Skills2Learn News

Skills2Learn supports a Research and Development project at The University of Bedfordshire

21st March 2008

Skills2Learn and SkillsTrain are sponsoring and supervising a PhD student at The University of Bedfordshire to develop the latest virtual reality, serious-game based techniques.

Skills2Learn continues its commitment to the learning industry by carrying out a three year research and development project to develop advanced virtual reality, serious-game based techniques. The joint R&D project is with the University of Bedfordshire and will lead to a PhD qualification for the researcher.

Dr Majid Al-Kader, Skills2Learn Managing Director is supervising the project, and the Skills2Learn technical team is working very closely with the University in the research process.

By working with students and universities, Skills2learn are creating the building blocks for new and exciting developments in virtual reality training.

Eamonn Keenan, Associate Director at the University said: ”It’s very clear that employers want to address the skills of their workforce. We held interactive sessions to allow delegates to discuss the barriers that are preventing them from making better use of higher-level training. The two major issues that were highlighted by the groups were insufficient time and cost. Employers want to work to overcome these obstacles, which is why we have introduced the Higher Level Skills Partnership – so we can work with employers to find novel ways to address the problems.”

The conference also saw the launch of the Higher Level Skills Partnership – a collaboration between the University and local employers and professional bodies that aims to deliver higher level skills through the development of accredited courses.