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News Round-Up | Oil & Gas UK

13. Oil & Gas UK meets Shadow Secretary for Scotland Lesley Laird MP, Shadow Secretary of State for Scotland, met with Oil & Gas UK representatives on 26 January in Aberdeen, including Gareth Wynn, stakeholder and communications director; Alix Thom, workforce engagement manager; and Rebecca Groundwater, external affairs adviser. After an overview of the industry, its efficiency efforts and Oil & Gas UK’s work on Brexit, they discussed how to encourage the take up of STEM subjects at school level, in addition to the Oil and Gas Technical Apprentice Programme’s work.

14. A week in Westminster

An oil and gas exhibition at the Houses of Parliament in Westminster last November, organised by Oil & Gas UK, offered a platform to showcase the industry to over 50 MPs from across the UK, including members of the Cabinet and Shadow Cabinet, as well as members of the public, school groups and visiting delegations. Oil & Gas UK members – including BP, Emerson, Shell and Subsea 7 – were also on hand to showcase their work and technology. Following the success of this event, the association plans to replicate this engagement in the Scottish Parliament.

Clockwise from top left: Christine Jardine MP; Chris Law MP using BP's virtual headset; Stephen Crabb MP (centre) with representatives from Subsea 7; and Rebecca Long-Bailey MP with two BP apprentices

15. CDA wins award for data management course Common Data Access Limited (CDA) has scooped the Best eLearning/Online Education award from the UK Association Awards for its pioneering Graduate Certificate in Petroleum Data Management. The online course – the first of its kind – is designed to be studied anywhere in the world while working full-time. It is part of a collaborative programme led and funded by CDA and delivered by Robert Gordon University in Aberdeen to establish petroleum data management as a recognised professional discipline. Malcolm Fleming, CDA’s chief executive, comments: “The course is a very significant step towards increasing the status and standing of individuals in the profession, providing for the first time, a benchmark for professional development and recruitment. The valuable input we’ve received from so many key industry specialists to create the course will help ensure it delivers a generation of academically-qualified data managers that meets the needs of our membership and the wider industry.”

In a related project, CDA has launched a master’s level course with the University of Aberdeen, which starts in September.

Terry Alexander and Sakthi Norton of CDA

Find out more and apply online for the Graduate Certificate at RGU or Master’s Course at the University of Aberdeen by visiting www.rgu.ac.uk or www.abdn.ac.uk.

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