IDRIC - Video Showcase: Gaelic translations (for schools) | IDRIC

IDRIC Video Showcase

The project showcases the diversity of roles, opportunities and individuals involved in industrial decarbonisation research. The aim of the videos is to encourage and support subject and career choices for schoolchildren throughout the UK. We present 9 films with Gaelic translations.

I am delighted to broaden the impact of the IDRIC role model videos by translation into Gaelic, to engage and include all young people in Scotland. IDRIC’s video showcase brought home to me the importance of putting a face to a role. It is essential that young people in Scotland can see how they might be part of the energy transition and clean industrial growth and understand how employment and roles are changing. Presenting the videos in Gaelic, as one of Scotland’s official languages, will reach more young people and widen the options, opportunities and choices for their future employment in Scotland.

Dr Maxine Akhurst, British Geological Survey

Tha am pròiseact a’ taisbeanadh iomadachd nan dreuchdan, nan cothroman agus nan daoine fa leth a tha an sàs ann an rannsachadh dì-charbonachadh gnìomhachais. ’S e amas nam bhideothan roghainnean chuspairean is dreuchdan a bhrosnachadh agus a thaiceadh do sgoilearan air feadh na RA. Bidh sinn a’ taisbeanadh 9 filmichean le eadar-theangachaidhean Gàidhlig.

Tha mi air leth toilichte buaidh nam bhideothan eisimpleir IRNDG a leudachadh le bhith gan eadar-thangachadh dhan Ghàidhlig, gus a h-uile neach òg ann an Alba a bhrosnachadh agus a ghabhail a-steach. Thug taisbeanadh bhideo IRNDG dhachaigh dhomhsa dè cho cudromach ’s a tha e aghaidh a chur air dreuchd. Tha e riatanach gum faic daoine òga ann an Alba ciamar a dh’fhaodadh iad a bhith nam pàirt den eadar-ghluasad lùtha agus fàs glàn a’ ghnìomhachais agus gum bi tuigse aca mar a tha cosnachadh agus dreuchdan ag atharrachadh. Le bhith a’ taisbeanadh nam bhideothan anns a’ Ghàidhlig, mar cànan oifigeil Alba, bhithear a’ ruigsinn barrachd daoine òga agus a’ leudachadh na roghainnean, cothroman agus taghaidhean airson an cosnadh ann an Alba san àm ri teachd.

Dr Maxine Akhurst, British Geological Survey

Instructions:

In the bottom right corner click on the ‘<‘ sign (‘Show controls’)
Click CC for captions in Gaelic

Amir Jahanbakhsh

Amir is a Reservoir Engineer working at Heriot-Watt University in Edinburgh. He describes what a Reservoir Engineer is. Having enjoyed literature and poetry during school, he uses them as motivation to continue his work. Amir also talks about how diversity and teamwork are integral parts of IDRIC’s work.

Questions

What type of engineer is Amir, and what does it involve?
What does the word subsurface mean? Why is it mysterious?
Name two industries that emit carbon.

Arezoo Azimi

Arezoo is a PhD student who uses computers to help industries reduce the amount of carbon they produce. Arezoo talks about her experiences of studying, the importance of believing in yourself, and how we can also get support from the community that surrounds us.

Questions

What is Arezoo looking for in industry?
What two examples does Arezoo give in steel making processes, that emit lots of carbon? Can you think of other parts of the steel making process that might emit lots of carbon?
Why did Arezoo come to Scotland?

Ashween Virdee

Ashween is a PhD student who researches how to reduce our dependence on fossil fuels. Having grown up in Kenya, she witnessed global warming first-hand. This inspired her to work on solving climate issues and talking to industries about their current manufacturing pathways.

Questions

What do we need to reduce our dependence on?
What inspired Ashween to want to save the planet?
Why does Ashween enjoy working with IDRIC?

Helen Kibby

Helen is a marketing manager at IDRIC. Helen enjoyed social science in school and has worked in several roles in the UK and abroad. In her current job she needs to understand lots of complicated data and information to make it appeal to a wide range of different people.

Questions

What is Helen worried about and why?
What does Helen do in her job? Why is this important?
What was Helen’s path to her current job?

Jeannie Ziang Yie Tan

Jeannie works at Heriot-Watt University in Edinburgh. She is researching ways of making energy usage more efficient and sustainable. In her work, she constantly pushes herself to be creative and curious – always asking herself if there is anything that can be done to make conventional processes better for the environment.

Questions

What two things drove Jeannie’s interest in the environment?
Jeannie loves rain! But what is happening to rain because of climate change?
What advice does Jeannie give to young people thinking about their careers?

Johnson Jimba

Johnson is a PhD student researching carbon dioxide flow metres for carbon storage systems. From early childhood, Johnson always wanted to understand how things work. As a student he designed and built a solar powered car in Nigeria. He is part of a team of researchers committed to transforming the world towards a sustainable future.

Questions

What does Johnson say you need to understand to be an engineer?
What is Johnson researching? Why do you think flow meters matter?
What methods does Johnson describe that help capture unwanted carbon?

Laura Steedman

Laura Steedman is a Project Engineer at BP. While she wasn’t very good at maths or physics in school, Laura took a course in engineering which inspired her to pursue a career as an engineer. Laura talks about how she loves working as an engineer as it allows her to play an important part in saving the world.

Questions

What is Laura trying to achieve through her influencing?
What does Laura think will help build public trust in tackling climate change and reaching Net Zero?
Which teams does Laura say are the most successful, and why?

Maxine Akhurst

Maxine is a geologist, researching the geological storage of carbon dioxide. Growing up, her favourite subjects at school were the sciences. From this passion, Maxine decided to study geology as it draws elements from all the sciences. Maxine hopes that technologies that store carbon dioxide in geological formations in the UK can be implemented soon.

Questions

What is Maxine working on in Scotland?
What was Maxine’s favourite subject in school, and why does she like Geology so much?
What was Maxine’s most exciting moment in her work?

Omid Shahrokhi

Omid is a researcher at Heriot-Watt University in Edinburgh. Omid’s research is based on looking at reducing the costs of hydrogen storage. Omid talks about how pushing out of one’s comfort zone and making mistakes is important to growth, both personally and professionally. He also talks about the importance of empathy and kindness.

Questions

What fuel is Omid looking at in his research?
What does Omid suggest might reduce the costs of reducing carbon emissions? Can you think of other ways?
What insights has Omid gained by attending conferences and meeting other people?