Stewart McKinlay is Skills Director at the Manufacturing Skills Academy (MSA), part of the National Manufacturing Institute Scotland (NMIS) Group, operated by the University of Strathclyde. Here he explains what micro-credentials are and why they could help address Scotland’s skills shortage while supporting people to make the leap to a new role in the manufacturing sector.
Scotland is world-renowned for manufacturing expertise and yet the past two years have seen a rapid increase in the need for upskilling, reskilling and education across industry. People retiring early or exiting the sector to pursue new careers, the lowest number of young people entering the job market in recent years, and the UK leaving…
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