Future Skills
Future Skills is the Energy Institute’s (EI) latest magazine supplement. It looks at the current skills issues facing the energy industry, from shortages to good practice, as well as exploring the various solutions to skills problems. It also highlights the important work that the EI itself is doing in the skills arena.
2011 edition
Future Skills 2011, the third edition of the supplement, this year contains a learning directory to guide those looking for energy-related study to further their career.
Articles this year look at the government’s plans for the future of low carbon skills – Charles Hendry MP, Minister of State for Energy, gives an overview of current government initiatives in the low carbon area.
The supplement also looks at transferring skills from the oil and gas industry to new offshore renewables industries; post-Fukishima impacts on nuclear new build from Cogent, the sector skills council responsible for nuclear as well as downstream oil and gas; a focus on EI-accredited training providers; and a Q&A with EI student members on skills issues and the future of energy.
Finally, the supplement focuses on the work that the EI is doing to support the energy workforce now and in the future, as explained by the EI’s Professional Development Director, Sarah Beacock FEI.
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2011 Supplement (members only)
2010 edition
The 2010 edition investigates the growing demand for low carbon skills. The EI’s Professional Development Director, Sarah Beacock FEI, explains how the EI can help today’s energy professional prepare for the energy future. It looks at the EI’s response to the government’s low carbon skills consultation, and features two education centres that enable students to gain knowledge on low carbon energy practice – the CEREB centre at London South Bank University and the Centre for Alternative Technology in Wales.
It also features articles from the sector skills councils involved in energy, looks at investing in sustainable skills practices for the oil and gas industry, and investigates the issue of transferring knowledge from those leaving the industry to its new entrants.
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2010 Supplement (members only)
2009 edition
The 2009 edition includes articles on the various sector skills councils involved in energy, the results of a salary survey carried out by the EI and Hayes, case studies of professional development and work to improve the amount of students taking on STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) subjects at school and university. EI President James Smith FEI also demonstrates the value of skills and professionalism to the energy industry.
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2009 Supplement (members only)
The 2009 edition of Future Skills is sponsored by Shell
