The relentless pace of change in vehicle technology, and a need to recruit and train technicians of the future and to ensure the currency of lecturers' skills, has prompted the UK motor industry to launch an unusual initiative to support of further-education sector, which is responsible for training more than 50,000 young people registered on motor-vehicle qualifications, including some 6,000 apprentices annually.rnFollowing a bidding process, open to more than 300 institutions offering automotive training in the UK, ten Pathfinder centers have been selected to receive significant help from an industry consortium, which includes: the Institute of the Motor Industry (IMI), the retail motor sector's professional association and major awarding body; bluecycle, an online auto-salvage auction specialist; Snap-on, a manufacturer of tools and vehicle diagnostic equipment; and Autodata, a publisher and supplier of automotive technical information in Europe.
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