Request for proposal: Research into upskilling needs of engineering companies across regions of the UK
The Royal Academy of Engineering has been running a workforce upskilling pilot programme in the North East of England for the past two years. Based on its initial success we would like to roll out a wider programme across other regions of the UK. The regions identified are: South Wales Valleys, Northern Ireland, Yorkshire and Humber, North West England.
The upskilling programme will be based on the skills needs of engineering companies around the following areas: net zero, digital skills, emerging technologies, engineering skills for the future.
Request for proposal: Breaking down the barriers to engineering and technician careers for the economically inactive
The Royal Academy of Engineering (the Academy) is exploring the opportunities to re- skill people who are currently economically inactive and support them into engineering careers across regions of the UK. We are commissioning this research project to analyse the current regional picture of unemployment, mapped against the regional hotspots of engineering sector activity, the latter of which has already been identified by previous Academy research, Engineering Economy and Place.
We would like to understand the make-up (personal characteristics) of economically inactive people in these areas and where possible to understand why they are inactive. We would like to understand what training opportunities exist locally for the economically inactive and, where there are gaps, what training would be required to get those people into engineering and technician roles.