Institute of Electrification and Sustainable Advanced Manufacturing (IESAM) -Building Talent for Growth of North East PEMD Supply Chain

在英格兰东北部，高等职业科学、技术和数学(STEM)教育和培训的参与率处于历史最低水平。获得3级职业或学术资格的年轻人比其他任何地区都要少。该地区相对缺乏研发活动，限制了行业对所需技能的吸引力，并限制了当地先进STEM技术技能的供应。几家高价值电力电子、机器和驱动器(PEMD)企业计划进行投资，以确认英格兰东北部在电气化和先进数字制造方面的英国领先者地位。这一行业投资带来了对所有技术水平的职业PEMD劳动力培训的明显需求。然而，教育提供者历史上一直存在竞争，现有的技能传授能力在整个地区是可变的和分散的。因此，清晰的PEMD培训路径对行业和学习者来说并不总是显而易见的。此外，课程往往是僵化的，而且在校园内和面对面的出席人数占很大比例。这对行业构成了直接的障碍，因为考虑到业务需求，行业不能轻易释放人员来满足教育提供者的期望。不断增长的PEMD业务需求、历史上最低的STEM教育参与率以及不同级别的培训提供相结合，意味着东北部地区既存在紧迫的PEMD技能短缺，又面临培训挑战。为了解决这一问题，需要投资于协作的地区性大学和HE/FE学院方法，并有强大的行业参与和投入。需要更大的凝聚力来创建符合行业需求的清晰的PEMD培训渠道，确保提供高质量的灵活的职业培训途径，培养高素质的PEMD技术/工程人员，并提高所有学习者对PEMD职业机会的认识。为此，纽卡斯尔大学提议成立“电气化和可持续先进制造研究所”(IESAM)，以领导灵活、高质量的PEMD培训的发展。这将通过填补每个培训级别之间的长期技能差距来促进产业创新，并使东北理工学院(东北IoT)和整个地区的主要HE/FE大学提供商保持一致。这一全面、连贯的PEMD技能发展将提供灵活、模块化、混合的方案设计。IESAM将通过多区域重点升级，成为国家扩张的蓝图。拟议的灵活交付方法将通过数字/在线内容得到加强，将由行业和研究提供信息，并与国家电气化技能框架和适当资质保持一致。

Participation levels in advanced vocational Science, TEchnology and Mathematics (STEM) education and training are historically low in the North East of England. Fewer young people attain Level 3 vocational or academic qualifications than any other region. A relative lack of Research and Development activity in the region has limited sector attraction of the required skills, and local supply of advanced STEM technical skills.Several high-value Power Electronics, Machines, and Drives (PEMD) businesses have planned investment that will confirm the North East of England as a UK leader in electrification and advanced digital manufacturing. With this industry investment, comes a clear need for vocational PEMD workforce training at all technical skill levels.However, educational providers have historically competed, and existing skills delivery capability is variable and fragmented across the region. As such, clear PEMD training pathways are not always evident to industry and learners. Furthermore, courses are often inflexible, and assume significant proportions of on-campus, in-person attendance. This presents an immediate barrier to industry who, given business demand, cannot easily release people to fit in with education provider expectations.The combination of growing PEMD business demand, historically low STEM education participation rates, and fragmented training provision across levels, means there is both an urgent PEMD skills shortage and training challenge in the North East. To resolve this, investment in a collaborative regional University and HE/FE college approach is needed, with strong industry engagement and input. Greater cohesion is needed to create clear PEMD training pipelines which suit industry need, ensure delivery of quality flexible vocational training pathways, develop high quality PEMD technical/engineering staff, and increase awareness of PEMD career opportunities for all learners.For this reason, Newcastle University proposes to form the 'Institute of Electrification and Sustainable Advanced Manufacturing' (IESAM) to lead development of flexible, high-quality PEMD training. This will foster industrial innovation by plugging the chronic skills gap across every training level, and align the North East Institute of Technology (North East IoT) and key HE/FE college providers across the region. This comprehensive, coherent PEMD skills development will provide flexible, modular, blended programme design.IESAM will be a blueprint for national expansion, through a multi-regional focused upscaling. The proposed flexible delivery approach, enhanced by digital/online content, will be informed by industry and research, and aligned to the National Electrification Skills Framework and appropriate qualifications.