Strategic Education Roadmap

Completed

Other Cross-Cutting Technologies or Research(Environmental, social and economic impacts)

Applied Research and Development

SOCIAL SCIENCES (Education)

Sociological economical and environmental impact of energy

Project Contact
Cadent Gas

Network Innovation Allowance

Ofgem

01 July 2024

31 October 2024

ENA months

£126,667

Energy

London

Network Innovation Allowance

Project Contact, Cadent Gas

Project Contact, Northern Gas Networks
Project Contact, Cadent Eastern
Project Contact, Cadent North London
Project Contact, Cadent West Midlands
Project Contact, SGN - Southern England
Project Contact, SGN - Scotland
Project Contact, Cadent North West
Project Contact, Wales and West Utilities

Project Contact, SGN

a.This desktop project will design a roadmap which recommends what content should be developed and how it should be delivered specific to each customer/audience type.The material will be inclusive, accessible, and suitable across the neurodiversity spectrum.b.The research will be in 4 stages:1. Understand the current landscape with regard to future gaseous fuels & green energy awareness in education settings, and current perspectives and existing initiatives to address the net zero skills gap2. Establish our key stakeholder groupsa. E.g. schools, colleges, STEM and Green Energy educational bodies (STEM Foundation, in2science etc)b. HUK working groups on Hydrogen Education and HydEx3. Determine a role for GTs in developing and deploying their content. (i.e. develop new or sponsor existing)4. Make recommendations for content and delivery methods appropriate for a) and b) above to maximise engagement, excitement, advocacy and retention.a. Consider emerging technologies such as VR/AR/IR etc.Next Steps and future phases:Recommendations from this project will be prioritised and delivered via successor projects, which will be separately funded.Please see the document attached for Graph / Charts This desktop project will design a roadmap to address 2 themes:a) General green energy, hydrogen, sustainability and net zero for presentations to schools at KS1 4b) Advocacy for STEM and other sustainability subjects, with the intention of growing the number of students self-selecting into these courses at A Level and beyond.All educational establishments within the UK are within scope.The project is an enabler, helping to understand the current level of awareness and understanding of the role of hydrogen in helping to meet the UKs net zero target (2050) and determining where we need individuals and educational establishments to be. Then setting out a roadmap of activities to help bridge the gap. The fragmented approach to addressing this gap to date, has not helped to benefit customers.This joined up strategic approach will optimise the use of NIA to better understand the gap in knowledge and understanding and how we as the gas distribution and transmission businesses can help address it. Create a GT led, strategic roadmap for a1 stop shop that brings future energy, including hydrogen and biomethane awareness and education into schools, colleges, universities, and other education providers and will define a simple, clear, creative communication of the offerings and attract engagement from stakeholders.We believe this roadmap will be the most cost effective way to develop a consistent, and accessible approach that will improve the credibility of these gaseous future fuels, the reputation of the industry in a way that will increase engagement with these fuels, attract people into net zero economy, and grow advocacy for green gaseous fuels.

To create the first, GT led, strategic roadmap for a1 stop shop that brings future energy, including hydrogen awareness and education into schools, colleges, universities, and other education providers and will define a simple, clear, creative communication of the offerings and attract engagement from stakeholders.a. respond to requests from schools and colleges on hydrogen and green energy,b. Demonstrates the roles of future gaseous fuels in achieving net zeroc.Compliments other green energy education initiativesWe believe this roadmap is the most cost effective way to develop a consistent and accessible approach in a way that will increase engagement with these fuels, attract people into net zero economy, and grow advocacy for green gaseous fuels.

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