Hci Skills Gateway

An award-winning programme for nursery and primary school children is encouraging young people into construction careers from an early age. Funded by HCI Skills Gateway at Edinburgh Napier University, the West Lothian Woodworking Initiative encourages young pupils into construction through interacti

Timber Development UK and the HCI Skills Gateway have unveiled a comprehensive Timber Skills Action Plan aimed at equipping the UK construction industry with the necessary skills to increase the use of timber and achieve net-zero targets.

Training is the number one barrier to achieving net zero across the construction sector, a report commissioned by Housing, Construction & Infrastructure (HCI) Skills Gateway has highlighted.

A regional survey has been launched to uncover the future training and development needs for construction and engineering across Edinburgh and the south-east region of Scotland.