An additional £120 million of funding has been announced to create eight further institutes of technology.

Education Secretary Gavin Williamson confirmed that eight new institutes will be created to establish one in each major city in England along with the 12 institutes announced earlier this year.

Institutes of technology will focus on science, technology and engineering. Each will have an industry specialism and a licence to call itself an institute of technology awarded after a tender overseen by the DfE.

Training will be delivered via collaboration between universities, further education colleges, and employers.