Register to attend our WorldSkills UK Centre of Excellence workforce development: World Class Teacher Training including Technical Masterclasses, Network for Innovation, and our Communities, at no charge.
In collaboration with Festo.
In this session, educators will receive in-depth training on the specific technologies featured in the Industry 4.0 competition. Through hands-on experience with tools like PLCs, SCADA systems, and AR, educators will gain the practical skills needed to teach these subjects.
Date: 8 January 2025
Venue: Festo Ltd Applied Automation Centre, 55 Caswell Road Brackmills Northampton NN4 7PY
Educators in Engineering and Advanced Manufacturing face challenges keeping up with technical skills, meeting industry needs and building pathway awareness. All of this compounded by the need for the skilled technical workforce at all levels.
Bringing educators and industry experts together offers a chance to anticipate skill changes and prepare a workforce for the future. Internationally, collaboration can help address the ever-changing landscape of skill development.
Please review our Advanced Manufacturing Charter before signing-up, which can be found at: Advanced Manufacturing Charter – Communities of Practice
Date: 15 January 2025
Time: 16:15 PM
Venue: Online
In partnership with NCFE and Autodesk
Audience: For educators and leaders in the engineering and digital design sector.
Topics covered:
Insights from training managers and industry leaders
Discussion on current and future standards in the sector, with input from industry and education.
Opportunity to attend breakout sessions by skill area for further discussion and practical skill development:
Learning from ex-competitors
Build a practical resource bank
Further details provided in the attached promotional flyer which includes a QR code.
Date: 15 January 2025
Time: 09:30 – 16:00
Venue: In-person – Autodesk Technology Centre Small Heath Business Park Talbot Way Birmingham B10 0HJ
Lunch and refreshments provided
AI Best Practice for Educators provides an introduction to building core skills in our learners for a disrupted future, highlighting what we do best as Technical Educators. This session is best for Senior Leads, Quality Leads and Educators and covers the AI technology landscape, the challenges presented, policy compliance and data management against the ICO and JCQ, and how to implement practices for future skill embedment.
Session Registration links:
11:00-12:00 – 4 February 2025 – Online
11:00-12:00 – 25 March 2025 – Online
11:00-12:00 – 23 April 2025 – Online
11:00-12:00 – 3 June 2025 – Online
In collaboration with Didactic Services Ltd.
The final of three sessions, that will focus on the assessment of Industry 4.0 as part of the curriculum. We will discuss various marking systems and assessment criteria to help educators evaluate students’ proficiency in Industry 4.0 technologies effectively.
Date: 5 February 2025
Venue: Greater Birmingham and Solihull Institute of Technology (GBS IoT) Holt St Birmingham B4 7ER
Educators in various fields face difficulties keeping up with changing technical skills and meeting industry needs. Likewise, industries struggle to find skilled workers for immediate roles. Bringing educators and industry experts together offers a chance to anticipate skill changes and prepare a workforce for the future. Internationally, collaboration can help address the ever-changing landscape of skill development.
Please review our Digital Charter before signing-up, which can be found at: Digital Charter – Communities of Practice
Date: Wednesday 5 March 2025
Time: 16:15-17:45
Venue: Online
When the future for technical skills for our learners maybe a ‘disrupted’ future, this session focuses on what it means to create a Future Skills Mindset. It will look at how to develop practices in our curriculum delivery for skill development impact, in a future where the industry changes are unknown, and where some roles do not yet exist. It will also include how educators can create curriculum impact with toolkits for beyond the session and straight into impactful learner change.
Session Registration links:
12:00-13:00 – 31 March 2025 – Online
12:00-13:00 – 6 May 2025 – Online
12:00-13:00 – 10 June 2025 – Online
This session was facilitated on the 29 November 2024, 10-11.30am, but the recording is available, so that session and can viewed at any time on our YouTube channel.
