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Development of a photovoltaic (PV) solar energy technology training module for STEM undergraduates for solar energy sector deployment
Amalu, Emeka H. Chong, Perk Lin Short, Michael Hughes, David J. Lähde, Petri Gebremedhin, Alemayehu Sabatino, Marisa Di Ekere, Nduka N.
Amalu, Emeka H.
Chong, Perk Lin
Short, Michael
Hughes, David J.
Lähde, Petri
Gebremedhin, Alemayehu
Sabatino, Marisa Di
Ekere, Nduka N.
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2025-06-15
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As skills-gap between available skills and in-demand skills in the Solar Energy Technology Sector (SETS) continues to expand due to rapid growth of the sector, the need for Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) to design and run critical Solar Energy Technology Training (SETechTra) modules has become imperative. Informed by the findings from SETechTra project – which includes extensive literature reviews, stakeholder interviews, observations, feedback from pilot model involving circa 1500 students from schools/colleges across four European countries, this article reports on a developed strategic undergraduate (UG) 30-credit module. The module is designed to embed in-demand skills in SETS within students enrolled upon wider Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) courses. The contents of the module comprise learning and teaching activities engineered to embed key identified academic, industrial, and entrepreneurial in-demand skills in SETS in STEM UG students. Formative and summative assessments are the implemented assessment strategy used to evaluate the effectiveness and impact of the module in the pilot model. Analysis of feedback from the pilot model demonstrations indicates significant positive impact, giving a promising indication of wider applicability to HEIs across Europe interested in fast-tracking production of more SETS industry-ready graduates.
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Amalu, E. H., Adebayo, D. S., Chong, P. L., Short, M., Hughes, D. J., Tchuenbou-Magaia, F., Lähde, P., Gebremedhin, A. ., Sabatino, M. D., & Ekere, N. N. (2025). Development of a photovoltaic (PV) solar energy technology training module for STEM undergraduates for solar energy sector deployment. Journal of Mathematics, Science and Technology Education, 2(1), 33-54. https://doi.org/10.12973/jmste.2.1.33
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© 2025. The Authors. Published by RHAPSODE.
This is an open access article available under a Creative Commons licence.
The published version can be accessed at the following link on the publisher’s website: https://doi.org/10.12973/jmste.2.1.33
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3049-8783
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The authors acknowledge the fund received from the European Union for the project “Solar Energy Technology Training (SETechTra) Module for STEM Undergraduates,” which was funded under the Erasmus + Programme of the European Union. The article was produced from the project, with grant agreement no.: 2020-1-UK01-KA203-079236.