£5m for UK semiconductor skills projects
The UK government has announced £4.8m for a series of projects to boost semiconductor skills as part of its industry strategy.
The START-SEMI (skills, talent, and re-education training for semiconductors) will be led by Swansea University to develop a skills and talent pipeline.
A virtual reality semiconductor fabrication training facility will be set up by Semiwise in Glasgow.
A photonic integrated circuit packaging academy (PICPAC) will be led by Bay Photonics in Torbay, creating and delivering course content and materials. This comes as the nearby University of Southampton announced a centre for silicon photonics. A photonic integrated circuit bootcamp will also be run by Anchored In in London as an intensive training course to reskill professionals in photonics integrated circuit technologies.
A project for addressing shortages in semiconductor skills training (ASISST) will be led by The University of Sheffield to raise the UK public’s awareness of the semiconductor industry and produce accessible, relevant semiconductor training courses.
An advanced educational program to support the emerging and future eco-system of semiconductor manufacturing and design in the UK will be co-designed by King’s College London to create a set of coherent learning pathways, by leveraging existing resources and producing new ones.
Spark their imagination; power their future is a project from the Compound Semiconductor Applications Catapult in Newport to provide the opportunity for children at state-sector secondary schools in Wales to develop their interest in electronics and engineering.
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An integrated training programme to realise the next generation of plasma-assisted manufacturing professionals, researchers and technicians for the UK will be led by University of York to establish a specialised training centre, with sector-specific infrastructure and bespoke, co-created and co-delivered training materials.
A Quantum academy learning series (QuALS) will be led by Nascent Semiconductor in Durham to provide training for people seeking to work in the development of practical quantum systems and technology.
A Semiconductor Higher Technical Skills Academy Wales will be led by Iungo Solutions with a suite of short, sharp, flexible and intense upskilling programmes to plug specific technical skills gaps.
The semiconductor electronic skills programme will be led by Tech Lancaster with a programme of outreach, STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) engagement and skills training and development.
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