West of England TEC ARC funding boost will accelerate digital engineering

A £5m funding grant from the West of England Combined Authority has been doubled by industry and awarded to a research, innovation and skills initiative, to accelerate digital engineering across multiple sectors and boost STEM awareness in less affluent parts of the country. The new Centre for Digital Engineering Technology & Innovation was awarded a combined £10m by WECA and businesses in the West of England, to support the region’s Local Industrial Strategy and the development of a Global Centre of Innovation Excellence. The DETI project will use existing facilities at the National Composites Centre and the Centre for Modelling and Simulation at the Bristol and Bath Science Park, to undertake research, develop advanced digital engineering training courses that will boost the knowhow of existing workforces and to inspire schoolchildren in the West of England to become future engineers.