Residentials

Cohort 1 (students starting 2024/2025)

CourseLocation (residential)Dates
Carbon SolutionsHeriot-Watt University31st Oct – 15th Nov 2024
Whole Systems and Transformative ChangeUniversity of Bath3rd Mar – 14th Mar 2025
Business Models & Investor Pitching
Carbon Capture Pilot Plant
Imperial College London25th Aug – 5th Sept 2025
TERC Pilot Scale Facilities Practical TrainingUniversity of Sheffield20th Oct – 24th Oct 2025
Industry Challenge Project (incl. industrial visit)TBCTBC (likely Mar/Apr 2026)
International (either NCCC or ECCSEL)TBCTBC (likely May/Jun 2026)

Cohort 2 (students starting 2025/2026)

CourseLocation (residential)Dates
Carbon SolutionsHeriot-Watt University10th Nov – 21st Nov 2025
Whole Systems and Transformative ChangeUniversity of Bath Mar 2026 (dates tbc)
Business Models & Investor Pitching
Carbon Capture Pilot Plant
Imperial College Londonend Aug/start Sept 2026 (dates tbc)
TERC Pilot Scale Facilities Practical TrainingUniversity of SheffieldOct 2026 (dates tbc)
Industry Challenge Project (incl. industrial visit)TBCTBC (likely Mar/Apr 2027)
International (either NCCC or ECCSEL)TBCTBC (likely May/Jun 2027)

Frontiers Forum

The aims of the Frontier Forum are:

  • to bring together our cohort of students from across our university partners on a biweekly basis to foster community-building.  
  • to spark multidisciplinary discussion and enquiry around all aspects of industrial decarbonisation
  • to develop knowledge of various aspects of industrial decarbonisation (and the wider net zero landscape)
  • to expose students to a range of career pathways through inviting leaders in their field to speak with our students.
DateLocationTopic/Speaker
27th Nov 2024 3-4pmOnlineSpeaker: Dr. Lorraine Ferris (Fellow, Henry Royce Institute)
11th Dec 2024 3-4pmOnlineCOP29 review & discussion
15th Jan 2025 3-4pmOnlineUK Skills policy for industrial decarbonisation
Led by IDRIC Policy team
29th Jan 2025 3-4pmOnlineAI in net zero: A review & discussion
Led by Prof. Susana Garcia (HWU) and Prof Berend Smit (EPFL)
12th Feb 2025 3-4pmOnlineSpeaker: Jessica Briggs (Head of Sustainability, Edinburgh Airport)
26th Feb 2025 3-4pmOnlineTBC
27th Mar 2025 3-4pmOnlineSpeaker: Prof. Dani Strickland (Loughborough University and Sustainable Hydrogen CDT Director).
Battery-electrolysers – a solution to the high cost of green hydrogen electrolysis.
9th Apr 2025 3-4pmOnlineTBC
30th Apr 2025 3-4pmOnlineTBC
14th May 2025 3-4pmOnlineTBC
28th May 2025 3-4pmOnlineTBC
11th Jun 2025 3-4pmOnlineTBC