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Manufacturing Skills Fund
Rebecca Garrod Waters
Chief Executive
AgendaWho aWho are?re?
• The Ufi vision - Learning without Walls
• How we work
• Manufacturing Skills Fund
• How to apply
• Where to find help
What is Ufi?Who aWho are?
• An independent charity dedicated to increasing
delivery of adult vocational learning through
digital technology
• Projects that create change to scale up digital
vocational learning for adults in the UK
• Working to bring vocational learning to more
people, in more places, more of the time
What do you mean??
• Adults are anyone over 16
• We don’t fund higher education projects
• We don’t fund schools projects
• Vocational learning leading to employment
• Skills specific to the workplace
• Literacy and numeracy skills
• But not generic job seeking skills
• Adult lifetime learning, at work, in communities,
at home and in formal learning environments
What do you mean by digital
technology??
• Digital technology can include:
• Networks (the web, cloud)
• Software and content (e-learning, adaptive learning, simulation,
gamification, e-books, video, etc.)
• Hardware (desktops, tablets, mobile devices, wearables)
• Networks and mechanisms for mass
penetration, rather than specific devices
Learning Without Walls
We call our strategy ‘learning without walls’ because
we think that digital technology can really change how
people learn and develop skills for work.
Why is it important?
The UK needs to
increase the number
of people with the
right skills for work
Digital technologies
can change how
people learn and build
their skills
Ensure vocational
learning becomes an
attractive market for
investment
What are we doing?Who aWho
are Ufi?re Ufi?• ‘Learning without walls’ – how digital tech can change
vocational learning and skills development
• lnvesting in scalable projects that have real impact in
adult vocational learning
• Working with learners, industries and communities to
create new digital solutions for adult learning
• Creating a community of learning developers and
providers working at the cutting edge of digital tech
How we work
Ufi funding will be focused in three areas:
Seeding the market Market testing
products
Large scale partnerships
near to market
Our projectsRAPID ENGLISH – the 'Priorities' frequency-based learning platform
Using a revolutionary combination of linguistic know-how, big-data and
machine learning to make course content more effective. Ufi funding is
helping use real world content to develop new mechanisms to build
bespoke language profiles for subjects, course materials and learners. By
overcoming language barriers which preventing effective communication,
learners and educators can focus on the vocabulary that underpins specific
skills and training issues, leading to more effective outcomes.
Our projects
NANOSIMBOX – Interactive Scientific
Nano Simbox is a molecular dynamics platform. Trial have shown that it can
engage a wider range of learners than traditional science teaching and make
tricky science concepts more accessible. It can deliver major science teaching.
The project is using Ufi funding to develop and test content aligned with the
Applied Science BTEC and mobile device delivery for remote learning; and is
already talking to employers about using the tool for workplace training.
Our projects
TARGET - European Innovation Ltd
TARGET is a full commercial trial of wearable technology in a manufacturing
environment. Wearable technology (in this case smart glasses) is a new area
which offers significant opportunity. When switched off the glasses can form a
standard pair of safety glasses, when switched on the twin heads up display
screens built into the glass deliver interactive content directly to an individual as
they look at a specific machine.
Our projectsSAFER FOOD SERIES – British Hospitality Association
SAFER FOOD SERIES #1 is a pilot project which aims to test whether an app-
based game is an effective way of delivering learning to employees in the
hospitality sector, focusing particularly on young people employed in SMEs.
Using cross-contamination as a theme, the game aims to teach learners how to
prepare, cook and serve burgers in a professional kitchen setting. Orders
become increasingly complex through the game, in order to simulate
create pressure points which would in a real life setting.
Our projectsCitizen Maths
UFI Charitable Trust funds this free, open course to give people the ability to
use maths with confidence in their work and social lives. Online provision
gives students privacy and more flexibility, providing courses they can access
in their own time and at a pace that suits them. Many people have negative
feelings about maths after struggling with it at school. These adults are the
target of the innovative Citizen Maths service which aims to help them develop
skills they missed out on at school and overcome barriers to learning maths.
Manufacturing Skills Fund
• Upskilling within the manufacturing sector,
particular within SMEs, is not keeping pace with
global industry development
• Digitisation of manufacturing is not being
matched by innovation in vocational skills
development
• Digital solutions can deliver effective training for
individuals
What does Ufi want to achieve?
• Stimulate the market for digital vocational
technology in the manufacturing sector
• Encourage collaboration
• Demonstrators to stimulate further innovation
and take up
#ManufacturingSkillsFund
• £50,000 to £150,000 for projects lasting up to 18
months, which are:
• Collaborative, involving employers and digital learning experts
• Particularly aimed at SMEs in the manufacturing supply chain
• Deliver against skills and business priorities in manufacturing
• Clearly identify their target audience and expected impact on
learners and on business productivity
• Realistic and deliverable within the timeframe
• Have the potential to scale up for maximum impact
What are Ufi looking for?
Innovative digital learning projects with potential to:
• Address current and future skills shortages in technical skills.
• Technical skills such as robotics/maintenance; leadership and
management skills; systems and process skills including quality tools and
new product introduction.
• Test ways to use digital technology to develop vocational skills.
• Blended learning, learning in shared industrial settings, smartphones ,
wearable technology and the application of VR and AR technology in
vocational learning
• Use digital technology to bring new talent into manufacturing by
upskilling and providing bridges to employment.
• Including skills for job-seekers and re-skilling people already in work to start
new careers in manufacturing
What will change as a
result of your project?
There are things we do not fund
• Schools based projects
• University or research projects
• Basic digital skills – using Office, getting online
• Underpinning ‘life skills’ – such as CV building
or time management
• Standard content development
What can you expect if you’re
successful?
• Part of a cohort of exciting voctech projects
• Access to a network of experts – a tailored
approach
• A dedicated project manger to support you
What do we ask of you?
• Be realistic about what is achievable
• Engage with your cohort
• Launch event (26 April) and Workshops
• Help to promote VocTech and Ufi Charitable
Trust’s mission
How to apply
On-Line Application
22 Feb 2017
Close
23 January 2017
Stage 2 – invite only
14 Dec 2016
Close
FINAL DECISION
31 March 2017
PROJECT LAUNCH
26 April 2017
26 Oct 2016
Fund Open
#ManufacturingSkillsFund
How much? £50K - £150K
How long? 18 months
What for? Collaborative digital vocational
learning projects involving
manufacturing employers
(especially supply chain SMEs)
and digital learning experts.
Where to find help
Events – Meet us face
to face for an informal
chat about your
project idea
Visit our website for
more information,
guidance and FAQs
Follow Ufi on Twitter
and LinkedIn.
Register on our
website for news and
updates
Ufi Charitable Trust
26 Red Lion Square
London
WC1R 4AG
+44 (0)203 086
7974
www.ufi.co.uk
@UfiTrust