04 Dec 2020
The NDA is requesting applications to its bursary scheme, to support the NDA mission to deliver safe, sustainable and publicly acceptable solutions to the challenge of decommissioning and clean-up of…More …
02 Dec 2020
First time online format and new awards categories announced for the 13th Annual UK Nuclear Skills Awards. Nominations are invited for individuals and companies for the UK Nuclear Skills Awards 2021.…More …
02 Dec 2020
The Nuclear Skills Strategy Group’s (NSSG) updated Strategic Plan provides a focus for industry and government to work together in support of a diverse, resilient and highly skilled nuclear workforce…More …
01 Dec 2020
Mon 14th December, 10.00-12.30 The Nuclear Skills Strategy Group and Nuclear Standards Advisory Group are hosting a free interactive Zoom webinar on pre-apprenticeship in the nuclear sector. The webin…More …
25 Nov 2020
The government’s National Infrastructure Strategy (NIS) was published today as part of the spending review. While the Spending Review was headlined by commitments to protect and create jobs post-Covi…More …
18 Nov 2020
Assystem leader will bring insight from the company’s twenty years supporting fusion projects Assystem, a leading fusion engineering company with seven UK bases, including head offices in Blackburn,…More …
18 Nov 2020
The UK government has outlined plans to invest £525 million to help develop large and smaller-scale nuclear plants, and research and develop new advanced modular reactors. Corhyn Parr, Chair NSSG sai…More …
12 Nov 2020
Nuclear power stations will create 6,000 UK ‘levelling up’ jobs by 2025 and 40,000 in 15 years in a boost to green economic recovery. The UK SMR consortium, led by Rolls-Royce, has announced it expec…More …
12 Nov 2020
BEIS and DfE have launched a joint initiative to create green jobs called the Green Jobs Taskforce. Its job is to set the direction for the job market as we transition to a high-skill, low carbon econ…More …
04 Nov 2020
UKAEA is a Top 100 Apprenticeship Employer and has won the Institution of Mechanical Engineers' Advanced Apprenticeship Training Provider of the Year Award. The UK Atomic Energy Authority (UKAEA) has…More …
02 Nov 2020
The government is close to giving the green light to a new nuclear power station at Sizewell in Suffolk. Talks with the Sizewell contractor, EDF, have intensified in recent weeks. This comes afte…More …
27 Oct 2020
An Assystem-commissioned YouGov poll has revealed that 62% of the UK public believe that having more women in engineering would have a positive impact on innovation. The data is welcomed by Assystem,…More …
27 Oct 2020
The NSSG are excited to see the launch of Women in Nuclear UK new website and refreshed branding as they become an independent entity. Formed in 2014 and operating as a network with the Nuclear Inst…More …
26 Oct 2020
The NSSG and the Nuclear Standards Advisory Group (SAG) held the first in a series of webinars on 14th October. The subject was Apprenticeship End Point Assessment in the nuclear sector, an issue fac…More …
16 Oct 2020
In June 2020, the Committee on Climate Change (CCC) published its annual report on progress in reducing UK emissions, assessing the government’s climate change mitigation activity. Today (16th Octobe…More …
15 Oct 2020
Assystem is today looking for engineers who are passionate about the energy transition to join them as they begin a three-week long search for new recruits, of all grades, to work on the world’s most…More …
15 Oct 2020
Previous Chair of the NSSG and Chief Science and Technology Officer for National Nuclear Laboratory (NNL) Fiona Rayment OBE, has been recognised internationally through being awarded the rank of Cheva…More …
12 Oct 2020
Office for Nuclear Regulation's (ONR) Chief Executive, Adriènne Kelbie, has been appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in the Queen’s Birthday Honours List 2020, for services…More …
08 Oct 2020
The NSSG have issued an outline of content for consultation and will be working any feedback into a draft document for presenting to the NSSG at the next meeting. The updated Strategic Plan will ref…More …
08 Oct 2020
As part of the YGN Futuresight series, we asked the Shadow Theme Leads to tell us more about the exciting plans they have in place for delivering the NSD targets. In this article, Priya Hira, Commerci…More …
07 Oct 2020
In support of the Nuclear Sector Deal’s target to have 40% women in nuclear by 2030, Orano has signed Nuclear Sector Gender Commitment, pledging to advocate Equality, Diversity and Inclusion in all…More …
30 Sep 2020
Article researched and written by World Nuclear News Education and training policy in the European Union must do more to ensure there is a sufficient number of people with the right skills in the nuc…More …
29 Sep 2020
Lifetime Skills Guarantee to give adults the chance to take free college courses valued by employers. New entitlement to flexible loans to allow courses to be taken in segments, boosting opportunit…More …
29 Sep 2020
The NSSG is continuing the collaboration with Government and other skills bodies first reported in February. Infrastructure planning was already a high priority as one route to promoting economic grow…More …
28 Sep 2020
The Nuclear Sector Deal (NSD) was published in June 2018, establishing a joint commitment by the nuclear industry and the government to maximise the industrial benefits of the UK nuclear sector, while…More …
28 Sep 2020
This round of the Nuclear Bursary is focussed on providing training support to individuals working in nuclear that have been affected by the Covid-19 pandemic. The Covid-19 pandemic continues to be…More …
23 Sep 2020
The Nuclear Sector Deal (NSD) was published in June 2018 and is part of the UK Government’s Industrial Strategy. The Deal sets out the vision for growth of the nuclear industry in the UK with closer c…More …
23 Sep 2020
The Nuclear Sector Deal (NSD) was published in June 2018 and is part of the UK Government’s Industrial Strategy. The Deal sets out the vision for growth of the nuclear industry in the UK with closer c…More …
17 Sep 2020
Wed 14th October, 10.00-13.00 The Nuclear Skills Strategy Group and Nuclear Standards Advisory Group are hosting a free interactive Zoom webinar on Apprenticeship Assessment in the nuclear sector. T…More …
16 Sep 2020
Hitachi announced today that it is withdrawing from development of the proposed Wylfa Newydd nuclear power station on Anglesey. Operations through Horizon Nuclear Power Ltd, owned by Hitachi, had alre…More …
08 Sep 2020
Chief Executive David Peattie announced the NDA’s partnership with the Nuclear Institute’s Young Generation Network (YGN) today at a special webinar for young professionals. It marks the first-ever Y…More …
04 Sep 2020
In June of this year we celebrated the second anniversary of the Nuclear Sector Deal (NSD) and we consider this an increasingly important time to pause and reflect on what has been achieved so far. T…More …
03 Sep 2020
Calling out to all apprentice employers, inspirational apprentices, rising stars and individuals who champion apprenticeships - as the National Apprenticeship Awards 2020 are now open for entries! B…More …
03 Sep 2020
From 1 September, employers large and small can apply for large cash incentives designed to create more high-quality apprenticeship opportunities. As part of the Government’s Plan for Jobs, employe…More …
03 Sep 2020
As part of the government’s Plan for Jobs, a new £2 billion Kickstart Scheme will create hundreds of thousands of new, fully subsidised jobs for young people across the country. The 6 month placement…More …
03 Sep 2020
The nuclear industry have set out an ambitious framework to cut the cost of constructing new power stations in the UK. In a new report, a cross-industry team, working as part of the Government-backed…More …
02 Sep 2020
There are some exciting opportunities for anyone (organisations or individuals) who would like to get involved in one of the nuclear industry’s greatest challenges. Opportunities are available to gai…More …
27 Aug 2020
The Nuclear Skills Strategy Group’s Nuclear Apprenticeship Survey is currently open for submissions. After requests from employers in the sector, the deadline has now been extended to 30th September. …More …
24 Aug 2020
A survey into the impact of COVID-19 on apprenticeship employers has provided invaluable insight into the uptake of remote learning and recruitment concerns of smaller employers. There were 350 respo…More …
07 Aug 2020
This scheme has been introduced to enable public sector employers, who pay the apprenticeship levy to provide relief to their suppliers of apprenticeship training if they consider that they meet the r…More …
27 Jul 2020
A £3.9 million competition is today being launched to find innovative ways to sort and segregate radioactive waste at some of the UK’s oldest nuclear sites. The Nuclear Decommissioning Authority – in…More …
24 Jul 2020
The Train to Retain scheme will support the retention of essential skills in the industry by providing grants for professional development activities for apprentices, trainees and graduates. These dev…More …
21 Jul 2020
On July 8th the Chancellor Rishi Sunak announced a number of measures to address the challenges posed by the Covid-19 outbreak. The measures are aimed at encouraging employers to take advantage of th…More …
15 Jul 2020
Government invests £40 million to develop the next generation of nuclear energy technology, creating R&D and manufacturing jobs across the UK funding will develop technologies to supply low-car…More …
09 Jul 2020
The Centre for Science and Security Studies at King’s College London is holding a nuclear history conference online in July 2020. Academics, veterans of Britain’s nuclear programmes and other researc…More …
08 Jul 2020
Chancellor Rishi Sunak – “No one will be left without hope” As expected, the Chancellor focused significantly on jobs in today’s (8th July) Summer Statement. The Chancellor began his statement, stat…More …
03 Jul 2020
The nuclear sector has set its sights on increasing the size of its female workforce as part of a 12-year industry growth plan which marked its second anniversary this week. This year, 25 key orga…More …
03 Jul 2020
EDF have recently pledged their commitment and joined the 170+ (combined number of individuals and organisations) to pledge their support to the Nuclear Sector Gender Commitment. Both individuals an…More …
30 Jun 2020
Apprenticeships must be "front and centre" of plans to boost skills in the post-Covid recovery, says Robert Halfon, chair of the education select committee. But he wants the funding levy for apprenti…More …
29 Jun 2020
The ECITB has set up a new taskforce to support greater diversity and inclusion in the engineering construction industry. The industry, which designs, builds, maintains and decommissions major UK inf…More …
24 Jun 2020
The NIA have today (24th June 2020) published a report - Forty by '50: The Nuclear Roadmap. The report was complied by the NIA and industry members of the Nuclear Industry Council, it sets out the pot…More …
22 Jun 2020
To celebrate #INWED20 (23rd June 2020) some fantastic companies have shared profiles from women working in engineering to help raise the profile of this amazing sector. Take a look below at just a han…More …
19 Jun 2020
Following the Nuclear Skills Summit in March, the NSSG have been working with the very committed Theme leads, and shadow theme leads, to take the output and refine it into the delivery plan for the ne…More …
17 Jun 2020
The NSSG has agreed to establish a new Strategic Theme in its Strategic Plan to concentrate on the skills required in developing new nuclear power stations. NSSG members involved are liaising with CIT…More …
17 Jun 2020
The Nuclear Sector Deal (NSD), a commitment agreed between the UK government and the nuclear industry to delivery significant social-economic benefits by 2030, was published on 28th June 2018. Five wo…More …
12 Jun 2020
A draft Modern Apprenticeship Framework has been developed by a working group of employers in Scotland for Radiation Protection Monitoring. The draft document is now available for consultation. Empl…More …
12 Jun 2020
The Nuclear Standards Advisory Group is conducting a survey of apprenticeships across the nuclear sector. This follows the inaugural Nuclear Apprenticeship Survey last year, which provided a good und…More …
11 Jun 2020
There are more than 1 million women working in core STEM roles across the UK for the first time ever, according to the Wise Campaign. Their #1oftheMillion Day took place on the 10th June 2020. Wise a…More …
08 Jun 2020
The Covid-19 pandemic is a major challenge for employers and employees across the UK nuclear industry. This unprecedented situation has led to some people being affected by furlough or redundancy, as…More …
