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ESP Annual Report 17-18

ESP Annual Report 17-18

ESP 2017-2018ANNUAL REPORT

CONTENTS
1 Foreword
2 Strategic Focus
3 Influence
4 A College Sector For The Future
8 Engineering and Energy
10 Construction and Energy
12 STEM

FOREword
As Chair of ESP’s Steering Group I presented ESP with the challenge of being even more
Grant Ritchie
ambitious and more strategic following the commitment of the Scottish Funding Council to a
Principal very welcome 5 years of future funding.
Dundee and Angus
College The team have certainly taken this challenge on board and have raised the bar in every
respect.

Having revitalised the membership of our Theme Groups, we have repositioned them as
Strategy Groups and this has proven to be extremely positive in identifying emerging policies
and priorities coming from industry and government. The groups have allowed us to work with
College partners from across the country to agree the strategic priorities and actions we need
to make sure the College sector is meeting the challenges from the various industry bodies
and government.

Furthermore, the recognition by government and its agencies of the role ESP carries out, has
resulted in requests for us to extend our remit to focus on Advanced and Wider Manufacturing
sectors. This has been supported by a further, additional, financial commitment from SFC
allowing the team to grow accordingly to support the college sector.

The team have done a fantastic job in establishing a structure that will support members and
partners and provide excellent foundations for the future.

Jim Brown In 2017 our Steering Group challenged us with being even more ambitious and have a more
strategic role for the sector.
Director
ESP Taking on board this challenge we have worked with our members to realign our sector
Theme Groups to be Strategy Groups with a number of groups and networks undertaking the
work in support of the sector.

In doing this our profile has been raised significantly and this was recognised by the
Scottish Funding Council who asked us to extend our remit in line with a number of emerging
priorities the most significant of which was the publication of the Manufacturing Action Plan
and the extension of our remit to cover the wider manufacturing sectors such as Life and
Chemical Sciences, Food and Drink and Textiles whilst also having a focus on Industry 4.0 and
digitisation of industry.

The STEM Strategy has also been significant for 2017/18 and we have been actively engaged
in the work to establish Regional STEM Hub Partnerships, have developed a number of
strategic partnerships and are undertaking a huge amount of delivery with the Big Bang
Scotland Fair and 12 Regional Big Bang events run throughout the year.

Our sphere of influence has therefore extended outward and upward through our involvement
in more industry and government groups and being recognised by the College Principal’s
Group as representing the college sector for Engineering and Manufacture, Construction and
STEM.

Finally, we have recently collocated with Colleges Scotland at Argyll Court in Stirling which
has proved to be very positive for the sector with ESP and Colleges Scotland aligning our
work plans and the two organisation working jointly on relevant policy challenges facing the
college sector. What a fantastic year!

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strategic focus

ESP is a collaboration of Scotland’s colleges and industry partners established to increase Scotland’s capability

and capacity to deliver the right skills for the energy, engineering and construction sectors to meet industry demand.

By working in a cohesive partnership Scotland’s colleges demonstrate a responsiveness and collective capability to
provide the technical skills required by industry.

Following the publication of a number of key policy documents and changes to existing organisational
structures ESP has been identified by partners as the key delivery partner to take forward a number of new
priority areas including:

• Advanced Manufacture
• Wider manufacturing sectors including Life and Chemical Sciences, Food and Drink and Textiles
• Automotive and Transport

ESP has revisited its governance arrangements having secured 5 years funding from the Scottish Funding Council. This
has resulted in the establishment of two Strategy Groups, Engineering and Manufacturing (including energy, advanced
and wider manufacturing and transport) and Construction.

Both Strategy Group operate under 4 key priorities:

1. Influencing 2. Capacity and Capability in Support
of Emerging Technologies

3. Funding and Resources 4. Curriculum and Learning and
Teaching Development

steering Group

engineering strategy group

• Advanced Manufacturing • Oil and Gas Network
Working Group • Marine and Maritime Network
• Wind and Marine Training
• Food and Drink Network
• Textiles Network Network
• Automotive Network

construction strategy group

• Construction Apprenticeship • Building Information Modelling
Working Group with Colleges • Zero Waste Network
Scotland • Micro Renewables

• SMART Metering • Offsite Manufacturing

emerging technologies

• Digital • Energy Storage
• Circular Economy • Innovation in Education
• Hydrogen
• STEM

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INFLUENCE

ESP staff visited colleges across Scotland connecting with Engineering and Construction departments to discuss future
requirements to both maximise opportunities and support industry in their region.

We have been working with a number of new sectoral agencies and industry organisations to ensure colleges are repre-
sented and are aware of key priorities.

Strategic Partnerships / Group National Manufacturing Institute of Scotland (NMIS)
Memberships  – this significant development in support of advanced
manufacture across Scotland has been a particular focus
Scottish Futures Trust BIM Industry Forum - tasked with ESP representing colleges on both the Skills and
with providing integrated feedback and raising potential Outreach groups.
issues affecting the implementation of their BIM strategy
and its objectives. Manufacture Action Plan Skills Group — an SDS
led work-stream with a key Government focus on skills
Energy Efficient Scotland Partnership Forum — lead development for Advanced Manufacture across industry
on the skills aspects identify required skills needs and sectors, ESP represents the college sector.
build capability & capacity in college network to meet Scot-
tish Government’s Energy Efficiency targets. College Innovation Working Group - positions colleges
to support the development of new skills and techniques
Oil & Gas Decommissioning Group — formed with to increase business productivity.
SDS, Decom North Sea, OPITO, National Skills Academy
for Nuclear (NSAN) to ease the skills transition from nucle- Scottish STEM Hub Steering Group – convened by
ar and oil and gas sectors to decommissioning. SFC, ESP is working with Education Scotland, SSERC,
SDS and others to support colleges in establishing
College Principals Group and Scotland’s Skilled Regional STEM Hub Partnerships across Scotland.
Workforce Forum – ESP was formally recognised by the
College Principals Group as representing the college sec- Digital Skills Partnership (DSP) - ESP has support-
tor on Energy, Engineering and Manufacture, Construction ed the establishment of DSP and will have an ongoing
and STEM and is an active member of their Scotland’s involvement through membership of the Program Board.
Skilled Workforce Forum.

Key organisations:

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a college sector for the
future

Building Capability and Capacity

Emphasis in 2017/18 has been on developing awareness and training for college staff and maximising networking
opportunities with industry with a total of 349 staff supported across a range of different CPD opportunities.

Engaging in Continuing Professional Development

ESP has supported staff throughout the college sector and • On Site Assessment training for exciting
has supported a number of CPD upskilling opportunities. assessor’s in partnership with CITB
We are continually developing new courses in line with
new technologies and government priorities to meet the • Improving digital competency
demands required. • E-portfolio
• Video conferencing
• Advantage Austria — Future of Building 2018 • One Note
conference Visit • Data Collection

• SP Technologies Future staff CPD
• TESLA
• SIEMENS • Smart Lighting for electrical staff
• The Manufacturing Technology Centre (MTC) • Thermography
• The Advanced Forming Research Centre (AFRC) • Laser Scanning
• Smart Heating Controls in partnership with • Building Information Technology software training
• Robotics
Honeywell • Augmented Reality & HoloLens
• Battery Storage in partnership West College • Artificial Intelligence

Scotland
• Air Tightness in partnership with South Lanarkshire

College

Number of college staff supported in 2017/18 by sector

stem Construction

119 130

engineering and
manufacture

110

4

Supporting Curriculum Developments

Teaching Materials
2017/18 has seen ongoing investment in curriculum development particularly in support of emerging technologies.
ESP has been continually developing learning material available for all Scottish colleges. Through our construction and
engineering strategic groups, college experts recognise the need to introduce new courses and update learning material
suitable to meet industry’s needs.
The Strategy groups are influencing future curriculum developments and development of a number of shared resources/
teaching materials including:
Engineering

• SQA Review
• City and Guilds
• Industry 4.0
• Automotive
Construction
• Battery Storage
• Waste Awareness
• Project Management Online Units
• Building Information Modelling (BIM) Online Units
• Improving Energy Efficiency Awareness
Innovation in Education
Building on previous activity we continue to have a focus on innovation in education and training and are actively engaged
in:
• College Innovation Working Group
• Promote the use of virtual reality and augmented reality
• College Interactive Map
• Investment in Shared resources
College Innovation Working Group (CIWG)
As a member of the CIWG we have been working with Innovations Centres to establish the Future Equipped project that
sets out to develop skills around construction and digital health with 13 colleges involved. Activity for this year has also
supported colleges to engage with local industry and promote the use of Innovation Vouchers.
The CIWG has an ongoing remit to identify future priorities and advise on the use of Innovation funding.

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Promoting the use of Virtual Reality and Augmented Reality

Immersive Hybrid Reality (IHR) lab and mobile kits College interactive map

Building on previous work in partnership with Herriot Having completed phase 1 of the Interactive Map
Watt University, ORE Catapult and Fife College ESP development and trialed it with various partners it
further developed the wind turbine virtual reality interactive became clear that the user interface needed to be more
experience for students, apprentices and school pupils to intuitive and user friendly.
include the whole turbine. Phase three development has
been fully funded by the Great Exhibition of the North and ESP is working with SDS to further develop the database
presents a 3-minute walk through requiring individuals to to include wider courses and gather intelligence on the
diagnose faults in foundations, the interior and exterior specialisms and specialist resources across the college
of the turbine. and university network.

We have secured funding from Scottish Government to Phase two will:
purchase two more mobile units (giving a total of 4) which
will be based at colleges of key importance to the wind 1. Phase two user interface to make existing
industry providing a good geographic spread. datasets simple to navigate (Soluis)

Augmented Reality 2. The expansion and tagging of data sets to
cover the wider manufacturing sectors
As part of the Erasmus+ ELITE project ESP have
developed an application to enable construction 3. Inclusion of further university provision where
learners to visualise 2D drawings as 3D through appropriate
augmented reality.
Shared Resources
Ayrshire College also developed an ELITE Energy
Efficiency awareness unit which is part of a suite of 6 Supporting the purchase, development and sponsorship
units available on the ELITE portal. of a number of resources including:

http://www.associazionenetelearning.it/login/index.php • Laser Alignment

ELITE Energy Efficiency Awareness units • Hydraulic Torque Equipment - In response
to college demand through the Wind and Ma-
1. Basic notions of ICT for exploring BIM rine Training network ESP purchased a portable
2. The Basics of BIM approach hydraulic torque unit.
3. Understanding of projects,
• Immersive Hybrid Reality mobile units — Two
communication and collaboration, mobile systems are available that will enable
conflict resolution and control learners to visualize and experience the top of a
4. Cost control and coordination & wind turbine, build up construction awareness or
management process even walk around a historic building.
5. BIM as a part of Lean in Construction
6. Improving Energy Efficiency Awareness • Hybrid vehicles - Support colleges to purchase
hybrid vehicles to facilitate training.

• Powering the Future (Glasgow Science Cen-
tre) - Interactive exhibit about the future of energy,
exploring how to make energy more affordable,
secure and sustainable.

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Supporting Work Readiness

Wind and Marine Training Network

Further support has been provided for wind turbine technicians to undertake their working at heights certification
through industry demand.

GWO Basic Technical Training

ESP has supported the three Wind Turbine Technician Training colleges to secure approval to deliver the new Basic
Technical Training. As well as allowing the colleges to deliver this top industry students completing the Wind Turbine
Technician Course will also be certificated with the Basic Technical Training certification.

Erasmus+ ELITE

ESP’s pilot project worked alongside Ayrshire college staff, students and a local architect. We took a standard 2D
architectural paper based drawing of a house, applied AR technology via a smart phone or tablet allowing learners to
visualise a digitised model in 3D. Learners could walk around a 360° completed model allowing them to visualise the
finished product, specific detail and link to pre-programmed information such as manufacture specifications, building
standards and training videos.

ELITE Energy Efficiency Awareness units

1 Basic notions of ICT for exploring BIM

2 The Basics of BIM approach

3 Understanding of projects, communication and
collaboration, conflict resolution and control

4 Cost control and coordination & management process

5 BIM as a part of Lean in Construction

6 Improving Energy Efficiency Awareness

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ENGINEERING and energy

Policy Drivers ufacturing Technology Centre, Coventry in October 2017. The
conference focused on national policy and how to meet the
Scottish Government Energy Strategy - Scotland’s first challenges of digitalising manufacturing with the launch of the
Energy Strategy will strengthen the development of local Industrial Digitalisation Review - Made Smarter - led by Prof.
energy, protect and empower consumers, and support Scotland’s Juergen Maier of Siemens. The college senior managers found
climate change ambitions while tackling poor energy provision. the conference a useful tool to support their digitalisation journey
and a real catalyst to a successful digital future.
Built around six energy priorities this Strategy will guide the
decisions that the Scottish Government make with partner Engineering Strategy Group
organisations.
Early in 2017/18 academic year ESP reviews it’s Themed Groups
Manufacturing Action Plan (MAP) - ESP represent the resulting in establishing the Engineering Strategy Group to focus
college sector on the Skills Workstream which aims to improve on key priorities on behalf of colleges.
productivity and increase investment in the manufacturing
industry so that it continues to address regional imbalances, Advanced Manufacture Working Group (AMWG)
create highly skilled jobs, and grow the Scottish economy.
Established in early 2018, this group is recognised as key to
NMIS - £100 million is being invested in developing a developing senior college engineering/technology managers and
National Manufacturing Institute for Scotland (NMIS) that will subject specialist lecturers. With a direct link into the NMIS Skills
provide support for manufacturing businesses, help to attract Workstream the AMWG will focus their workplan on aligning with
investment, and connect all of Scotland’s engineering NMIS and regional key priorities. A number of CPD industrial
universities and colleges. visits, training interventions and conferences have been
identified and organised for 2018/19 across a range of industrial
The vision is for the NMIS to be an industry-led international sectors.
centre of manufacturing expertise, where research, industry and
the public sector work together to transform skills, productivity
and innovation to attract investment and make Scotland a global
leader in advanced manufacturing. Semta MOU

ESP continues to work on behalf of the college sector on the An early outcome from the Engineering Strategy Group was
‘Skills’ and ‘Outreach’ Workstreams of NMIS. for ESP to form a stronger working relationship with Semta. A
MoU is now in place and some key priorities for collaboration
ESP expanded remit for Wider Manufacture - Manufacture is identified.
a key priority for Scotland involving a range of industry sectors.
ESP has widened its remit with a focus on the wider manufacture • Strategic Priorities and Projects
agenda, NMIS, Advanced Manufacture with alignment to sector • Government and Industry Groups (Influence)
Skills Investment Plans. • Funding and Resources
• Capability and Capacity in Support of Emerging

Engineering Highlights for 2017/18 Technologies and Emerging Opportunities
• Curriculum and Learning and Teaching Development
Digitalising Manufacturing 2017 Conference • Benefits to Scotland

A group made up of ESP and three college senior managers By developing a collaboritive approach to the above projects,
attended the Digitalising Manufacturing Conference at the Man- there is an opportunity to simplify the skills landscape in
Scotland for careers seekers, employers, colleges and other
stakeholders.

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Projects 9

Interactive Resource Map

Phase 2 of this project is now underway with testing stage due Dec 2018. SDS funding has been secured to allow this
latest development of a national database of College and University courses and resource information linked to key
sectors.

Global Wind Organisation (GWO) - Basic Technician Training (BTT) audit

A successful audit of training and resources was carried out in April to allow ESP’s Wind & Marine Training Network to
deliver the GWO - BTT programme.

Colleges involved are:

• Ayrshire College
• Dumfries & Galloway College
• Fife College

Energy Savings Trust and Transport Scotland

ESP are collaborating with EST Scotland’s Transport Division and Transport Scotland to support their Scottish objectives
around Low Carbon Transport and in particular Ultra Low Emission Vehicles.

Influence


NMIS Outreach & Skills Workstreams - ESP’s Director and Sector Manager: Engineering sit on these two groups
respectively to influence the development of the NMIS offering and represent the colleges interest. A key focus for ESP
is to ensure the national aspect of NMIS is linked to the colleges and their region.

SQA Engineering Qualifications Review - The ESP Engineering Strategy Group continue to work with SQA to ensure
the pending review meets the training & education needs of industry and learners across Scotland. During 2018/19 ESP
and the group will continue to engage with SQA around developing a prioritised plan for review of engineering fram works
likely to focus on Advanced Manufacture and Emerging technologies.

Engineering Future Priorities

ESP will continue to work with the Engineering Strategy Group and the Short Life Working group to establish an action
plan to support key priorities outlined below and any additional emerging priorities.

• SQA Engineering Qualifications Review – collaborate with SQA and the AMWG to develop flexible option in support
of emerging industry needs.

• NMIS Skills & Outreach - AMWG further develop the workplan and CPD programme.
• Manufacture Challenge Fund - opportunities for Scotland’s Colleges to develop a regional response to support the

SME sector.

Energy StrategY

Advanced Manufacture

Automotive and Transport

Oil and Gas Decommission

Maritime

Hydrogen

Qualifications review

skills competitions

CONSTRUCTION and energy

10 Policy Drivers Development of Augmented Reality educational
resource tool
Construction activity in 2017/18 has been in line with a
number of key policies including: As part of an ambitious Erasmus+ project, ESP and four
other European nations developed a package suite that
1. Scottish Government - aim to build 50,000 will enable academia to develop augmented reality (AR)
affordable homes by 2021 and £3 billion projects for all sectors. The benefits to colleges and
investment programme that will support tens of learners are enormous; AR can provide students with
thousands of jobs. pre-programed digital information linked to their courses,
and make complex information easier to understand.
2. Energy Efficient Scotland - Making our homes and
buildings warmer, greener and more efficient 2017 Construction Strategy Group (CSG)
- 2040 investing £10-12 Billion in energy efficiency
measures. Experts from all Scottish colleges attend the Construc-
tion Strategic Group (CSG) quarterly meetings to devel-
3. Scotland’s Manufacturing Action Plan - business op a national action plan to enhance the construction
expenditure in research and development and curriculum.
opportunities to build offsite construction
capability. A key priority highlighted through the CSG is to analyse
sector skills council’s contribution rates. A practitioner
4. Scottish Government Low Carbon Built Environ- short life working group (SLWG) is currently working on
ment Plan - Reduce carbon emissions by 80% by a model fit for future delivery, this is made up of ESP,
2050. College Principals, Colleges Scotland and college experts.

5. Improve health outcomes through the applica- Achievements to date:
tion of digital technology as an integral part of
quality cost-effective healthcare and support in • Increment of the CITB contribution rates by 14%
construction. • Skills test funding secured up to December 2019
• Development of a standardised national
6. Transform the sustainability of Scotland’s hous-
ing by designating energy efficiency a National e-portfolio available Aug 2019
Infrastructure Priority.
Further work is ongoing with Sector Skills Councils (SSC),
7. Construction Skills Investment Plan — Work Skills Development Scotland (SDS) and Scottish Govern-
closely with colleges in Scotland align our detailed ment (SG) to plan the transformational change required
deliver plans in support of the sector. and to develop a functional training funding and delivery
model.
Construction Highlights for
2017/18 Colleges & Innovation Centres Future Equipped Pilot
Project
Delegation to Future of Buildings Conference Austria
An independent review of innovation centres identified
A team from Scotland attended the Future of Buildings a significant opportunity to enhance college involvement
conference in Vienna, Austria in May organised through and to support innovation in skills. Due to this report, a
ESP and the Austrian Embassy. Ten people represented pilot project was developed by key stakeholders that
Scotland from Ayrshire College, West College Scotland, included Scottish Funding Council (SFC), ESP, Construction
Edinburgh College, Inverness College UHI, Borders Innovation Centre (CSIC), Digital Health & Care Institute
College, City of Glasgow College, Skills Development (DHI) and College Development Network (CDN).
Scotland and an industry representative from A.C. Whyte.
The aim of the pilot is to explore the potential for
The visit to Vienna allowed for construction heads, Scotland’s colleges to support business innovation
government bodies and industry representatives to through collaboration with Innovation Centre expertise and
network and experience new innovative technologies capability. The pilot will assist the SFC to understand how
that will help drive the necessary change in Scotland’s the performance of both colleges and Innovation Centres
construction and educational sectors. can be strengthened through closer collaboration. It will
also help inform future decisions about innovation support
strategies and effective funding models.

The projects consists of upskilling college staff in future health and care needs in line with emerging innovation in ‘smart
home’ technologies. Provide college lecturers with experience-based and cross-disciplinary learning so they can develop
their courses to better equip students with digital skills. College lecturers will:

• Participate in learn & play technology sessions: sensor technologies, virtual & augmented reality, digital health
technologies, offsite construction manufacturing line, 3D scanners, printers & robots.

• Hear from industry and academic experts about future directions and relevant case studies.
• Designing a demo-room to demonstrate emerging technologies.
• Site visits to: smart homes demo sites, offsite construction factory.
• Collaboratively develop new teaching modules to integrate into new or existing courses

Influence

Modern apprenticeship programmes:
An ongoing priority for Scotland’s colleges is to have a construction Modern Apprenticeship programme fit for purpose.
We are working closely with Colleges Scotland, College Principles Group, Sector Skills Councils (SSC) and awarding
body’s to shape the professional development award and Scottish vocational qualification.
Energy Efficient Scotland – route map
ESP are working closely with Scottish Government and Energy Savings Trust shaping the future skills needs for the
delivery of Energy Efficient Scotland programme over the next 20 years. This programme is aimed at making Scotland’s
existing buildings near zero carbon wherever feasible by 2050.

Construction Future Priorities

energy efficient scotland

offsite manufacturing

building information modelling (BIM)

smart homes/cities

health monitoring (link to digital health)

apprenticeship funding

industry 4.0

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STEM

Policy Drivers colleges along with 13 inspirational speakers from industry
partners.
Scottish Government STEM Strategy - aims to build Attended by over 1300 school pupils from schools across
Scotland’s capacity to deliver excellent STEM learning, Scotland it provided the opportunity for those attend-
and to close equity gaps in participation and attainment ing to participate in interactive activities, meet Careers
in STEM. Champions, attend inspirational talks and to be inspired
through having fun.
ESP have continued to strongly influence the estab- Additionally, the event hosted the Scottish Big Bang
lishment of Scotland’s Colleges as being central to the Competition, Tomorrow’s Engineers Lego Robotics Chal-
delivery mechanism of the Scottish Government’s STEM lenge Scottish final and the Bloodhound Scotland Rocket
Strategy. Working with key partners: SFC, Education Car Challenge final.
Scotland and SDS, regional STEM partnerships are now Building on the achievements of Big Bang Scotland, 10
being formed with colleges leading in a coordination role regional events took place in 2017-18 based as far afield
with local stakeholders involving DYW regional managers, as Skye, the Borders and Dumfries and Galloway.
local authorities, schools and companies to work together
on a regional STEM strategy. These events provided outreach to almost 4000 pupils
from schools all over Scotland. Support has also been
We continue to support the delivery of the STEM provided by ESP and colleges to 5 partner events includ-
Strategy through our involvement in the STEM Hub ing “STEM @ The Helix” and RAF Lossiemouth’s “STEM
Steering Group.The aim is to support colleges with a range of in The Workplace”.
options, interventions and resources available to support The success of these events has both employers and
the development of the Regional STEM Hub Partnership schools signing up for 2019 already with 6 new college
strategy/action plan development and delivery. based events now being proposed in the North of Scot-
land, Ayrshire and Orkney.
STEM Highlights for 2017/18

STEM Best Practice Day

ESP held a STEM networking event on 16 February
2018 hosted at Forth Valley College in Stirling to share
best practice across the college network. Colleges and
partner organisations attended to showcase STEM activi-
ties and initiatives delivered by colleges across Scotland.
Presentations on STEM programmes and the success
stories of several projects were provided by colleges
along with presentations from Engineering UK, Education
Scotland, Food and Drink Federation Scotland and many
other educational and industry representatives.

Powering the Future on Tour

Having recognised the inspirational impact of the Power-
ing the Future (PTF) Exhibition at the Glasgow Science
Centre, ESP has supported the campaign to establish an
‘On Tour’ option. Funding has now been secured and the
exhibit is now under development.

The plan is for the PTF on Tour to be available to the
STEM Hubs mid-2019.

STEM Events

The Big Bang Scotland Fair

The Big Bang Scotland Fair run in partnership with
EngineeringUK’s Tomorrow’s Engineers initiative
brought together over 60 exhibitors from industry and

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The Big Bang Competition

Following their win at Big Bang Scotland, entrants from:

• Robert Gordon’s College went on to win the first ever Competitors’ Choice award at the UK final for their 3D printers
for schools project.

• McLaren High School with support from ESP and some industry partners will host their own Big Bang Competition for
45 science and engineering based projects in Sep 2018.

Tomorrow’s Engineers EEP Robotics Challenge

The 2018 EEP Robotics Challenge expanded the scheme to 18 new Scottish schools. Training took place in Glasgow City
Riverside College and Aberdeen Science Centre. Regional finals involving 45 schools from across Scotland took place at:

• West College Scotland
• Forth Valley College
• Dundee and Angus College

As well as the colleges, these events were supported by STEM Ambassadors, the RAF and a number of key partners. The
2018 winners; McLaren High School from Callander went on to win the UK Championships in Birmingham.

The Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET)

ESP is developing a strategic relationship with the IET’s Education 5-19 Department to promote engineering and STEM
education. ESP working with IET to scale the First Lego League and First Lego League Junior to extend the reach across
Scotland. A number of tournaments are now planned for 2018/19 including:

• Lews Castle College
• Inverness College UHI
• Dundee and Angus College
• Edinburgh College
• West College Scotland
• West Lothian (TBC)
• Ayrshire

Dumfries and Galloway College are also piloting a First Lego League Junior Expo aimed at 6 – 9 year old pupils.

STEM Resources Brochure

A STEM resource brochure is now available detailing shared resources available from
ESP and key sector partners.

MTa Training

In accordance with the development of colleges as regional STEM Hubs,
training has been provided by ESP to familiarise teachers, college staff and key
partners with the MTa STEM kits kindly donated by the RAF for use in schools.
The kits which are essentially giant plastic building kits can be used in the class-
room to enhance standard curriculum activities whilst providing fun engineer-

ing based problem solving or team building tasks. These kits will be based in
regional college hubs where they can be requested by schools to support their
programmes of study.

Training has already taken place at Borders College and West Lothian College
with a second session at West Lothian planned for Oct 18. ESP have negotiat-
ed with MTa to provide access to 20 Apps allowing each college access to the
training manuals – colleges will be able to provide their local schools access to
this App via a designated tablet or similar device.

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STEM Partnerships

ESP has developed a number of Key strategic partnerships with:
EngineeringUK

• Big Bang and Big Bang@ to support employer and schools engagement and inspire school pupils to engage in
STEM subjects.

• Employer Support Manager hosted by ESP on behalf of EngineeringUK, works with industry STEM leads to help
them develop their STEM strategy. If this requires STEM engagement with schools, companies will be introduced
to their regional DYW team.

The Institution of Engineering and Technology
Building on our work with IET scale the First Lego League discussions are now underway to establish ESP as an IET
Education Partner.
MoD
ESP has had significant support from the Army, Navy and RAF which has resulted in ESP being recognised as a delivery
partner in Scotland. We are a currently working on the development of an MoU to provide a sustainable framework for
the future.

STEM Future Priorities

ESP’s main priority for the future is to support the establishment of the Regional STEM Hub Partnerships by providing
guidance and support.

support establishment of stem hubs

Teacher cpd/upskilling

shared resources

competition/challenges

stem events

partnerships

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ESP

THE TEAM

Jim Brown, Director
Tel: 07557 563516

[email protected]

John Renwick, Sector Manager - Construction
Tel: 07921 057158

[email protected]

Roddy Scott, Sector Manager - Engineering
Tel: 07583 067395

[email protected]

Sarah Melville, Project Officer
Tel: 01786 892028

[email protected]

Alex Sinclair, Administration & Communications Assistant
Tel: 01786 892029

[email protected]

Wendy Findlay, Employer Support Manager
Tel: 07812 664954

[email protected]

Rachel Tulloch, Project Support Manager - Engineering
Tel: 07812 664912

[email protected]

Cherry Lameg, Administration Assistant
Tel: 07399 915303

[email protected]

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