What is the Engineering e-Academy?

The Engineering e-Academy is an innovative solution specifically structured to enhance the learning process for those individuals and organisations that work within, or provide support for the engineering sector.

There is a substantial education and training requirement for those who operate within an engineering environment. The e-Academy will provide an alternative route to traditional face-to-face delivery, creating flexibility by providing access to an excellent range of e-learning resources. Geographical restrictions to learning are removed by utilising the Internet to provide access to online resources. The e-Academy employs a virtual learning environment, e-learning modules and online assessment to create a blended learning solution that enables a flexible, high quality and consistent provision that actively engages learners.

A key part of the e-Academy model is the fact that it brings together a number of members who share similar issues within the engineering sector, and by doing so it creates a powerful, focused team which can quickly develop effective learning solutions. In addition, the e-Academy plays an important role in helping facilitate the adoption of e-learning within member organisations, and facilitates benchmarking and sharing of best practice across the sector.

The Aim

The aim is to improve the education and training process for individuals and organisations that work within, or provide support to, the engineering sector.

Its Structure

The Engineering e-Academy is operated and managed by Virtual College. Virtual College is one of the UK's leading developers of e-learning solutions, and has an excellent track record of creating innovative solutions across both public and private enterprises - including housing, hospitality, police, fire service and the NHS - with over 100,000 registered users.

The e-Academy's founder members operate in an advisory capacity to help steer the ongoing development of training solutions.

Castings Technology International is our first founder member and they have provided support in the development of the Engineering e-Academy's first e-learning modules. 

The e-Academy will share e-learning best practice and quality assurance solutions amongst all members.

New Modules

The e-academy portal has been established and the first engineering specific e-learning modules Moving Loads by Slinging and Lifting and Identifying Engineering Materials are complete.