GMB Union, representing workers across the civil and defence manufacturing sector, have today welcomed the news that Rolls-Royce will be launching their new nuclear engineering academy in the heart of Derby.

The academy will see over 200 students receive world class training in the specialist world of nuclear manufacturing when it opens later this year.

GMB is one of Britain’s largest trade unions in the nuclear industry, with thousands of members in the sector across the UK.

Ian Clarke, from GMB Rolls Royce, said: