The BE-ST Educator Programme is a four-day leadership and skills development course designed for Further Education (FE) managers and tutors.
Delivered in partnership with EN:Able Communities CIO and hosted at Barnsley College’s brand-new Clean Energy Training Centre, this programme equips educators to deliver practical training in the skills needed for the UK’s net zero journey.
Having already run successfully with 12 colleges in Scotland, this marks the first time the programme is being delivered in England.
What You’ll Learn
Across four themed days, you’ll gain the confidence, tools, and resources to integrate cutting-edge construction training into your curriculum.
Each day combines practical workshops, technical presentations, and peer-to-peer educator sessions to help you apply your learning in a college setting.
Retrofit
Practical: Application of insulation layers and air tightness
Presentation: The retrofit landscape, skills shortages, and what good looks like.
Educator-to-educator: Resource package for building your own training rigs
Building Physics
Practical: Testing of heat, moisture, air flow and acoustics.
Presentation: Achieving a whole-building approach
Educator-to-Educator: e-learning resources for embedding building physics in your classroom
Digital Construction
Practical: Clash detection test, measurement and digital tools for construction
Presentation: The skills gap of digital tool
Educator-to-Educator: Exercise toolbox for digital practices
Modern Methods of Construction
Practical: Assembly of a WikiHouse (an open-source project for designing and building houses).
Presentation: The MMC landscape combining industry needs with skills needs.
Educator-to-Educator: Resource package for raising MMC skills in the classroom.
Programme Schedule
Tuesday 27 January 2026 – Retrofit
Wednesday 28 January 2026– Building Physics
Tuesday 10 February 2026 – Digital Construction
Wednesday 11 February 2026 – Modern Methods of Construction
Programme fee: £1,600 per participant (covers all four days).
Payment terms: Upon registration you will be issued an invoice from Efficiency North. Places will not be guaranteed until payment in received.
Invoicing contact: finance@efficiencynorth.org
Spaces are limited to 20 participants. If oversubscribed, a waiting list will be kept and future courses may be delivered.
Location: The Barnsley College Clean Energy Training Centre, Old Mill Lane, Barnsley, S70 2LA.
Parking: The Barnsley College Clean Energy Training Centre is a separate building on the Colleges STEM site. There is no parking on the College campus site, but Parking is available nearby (5 mins walk) at The Seam car park S70 2JW.