Shortage of trained people within the energy industry is a key area of concern.

Nuclear Technology Education Consortium (NTEC)
A Collaborative Training Account to provide masters level and continuing professional development training in nuclear-energy related skills has been funded with £1 million from EPSRC and £1.6 million from industry partners. NTEC includes eleven universities and other training partners and the key public and private sector stakeholder groups in the UK. Areas covered are decommissioning and clean-up, reactor technology and fuel cycles, environment and safety, policy and regulation, project management, fusion and medical use. For more information, please see the NTEC website.

Nuclear Engineering Industrial Doctorate Centre (IDC)
The primary aim of this Industrial Doctorate Centre is to develop outstanding, vocationally oriented, Research Engineers (REs) through intensive, broadly-based training, four year training programme in collaboration with companies so that they are equipped to take up senior roles within the nuclear industry.

A consortium of UK universities (led by the University of Manchester in partnership with Imperial College London and supported by Bristol, Leeds, Sheffield and Strathclyde) and major users (Ove Arup, Roll Royce, the Atomic Weapons Establishment, British Energy etc) are working together to produce a new generation of nuclear engineers equipped to help ensure that the UK can regulate, build, and commission a new reactor fleet, and run them safely, reliably and efficiently. Areas covered are: plant life extension, new build, waste management, decommissioning & clean-up, and naval nuclear propulsion.

Fusion Industrial CASE Studentships
We support a small number of studentships including Industrial CASE studentships where the choice of research project rests with industry.

UK/US Student Exchange Scheme
A UK/US exchange scheme allows up to five postgraduate students to spend a year at Sandia National Laboratories in the US. The students work on aspects of hydrogen related research including hydrogen storage, hydrogen production and fuel cell development. The projects completed in the US complement work funded in the UK. This EPSRC activity forms part of the Memorandum of Understanding on Energy between the UK and the US, where we are working with the Department of Trade and Industry.