Champions for Wind is a careers education programme launched by Forewind, development partner for the Dogger Bank offshore wind farm zone, working together with the Humberside Engineering Training Association (HETA). The students have all been at secondary schools with teacher “champions” who were a
ScottishPower Renewables has committed to a £10,000 annual investment in skills training and education for Tiree people to help gain qualifications linked to employment in renewable energy. The Tiree Renewable Energy Skills, Education and Training (RESET) Fund will be used to provide financial suppo
The exhibition on Anholt Offshore Wind Farm, DjursWindGlobe, officially opened on 25 June where Project Director Flemming Thomsen represented DONG Energy and participated in the official opening of the exhibition. In his opening speech, he pointed out the importance of the local cooperation and told
Aberdeen-based offshore training provider Allied Training Services has entered a partnership with Maersk Training Aberdeen worth an estimated £100,000 over the next 12 months to provide its accredited training services to the global energy industry. Allied Training Services will provide working at h
The Prince and Princess of Asturias have hosted in Madrid the award ceremony of the Fundacion IBERDROLA scholarships for students and young researchers, granted every year through different programmes. The event was also attended by the Minister of Industry, Tourism and Trade, Jose Manuel Soria, the
ABS, the leading provider of classification services to the global maritime industry, has established the American Bureau of Shipping Endowed Chair in Ocean Engineering in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the University of California at Berkeley (UC Berkeley). Professor Ronald W. Yeung ha
The President of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers (IMechE) announced on a visit to Kent that DONG Energy’s wind technician apprenticeship scheme has been fully accredited by the IMechE. The President, Professor Isobel Pollock, visited the DONG Energy apprentices at the Swale Skills Centre as
Scira Offshore Energy is evolving the Sheringham Shoal Community Fund, operated by Norfolk Community Foundation, to include a Bursary Scheme for young people from low income families who would like to study engineering at one of three Norfolk colleges. Potential students can now apply for a bursary
A record six postgraduate students at the University of Strathclyde have successfully been accepted into ScottishPower’s parent company scholarship programme, and will receive £1,200 per month over the next year to support their studies into low carbon engineering. The Iberdrola Foundation (Fundació
A QCF Level 3 training course conducted and developed by Gardline’s Geophysical Engineering Department has been launched called The Introduction to Offshore Geophysical Engineering and is now a nationally recognised QCF level 3 qualification, accredited by Norwich City College. This three week long
The University of Maine’s Advanced Structures and Composites Center is hosting summer day camp for high school students on July 23 – July 27 and July 30 – August 3. The Advanced Structures and Composites Center has a few spots left in its summer engineering day camps for high school students in the
Francis Brown Ltd, the North East engineering company, has asserted its commitment to future skills after taking on new apprentices who trained in the region. The Stockton-on-Tees firm, which already operates an apprenticeship programme with three advanced apprentices currently training with the com
A cash injection of £6.7 million will complete the funding for a major centre for research and innovation in Glasgow, Alex Neil said today. The European Funding for the Technology & Innovation Centre (TIC) at Strathclyde University will help develop a world leading centre for the development of rene
Regional director of construction company Leadbitter, Rob Bradley, handed over the new Marine Building to the Plymouth University vice-chancellor, Professor Wendy Purcell. The Marine Building is worth GBP 19 million and has the most advanced wave tank testing equipment and an innovation centre for m
