Relocate Awards: National Space Academy
At the Relocate Awards 2017 gala dinner and presentation ceremony, leading representatives of the UK's National Space Academy will set the scene for innovation.
The National Space Academy’s work
As well as supporting the UK’s first full-time schools with space embedded throughout the curriculum, the National Space Academy provides:- Curriculum-linked masterclasses for secondary (high school) and college students
- Regional, national and international teacher training
- The full-time two-year Space Engineering course for pre-university students
- National Higher Apprenticeship in Space Engineering for early-career space professionals
- Careers conferences for more than 1,000 secondary school, college and university students in England each year, focused on career progression routes into the UK space and wider science and engineering sectors
Space Park Leicester
The National Space Academy will play a key part in Space Park Leicester, a new £75 million centre for the analysis and commercialisation of space-enabled data and space mission development.Based alongside the National Space Centre, the park's first buildings are expected to be ready in 2019. It is part of the Leicestershire Enterprise Zone and was launched formally in March 2017 as part of the Government's Midlands Engine strategy.The Space Park is a collaboration between the University of Leicester and the Leicester and Leicestershire Economic Partnership (LLEP). When fully open, it will combine university research and teaching facilities with a range of research institutions and international commercial partners.Alongside the development of a new generation of cutting-edge satellite technology, the site will be home to detailed analysis of space-enabled data that can transform sectors such as international communications, resource management, environmental monitoring and disaster relief.Space Park Leicester will provide a unique environment where:- Industry and academia can collaborate and exploit opportunities in space and space-enabled research, education and innovation
- The technology and expertise for harnessing and developing satellite data and space technology will be housed in purpose-built environments
- A community of businesses, R&D partners, international institutes and academic experts will take advantage of direct access to state-of-the-art equipment and leading-edge university research