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Addressing the skills required for the UK space sector to grow
Addressing the skills required for the UK space sector to grow

Wed, 05 Feb

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Live Theatre

Addressing the skills required for the UK space sector to grow

Delivered by Space Park Leicester

Time & Location

05 Feb 2025, 13:15 – 14:00

Live Theatre

About the event

As the UK's Space Sector grows, so does its appetite for highly skilled workers. Recent studies like the UK Space Skills Survey have shown that significant skills-related challenges adding difficulties to recruitment and retention, with skills gaps holding back innovation and reducing productivity. 


Space Park Leicester and others, with the support of the UK Space Agency, are working to leverage our own experience in Spacecraft Engineering and Operations to develop programmes facilitating knowledge sharing, retraining and upskilling of the Space Industry Workforce. Together we'll explore how we create a sustainable pipeline of support to ensure a well skilled workforce enabling the growth of the UK Space Industry.  


Factors explored: Skill gap findings from UK Space Skills Survey, Training Programmes (Highlight Fundamentals, and other UKSA funded programmes). Discuss long term intervention, starting with outreach to young people. 


Speaker Information




Professor Nigel Bannister, Deputy Director of Space Park Leicester


Nigel is an experienced space professional with a demonstrated track record of university teaching and research. Skilled in physics & astronomy, space systems, mission analysis, optics, data analysis and experimental physics, public speaking and outreach. Nigel obtained a PhD in UV Stellar Astrophysics and Flight Instrumentation Development at the University of Leicester. 

Nigel leads the Wolfson Deep Space Centre at  Space Park Leicester and is the lead academic in the Space Engineering Apprenticeship Trailblazer group, developing standards for the UK Space Sector. Appointed Deputy Director of Space Park Leicester in 2024, Nigel also holds responsibility for Skills & Education at Space Park Leicester. 





Josh Barker, Education and Outreach Officer 


Josh is experienced science communicator having spent a decade writing, developing and delivering informal science education. Over his career he has worked across a wide range of ages and abilities with a focus on Family audiences and Primary and Secondary age students. He is passionate about getting people excited and engaged with a range of STEM subjects while increasing their science capital. His role sees him developing and delivering outreach opportunities here at Space Park and for our Space City neighbours the National Space Centre. 

  

The workshop will absolutely be for a national audience, at Space Park we collaborate nationally and internationally. The target audience will be tailored for SMEs looking to grow or move into the sector. 


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