bp teams up with college to launch green skills programme in Teesside

The energy giant has signed MoU with Redcar & Cleveland College to develop educational programmes

New $25m fund to train people in New York for clean energy jobs

The programme intends to reskill and train New Yorkers, including displaced workers in the fossil fuel sector and from disadvantaged communities, for new clean energy job opportunities

New York initiative to train workers to install green building technologies

The Career Pathway Training Partnerships programme will prioritise the state’s most underserved populations, including low-income New Yorkers and those living in disadvantaged communities

Energy manager says anyone can work in the sector

  Those looking to work in energy management don’t necessarily need to have an engineering background. That’s according to Dan Hubbard, a leading energy manager, who is encouraging graduates studying different subjects to get involved in the industry. Speaking at the Energy Live 2016 conference, he said he has a sports science degree and wasn’t […]

‘Oil and gas still an attractive career’

Oil and gas professionals would recommend a career in the industry to the next generation despite recent market challenges. That’s the result of a survey from Rigzone, an online resource for data in the sector, which asked around 1,000 professionals from 74 countries. It found 84% of oil and gas workers would recommend the industry as […]

Blog: Low riders make energy interesting…

Bald or grey-haired middle-aged men – words that would describe the majority of the workforce in the energy industry! No offence to anyone but that’s what I’ve seen at pretty much every conference or event I’ve attended in the sector so far. But one that I went to recently however was slightly out of the […]

US $1.09m fund to inspire careers in energy

Two US organisations have been awarded $1.08 million (£680,000) to inspire high school students towards a career in the cleantech industry. The National Science Foundation provided the funding for a three-year pilot-program called GreenTECH to build students’ interest in renewable energy, sustainable design and the green economy. Non-profit groups Solar One and MOUSE will work […]