Spark their imagination; power their future is an exciting new initiative from the UK Electronics Skills Foundation (UKESF) and CSA Catapult, with the support of Innovate UK, to encourage more young people, aged 15-18, in Wales to consider a career in electronics and semiconductors.
The Spark their imagination; power their future programme includes:
The aim of the programme is to: improve attainment in STEM subjects; encourage more young people in Wales to consider an undergraduate degree in electronics and semiconductors; demonstrate the fantastic career opportunities the electronics industry can offer; raise awareness of the importance of semiconductors and how they will underpin future technologies.
CSA Catapult are the first Catapult to have been recognised by Innovate UK as a Knowledge Base within the Knowledge Transfer Partnership (KTP). A KTP is a three way partnership between an industrial partner, a KB, and a recently graduated associate who is hired by the Knowledge Base, but spends up to 90% of their time working in the industrial partner to aid the flow of knowledge from us to them, on a 1-3 year project. Click here for more information on how to get involved.
CSA Catapult is a Competence Centre for The European Centre for Power Electronics (EPCE) Network. The EPCE Network is focused on power electronics industries as an industry-driven research network. The aim of the ECPE Network is to promote education, innovation, science research and technology in power electronics in Europe. As a Competence Centre, our involvement will be through our Innovation Centre where it will be used as a research facility for over 200 network organisations and several joint programmes. As well as this, we will be collaborating on shared resources, including training and talent acquisition.
A group of the CSA Catapult team are STEM Ambassadors. They volunteer to help motivate the younger generation in forging a career pathway in either science, technology, engineering or mathematics subjects. Our ambassadors aim to bring these subject areas to life and encourage engagement through a range of activities.