Innovative Training Opportunities for Skilled Professionals in Energy and Infrastructure Research
Explore C-DICE's collaborative postdoctoral programs in energy research and city infrastructure, offering training in leadership, communication, and technical skills. Key components include interdisciplinary team challenges, seed-corn funding, and industry placements. Upcoming opportunities include seed-corn funding, training, placements, and policy showcases.
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Dr Kathryn North Director, C-DICE, Head of ERA Skills
2 C-DICE: The Collaboration Posdoc. Pipeline UKCRIC (Infrastructure and cities) UCL ERA (Energy research) Loughborough Cambridge Keele Birmingham Heriot-Watt Cranfield Aston Southampton Leicester Edinburgh Leeds Warwick Sheffield Nottingham Newcastle CRAC (Vitae) Manchester Cardiff BGS Bristol Prosper Energy-related Organisations Organisations Alan Turing Institute Faraday Institution Infrastruct. 276M Capital 180M Capital 6 EPSRC 4 EPSRC Investment Investment CDTs CDTs BRE MTC Twitter (@CentreDICE) Linked-In (C-DICE) URL: cdice.ac.uk
Key messages from employers They need highly skilled people Commercial awareness, leadership, communication skills Pace Key messages from postdocs how to start the conversation/get experience in other sector?
4 C-DICE: Key components Training (Cranfield) Sandpits (Loughborough + All) Interdisciplinary teams solving complex, industry-derived and co-created research challenges. Seedcorn Fund. Advanced research, leadership and innovation skills pathways. Deep technical and industry-relevant skills development. Drawn from partners. Accreditation Sustained talent pipeline Novel net zero-carbon solutions Impact hub (Loughborough) Widespread dissemination and downstream exploitation. Networking with policy-makers, business. C-DICE Fellowships. Informing funders policy development. Development pathway (Birmingham) Industrial placements, 'discipline/sector hopping' and secondments, Fellowships.
Upcoming opportunities Sandpits - 30k seed-corn funding Peer-to-peer training Placements and secondments Dragon s Dens Policy Showcase
