What is the Skills Centre?
The Skills Centre brings together expert knowledge from industry and education to help the UK engineering community keep up with rapidly evolving skills and technologies. Working in partnership with many skills organisations, professional bodies and research institutes, the Centre will provide support to colleges, universities, training providers and employers to ensure that engineering and technology skills meet employer needs now and in the future.
Who is the Skills Centre for?
The Skills Centre is designed to support a wide range of users, including:
- Employers looking to upskill their workforce
- Lecturers and educators searching for teaching resources
- Students and engineers eager to keep up to date with the latest technology developments
What will it provide?
Skills research and analysis
Working in partnership with research institutes and skills organisations to identify future technology skills for early adoption by UK businesses.
Skills development and innovation
Supporting the trialling of new teaching methods and technologies to enhance teaching in educational settings and workforce skills.
Skills transformation programmes
Signposting to existing high-quality training from partners and delivering lecturer CPD, new teaching materials and online resources, and workforce training nationwide.