Skills
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Decarbonising the UK’s largest industrial clusters offers a huge opportunity to support and future-proof jobs within the industrial heartlands. This will require a shift in education and workforce training to develop the skills and workforce capacity to power industrial decarbonisation and reach net zero by 2050.
It is essential that we understand where skill gaps exist now.
As demand grows for these decarbonisation skills, it is essential that we understand where skill gaps exist now and in the future, what mechanisms are in place to address these gaps and the timescales required to do so. This will involve a system-wide approach across the UK and supply chain.
If you want to work in a sector that is actively finding the solutions to achieve net zero – working for industry could be the answer.
Working in industry offers a huge variety of entry points, job roles and flexible career progression. Additionally, the demand for jobs in industry is growing due to the need to decarbonise industrial emissions. This means opportunities for skilled workers for decades to come.
If you are interested in working in this sector, explore our Net Zero Industry interactive landscape to discover the wide range of career possibilities within a sustainable industrial future and gain insights from various career perspectives.
In 2024, IDRIC launched the CDT-GIF to deliver the next generation of global leaders in the energy transition through a world-leading, interdisciplinary whole systems research and training programme to realise the green industrial revolution.
The Centre’s four year doctoral programme challenges our students to work on cutting-edge, innovative research projects that will address key challenges faced by industrial stakeholders. The centre’s expertise covers a range of technologies and systemic approaches that will be adopted to lower industrial emissions whilst ensuring a just and economically-viable transition.
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