Educators Membership Information

The Motorsport Academy’s strong links with industry enable us to offer educators and trainers unrivalled access to the all facets of the motorsport sector. 

Our industry partnership initiatives include:

• Industry placements
• Online careers portal
• Education database
• Educator recognition programme
• Qualifications and standards development
• Teaching aids programme
• Knowledge transfer initiatives

Building links with industry

A major challenge for those involved in education is the ability to remain up to date with the latest developments

in technology, and the latest needs of industry, particularly where skills shortages are prevalent.  The Motorsport Academy encourages industry and educators to work together to ensure that the courses they offer prepare graduates with the skills needed by employers.

Workshops with industry

The Motorsport Academy provides workshops and seminars for educators to help them get access to the leading minds in the industry and add current thinking to their courses.

Web-based education and training portal

This contains details of the latest education and training programmes, covering the full offering of postgraduate, undergraduate, vocational, technician, work-based learning, management and volunteer programmes. Education and training providers are able to promote their programmes to those seeking to develop their careers in motorsport, and the Motorsport Academy will help sign-post learners to education and training programmes.

Training the trainers

A national initiative will be established to ensure that trainers and academics remain current.  This is reliant on the commitment of industry to impart its knowledge of current and best practice and technologies.

Raising standards

Qualifications and standards development

The Motorsport Academy will drive the development and application of National Occupational Standards for Levels 4 and 5, ensuring the recognition and acceptance of qualifications throughout the curriculum.

Recognition scheme for educators and trainers

We will launch a recognition scheme that will promote the achievement of educators who are successfully working to develop students with the skills, knowledge and approach that are valued by employers.  This scheme will also provide support for those wishing to develop.

Learning grounded in practice

The Academy helps motorsport businesses find and nurture the talent that represents the lifeblood of their success.  We work closely with industry to ensure that students have greater accessibility to gaining relevant experience in and from industry:

Work placements

Through our contacts with industry we can help motorsport and engineering students gain valuable insight and practical experience through work placements.  In doing so, we seek to match student and business so that both benefit.

Teaching aids programme

There is no better way of learning than getting exposed to the ‘real thing’.  The Motorsport Academy is developing a scheme to support educators and trainers to gain access to the latest technologies from industry.

Finding jobs

Learning is a means to an end and increasingly, institutions are judged on the quality of their output.  Successful colleges and universities are, by definition, those whose students find good jobs, and contribute to their employer’s success.  Such success attracts more students and strengthens links with employers. The Academy helps institutions and students find these job opportunities.