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Nissan to double its pioneering Skills Foundation STEM

Itumeleng Garebatshabe
Last updated: March 29, 2025 13:54
By Itumeleng Garebatshabe
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  • Nissan Skills Foundation celebrates a decade since its inauguration, with 100,000 young minds inspired
  • Nissan announces the doubling in size of the foundation to 16,000 children per year as part of MADE NE project
  • More than 200 pupils take part in celebratory giant LEGO Nissan Qashqai building challenge next to Sunderland Plant production line

After ten years, and with more than 100,000 young minds inspired, Nissan has announced that it will double its pioneering Skills Foundation STEM (science, technology, engineering and maths) provision to 16,000 children annually.

Officially launched in 2015 by King Charles, the then Prince of Wales, the Nissan Skills Foundation began as a single interactive workshop aiming for about 1,000 students. Fast forward ten years and the foundation has beaten that target 100-fold, expanding to 13 different STEM courses for students aged six to eighteen.

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To mark the double milestone, Nissan invited 200 children from across the North East onto the Sunderland Plant factory floor to build 300 Nissan Qashqai made out of LEGO bricks.  With each LEGO Qashqai using 204 pieces, a total of 61,200 LEGO bricks were expertly fitted during the hour-long event – a rate of about 1,000 bricks per minute. 

And, of course, the task was carried out in perfect manufacturing sequence – just like the real production lines a few feet away.

Michael Jude, HR Director at Nissan Sunderland said: “To have inspired more than 100,000 young minds over ten years is a phenomenal achievement. We could not be prouder of our training team who help unearth the exciting talent of the future.

“But it’s not just about the numbers. We have dozens of current staff who attended a Skills Foundation event while at school, proof that the foundation’s work today really does produce the talent of tomorrow. 

“So I am delighted to be able to announce the doubling in size of the foundation as part of our leadership of MADE NE. Reaching more than 16,000 students a year will supercharge the talent pipeline we and our supply chain partners need to build the brilliant electric cars of our EV36Zero future.”

The expansion marks the next phase of Nissan’s skills drive as cocreators of MADE NE (Manufacturing, Automation, Digitalisation, Electrification North East), a £14.6 million initiative to create world-leading training facilities that support the region’s manufacturing sector. 

In the MADE NE training facility at the SASMI building next to Sunderland Plant, Nissan will open a second dedicated classroom, significantly increasing potential student STEM engagement for the electric vehicle and advanced manufacturing sector.

Among those attending the LEGO production event was a Year 6 class from Gillas Lane School in Houghton Le Spring – which was also the first school to attend the Monozukuri Caravan workshop, centred around the Japanese art of manufacturing, a decade ago. 

Kay Straughan, Headteacher, said: “Over the last 10 years we’ve seen many of our school children attend various courses at the Nissan Skills Foundation. 

“We believe that by introducing children to the exciting opportunities available in STEM-based careers at a young age, we’re providing them with the knowledge to inform their future career choices as they go through their educational journey. It’s also a brilliant opportunity for our students to gain hands-on and applied learning experiences outside of our school environment.”

Also attending the event were the following schools:

County Durham
Deaf Hill Primary School

Gateshead
Wardley Primary School
St Augustines 

North Tyneside
Wallsend Jubilee Primary School

South Tyneside
Harton Primary School

Sunderland
George Washington School

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