Maker to Mentor, a project funded by WorldSkills UK and NCFE through the WorldSkills UK Centre of Excellence, and led by Tameside College, has demonstrated how closer collaboration between education and industry can help tackle advanced manufacturing skills gaps and strengthen the expertise of educators and engineers.
The project explored and tested different approaches to dual professionalism, examining how closer collaboration between educators and industry professionals could strengthen both technical expertise and teaching practice.
Building on these findings, WorldSkills UK and NCFE will share the learning with members of the WorldSkills UK Centre of Excellence across England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. This will enable providers to explore and test how different approaches to dual professionalism can be adapted to their own industries and local labour market needs, strengthening employer partnerships and helping technical education keep pace with changing workforce needs.
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