Morgan Sindall is to help develop lessons teaching school children about career opportunities in construction.
The move comes after the company announced it is partnering with Developing Experts, an education platform that shows children how STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) applies to the world of work.
Developing Experts connects talent to future employers through lessons, online resources and a careers library.
It provides more than 6,500 schools with over 1,000 interactive lessons with embedded experiments, handouts, assessments and industry and career links. Its resources are mapped against multiple curricula, including the science national curriculum for Key Stages 1, 2 and 3.
Range of careers available
Morgan Sindall will work with Developing Experts to deliver a set of lessons reflecting the range of careers in construction. It also aims for the lessons to help children, teachers and parents better understand how construction relates to their everyday lives.
The curriculum Morgan Sindall will develop will also incorporate its ongoing partnership with the Carbon Literacy Project. This will provide lessons on the role that individuals and the construction industry can play in protecting the planet for future generations.
Pat Boyle, Morgan Sindall Construction’s managing director, said: “This partnership is all about helping to get young people excited about the built environment, and as they progress in to secondary school, to open their eyes to the opportunities available to them in a wide variety of careers as they start to consider their paths to employment. Those of us who work in the industry know how rewarding it can be when we see buildings come to life, and we want to inspire young people to get interested and involved.
“The Developing Experts team has created a dynamic and effective way that empowers teachers to bring a variety of industries and career opportunities to life for young people.”
Other companies working in partnership with Developing Experts include: Network Rail, Rolls-Royce SMR, and Oxford University.
Boyle added: “With Developing Experts, we want to address the preconceptions that can stop people entering our industry, and ensure the next generation has a more rounded view of the built environment.
“We will show that for construction in 2022, computers are just as important as concrete. We will also demonstrate that they could take our industry forward through the use of new technology such as robotics, 3D printing, AI and technological advances we do not even know about yet.”
