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Motion · S5M-24152 · 16 Feb 2021

National Centres of Excellence in Low Carbon Skills

Lodged by Alex Rowley Standard Motion 17 supporters

The motion

That the Parliament acknowledges that further education institutions have a vital role to play in delivering the skills required to decarbonise Scotland's economy by 2045; appreciates that with a huge number of jobs potentially lost due to the pandemic, the further education sector needs to support as many people as possible to retrain to work in the low carbon sectors, so that Scotland can build towards a resilient and sustainable recovery; notes the calls led by young people from the Teach the Future campaign to establish a new network of national centres of excellence in low carbon skills at several further education colleges, each focusing on different aspects of the low carbon skills gap; understands that the campaign is calling for the centres of excellence to be spread out geographically in order to help with the levelling-up plan, based on regional hubs that could be linked to existing regional projects; notes the intention that the work of the network will lead to the design of new teaching resources, training and assessments, in addition to the reskilling of teachers and the sharing of best practice through new networks, and recognises suggestions that the centres could support the Government in introducing low carbon skills into the curriculum in order to further help bridge the skills gap at a time when many students face a highly uncertain future.

Supporters (17)

Source: the Scottish Parliament motions and amendments record.