Developing skills and accessing talent
Grow your brand, solve business challenges and attract your future workforce by working with our student body. Develop your workforce with CPD and degree apprenticeships.
Whether you’re an engineering company developing cutting-edge technology, an environmental science team committed to sustainability, or in need of business innovation, there is a way to get our students involved.
We can work with you to understand your need and recommend different approaches to working with, and recruting talent.
The Energi Coast skills group is an excellent forum through which you can build links with us and other universities.
By working together, students and your business both benefit in many different ways, for example:
- fresh persepctive and problem solving
- brand development and profile raising
- cost-effective recruitment
- and more
We can also help to develop your existing team with postgraduate study, short courses, and higher and degree apprenticeships.
Oceans
Build reputation and brand with your future workforce. Oceans is an inter-disciplinary event following a trade show format with company stands and students networking informally. The event showcases the diverse businesses operating on, in or near the sea including:
- Naval architecture, marine engineering and shipping
- Offshore energy
- Subsea engineering and geoscience
- Marine environment and its regulation
Students who attend are studying engineering, science, maths and computing science.
The event will take place on: Tuesday 19 November 2024. Contact sage.employability@newcastle.ac.uk for more information.
Higher and degree apprenticeships
Our structured Higher and Degree Apprenticeships combine workplace training with study.
We tailor our programmes to specific job roles. This enables employees to develop the skills and knowledge they need to progress in an existing role or transition into a new one.
Product Design and Development Engineer Apprenticeship
This new Level 6 Degree Apprenticeship has been developed with industrial partners. Designed to tackle the skills gap facing industry you can use it to attract new talent and upskill your workforce with core electrification knowledge.
There are three specialism pathways through the four year programme:
- advanced manufacturing (automation and control)
- batteries
- power electronics, machines and drives
Postgraduate study
We offer a wide range of postgraduate courses that can support the offshore energy sector including:
- Data science MSc
- Leadership in climate change and sustainability MSc
- Marine conservation and sustainability MSc
- Marine technology education consortium (MTEC) MSc
- Renewable energy, enterprise and management MSc
You can view all of our postgraduate courses in our online prospectus.
Short courses and CPD
We offer a broad range of short professional development courses. Some of our CPD courses are delivered online, while others are delivered in person, on campus.
Short courses that are popular with organisations working in offshore renewables include:
- Global Navigation Satellite Systems (GNSS)
- Geomechanics and soil modelling
- Introduction to statistical data science
- Reliability and integrity management of marine systems
To discover our full programme of CPD courses, as well as information about developing bespoke training for you, explore our CPD pages.
Case study: RWE's Sofia wind farm
We’re working with the Sofia Offshore Wind Farm and others to inspire and inform our students about opportunities in offshore wind.
For several years, our partnership has supported students across engineering, marine science, data science, climate change, and leadership with research, projects, workshops, site visits, careers events, and guest lectures.
If you'd like to explore how your organisation can work with our students email: sage.employability@newcastle.ac.uk
