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The National Skills Academy for Nuclear in partnership with the National Nuclear Laboratory (NNL) is rolling out a second round of e-Learning sponsorship for individuals seeking to find employment in the nuclear industry.

The sponsorship funding, supplied by NNL, will enable up to 10 individuals to complete the Skills Academy’s Award for Nuclear Industry Awareness qualification using e-learning.

Applications are welcome from both students (at School, College & University) and from individuals interested in moving into a career in the nuclear industry from another sector. The the closing date is the 31 March 2011.

About the Award for Nuclear Industry Awareness

The Award is designed to provide essential knowledge for all entrants to the nuclear sector including, Apprentices, Graduates, people transferring to the Nuclear sector from other sectors and non nuclear personnel. The qualification aims to attract a broader mix of new entrants into the nuclear industry and into the wider Science and Technology agenda, leading to increased diversity and opportunity in the sector.

The Award for Nuclear Industry Awareness includes:

History, Site Licence, Security, Behavioural Expectations and Stakeholders of the Nuclear Industry, Fundamentals of Nuclear Physics, Radiation Hazards, Detection, Control of Contamination, Safety Culture in the Nuclear Industry, Electricity Generation, Defence, Fuel Cycle, Waste Management, Environment, Decommissioning, Emergency Procedures for the Nuclear Industry.

For further details on the course click here

Jean Llewellyn, Chief Executive of the National Skills Academy for Nuclear said:

“It is essential that new entrants to the nuclear sector have a good level of awareness of the industry. The nuclear environment and safety culture is quite unique, and this Award is designed to provide all new entrants with a high level of awareness of these requirements, and ease their induction to the nuclear sector.

Due to the ageing workforce, new entrants need to be attracted to the sector with urgency. With the Government’s commitment to effective decommissioning, defence and now continuing the future of nuclear power generation, the nuclear sector is once again an exciting employment option, with many long term career prospects.”

NNL’s People Services and Communications Director, Paul Renshaw said:

“NNL is very keen to encourage new people to come and work in the nuclear industry. The Award for Nuclear Industry Awareness provides an excellent opportunity for people to find out more about the industry and to gain a qualification that shows they understand the industry.

It is crucial in going forward that the industry encourages new people into the developing UK sector and on behalf of NNL, I am very pleased to be able to offer this sponsorship to help provide people with the knowledge about our industry. With the renaissance of nuclear, there has never been the better time to move into the industry to be part of the exciting challenges and rewarding opportunities within Research & Development, Operations, Decommissioning and New Build.”

A lot of graduate recruiter events are a little bit, well, dull.

But starting from tonight and until the 15th March we’re trying to change this… and offer you something a lot more interesting.

If you’re an Engineering, Science or Business student, no matter what year of study, then we’d like to invite you to a Top Secret Cinema.

We’ll even provide the popcorn.

On the night you’ll watch a Oscar winning movie and get the chance to have a drink with one of the UK’s most exciting graduate employers.

It’ll also be your chance to meet some of our stakeholders and learn about the history of nuclear in the UK.

Click here to find out when and where we’ll be.

Typically, doors will open at 6.00pm. There’s also a free drink for those who arrive before 7.00pm, when the secret movie will start.

You can sign up via the event listings on our Facebook page or by emailing us.

Don’t miss out. Come in From the Cold.

We’ve started conducting telephone interviews this week and we’ll be running these between now and mid-January.

If you’ve yet to receive an invitation to an interview please do not worry.

We’re currently winding down for the Christmas period and next week most of the team will either be tying up loose ends or will out of the office, probably drinking mulled wine or listening (or avoiding listening) to Maria Carey songs.

Expect to hear from us in the New Year. If you have a pressing issue please email here, but, again, we won’t be able to guarantee a response. If not, tweet us or posting on our Facebook page.

The good news? Our system will be open to applications over the festive period. So if you’ve yet to apply, you still have the chance. Click here to apply.

Reuters, the world’s largest international multimedia news agency, recently reported on the problem of Nuclear Industry’s Lost Generation.

Did you know that thousands of highly skilled nuclear engineers, miners, and professors will retire over the next few years, just as a nuclear renaissance gets underway?

This is why we were set up: to bring young talent into the industry. If you’d like to find out more, read the full story and discover how some of our nucleargraduates are bucking the trend.

Click here for the whole article.

nucleargraduates has extended the deadline for applications to the 2011 programme.

Hopefully, that will be some good news to all of you who struggled to get your applications in before Friday 3rd December 2010.

It’s not just an early Christmas gift.

We’re aware that a lot of you will be busy getting in final year projects or preparing for those pesky January exams.

Applications to all graduate scheme can take a lot of time- that’s why our extension is aimed at giving those of you who had to revise or work a second chance to get your application in.

We’ll be accepting them until 31st December- so if you’re still interested, please apply now.

IF you did get your application in on time don’t worry. We are going through them and you’ll hear from us soon. We promise. Please be patient- we’ve received a lot of applications and we look at each one individually.

In the meantime, if you have any specific questions email, twitter or ask them online.

We’ve been busy updating our website to make it more accessible, more informative and more dynamic.

It means we can now tell you about the events we run on campus, keep you up to date with the latest news stories and even talk to you via Twitter or Facebook. Feel free to join in, ask us questions and tell us what you think about the programme.

If you’re missing the old flash site- don’t worry- you can still enjoy it, just click here or the link on our homepage.

The Times Top 100 Graduate Employers reveals Britain’s most respected and sought–after graduate employers in 2010. It’s compiled from research with over 16,000 graduates who left university this summer who were asked “Which employer do you think offers the best opportunities for graduates?”

And this year nucleargraduates was named as the 64th best graduate employer in the UK.

Carl Dawson, Head of the nucleargraduates programme said, ‘It’s a great achievement for a scheme. One that reflects all the hard work of staff and graduates alike.’