry partners such as [[VolkerRail]] and Balfour Beatty also operate a Foundation Degree in conjunction with [[Sheffield Hallam University]].{{Citation needed|date=February 2021}}

In 2008, Network Rail piloted its first qualification in "track engineering". It has been given permission to develop courses equivalent to GCSE and A-levels.<ref>{{cite news |url= http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/education/7211958.stm |title=McDonald's 'A-level' is launched |work=BBC News |date=27 January 2008 |url-status=live |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20160306121756/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/education/7211958.stm |archive-date=6 March 2016 }}</ref>