News | Friday, 30th November 2018
HySchools project entering an exciting new phase
Manchester Metropolitan University's Business and Public Engagement Team is leading the coordination of a European partnership to deliver the Hydrogen in Schools (HySchools) project, making use of the European Union’s Erasmus+ programme to help create new teaching resources across Europe. The aim is to give teachers across Europe the confidence to teach about Hydrogen Fuel Cell Technology in order to equip students with the future skills required by this growing sector.
Hydrogen and fuel cell technology is a global opportunity for industry and the recently launched Manchester Fuel Cell Innovation Centre is putting enterprise at the forefront of this technology. Supporting businesses, schools and driving research is central to the Centre’s activity.
Working with the University of Lorraine (France), University of Franche Comte (France), University of Perugia (Italy), all leaders in Fuel Cell Technology research, along with a number of training providers, Regional Authorities and Science Parks across Europe, Manchester Met is currently carrying out a survey of teachers’ understanding of hydrogen. Once the survey is complete, it will enable us to align proposals for curriculum development to the needs of industry and commence the development of the creation of new teaching materials.
Teachers in all subject areas are invited to tell us about their current understanding of hydrogen, the application of which can address a number of areas in the curriculum in humanities and social sciences as well as science subjects. Dr James Redfern, from Manchester Met’s Faculty of Science and Engineering will lead the development of this phase of the activity.
Russell Yates, Enterprise Fellow for European Cooperation in the Business School said, ‘Cooperation with other organisations across Europe brings a number of advantages. All partners have different specialities in the field of Hydrogen Fuel Cell Technology and combining partner knowledge enables us to provide a European response to a global challenge. The Erasmus+ programme enables us to do that whilst strengthening our potential to work together on new research activities in the field’.
Teachers can fill in the online survey here.
