Contextualised curriculum toolkit (commission)

Funding theme:

Careers

Funding topic:

Careers and recruitment, Learning resources

Project lead:

Bouygues UK

Partners:

University of Wales Trinity Saint David, CWIC, Kier Construction, Careers Wales, CIOB, Tidal Lagoon

Location:

Wales

Amount awarded:

£300,000

Year:

2017

Sector:

Commercial, Housing, Infrastructure, Specialist

Project summary:

Commission: Construction contextualised curriculum to improve the appeal of working in construction. The aim of the project is to develop a pan Wales construction curriculum resource that facilitates and standardises an end to end offer, which is currently only undertaken by construction companies on an ad hoc basis.

The project will support teachers and careers advisors to contextualise the curriculum by developing curriculum support and guidance and will produce resources to support C&BE Welsh Baccalaureate challenges.

Expected output:

Establish needs, wants and barriers which teachers face when providing innovative STEM resources
Develop and pilot resources for 1 academic year
Publish on Go Construct.

Start Date:

31 May 2017

Planned end date:

31 May 2020