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Found 49 funded projects. Funded projects are sorted in the most recent first.
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- Career Changers (Commission)
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Funding theme:
Careers
Funding topic:Changing industry culture, Productivity and new ways of working, Careers and recruitment, Learning resources, Sectors and rolesProject lead:Encon Construction LtdAmount awarded:£256,266Project summary:This project will develop and deliver a pathway, transferable across the sector, for career changers to enter the construction industry. As part of the project - 20 women will achieve a L2/3 qualification in the specified trades; A comprehensive Best Practice Guide will be produced; 50 mentors will be trained, including 10 achieving a higher level qualification (train the trainer); A minimum of 10 different companies will received 'Unconscious Bias' training, with feedback as to how this has changed their perceptions; A minimum of 10 different companies will receive 'Agile' training, with feedback as to how this has changed their perceptions.
- Increasing female trade apprentices and operatives in the social housing sector
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Funding theme:
Careers
Funding topic:Changing industry culture, Learning resources, Careers and recruitment, Small employer supportProject lead:Mears LtdAmount awarded:£340,455Project summary:The project will encourage more women to consider construction as a positive career choice by increasing employment of social housing tenants and those from the local community.
This employment will be created in the social housing or building maintenance sector.
- Step in and step up – promoting construction to career changers and under-represented groups
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Funding theme:
Careers
Funding topic:Careers and recruitment, Learning resources, New qualifications and coursesProject lead:Kier Construction LtdAmount awarded:£208,484Project summary:The project will develop and deliver a programme aimed at promoting careers in the construction sector and address the employment challenge facing the construction sector in the South West.
The target new entrants are career changers and groups that are under-represented in our sector. The programme will focus on delivering training outcomes in Chartered Management Institute Diploma level 2, 3 or 4 depending on professional background and experience.
As well as SSMTS, CSCS, multi-trade construction awards, project management, English, maths and ICT as required.
- Infrastructure 21 - implementation
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Funding theme:
Training and development
Funding topic:Changing industry culture, Sectors and roles, New qualifications and courses, Small employer support, Leadership and managementProject lead:Civil Engineering Contractors AssociationAmount awarded:£385,500Project summary:The Infrastructure 21 project is a cross-industry collaboration that focuses on ensuring that the UK’s infrastructure supply chain has the competence and capacity to deliver a 50% increase in output in the next five years. It will develop and deliver upskilling for supply chain firms, targeted directly at those areas identified by industry as priorities through an extensive industry survey.
- Reinforced Concrete Frame upskilling
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Funding theme:
Training and development
Funding topic:Learning resources, Sectors and roles, Careers and recruitment, New qualifications and courses, Small employer supportProject lead:ConstructAmount awarded:£154,788Project summary:The project will work specifically with SMEs with less than 200 PAYE employees to:
- Promote the introduction of a new level 2 vocational qualification for Formwork Erector/Striker
- Upskill operatives to achieve currently available level 2 qualifications relevant to the RC Frame Sector
- Create a skills and competence pathway model to demonstrate how an individual can become trade qualified through an apprenticeship.
- Enhancing Higher Education Resources and Engagement for High Value Construction Recruitment (commission)
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Funding theme:
Careers
Funding topic:Careers and recruitmentProject lead:CECA WalesAmount awarded:£241,500Project summary:This project aims to provide a set of resources and develop industry-HE partnership initiatives as a response to the CITB’s call for commissioned employer-HE collaboration.
The project will provide contextualised learning through immersive and experiential learning opportunities to improve accessibility to practical learning.
A sustainable HEI-employer network will be established in two regions (Wales and Yorkshire) to establish best practice in collaborative partnerships, which will be a model for UK-wide scalability.
A set of physical and virtual resources will be developed that will specifically address three principal target groups:
- Level 3 school/college leavers
- Existing employees
- Graduates/Higher Diplomates from non-cognate disciplines.
- Increasing capacity and capability to deliver immersive learning in construction industry (Immersive Learning)
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Funding theme:
Innovation
Funding topic:Digital and new technology, Learning resources, New qualifications and coursesProject lead:AMRC (Advanced Manufacturing Research Company)Amount awarded:£320,500Project summary:Collaborative, standardised industry-wide immersive learning framework
Open-source authoring tool for users to create VR learning content>Learning modules authored by each employer partner and delivered to employees
Case studies developed from 5x strands to show impact / benefits of immersive learning.
- Project pHAEton
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Funding theme:
Innovation
Funding topic:Digital and new technology, Learning resources, New qualifications and coursesProject lead:Hire Association EuropeAmount awarded:£225,960Project summary:The project will develop a web-based content creation platform and community space that allows users to generate their own learning experiences for virtual and augmented reality.
The system will use a simple drag and drop interface and will include a learner management system that will allow learning experiences to be tracked, monitored and quality assured.
The platform will host VR content developed by HAE from other projects. Content will be accessible in 3D via a computer screen and in PDF. The platform will be hosted by HAE, will be available to use by industry and funded by means of a low-cost pricing model.
After the project, industry will have access to a platform which allows for anyone to create VR and AR learning experiences in a simple and intuitive way. - Increasing capacity and capability to deliver immersive learning in construction industry (Immersive Learning) 2
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Funding topic:Digital and new technology, New qualifications and courses, Learning resourcesProject lead:AMRCAmount awarded:£330,500Project summary:
Collaborative, standardised industry-wide immersive learning framework
Open-source authoring tool for users to create VR learning content>Learning modules authored by each employer partner and delivered to employees
Case studies developed from 5x strands to show impact / benefits of immersive learning.