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Education Portal

2024 was a very productive year SCU Motorsport. We forged a strong partnership with Onward Professional Services who were able to start work on the SCU Motorsport Education Portal. The portal will allow motorsport students to create a personal profile where they can detail their qualifications, experience and areas that they are interested in within […]

Are Friends Electric?

Visit of Nubacell to look at the racecar. We welcomed Nubacell Ltd. to look at our single seater (test bed) so they could get an idea of sizing and packaging for batteries for the electric version of the racecar we are designing. Big thanks to Musa Taramov and Yury Shikhov for taking the time to […]

Tooling Up

A big shout out to Teng Tools and Maize MRO Ltd for supporting us to ‘Tool Up’. Big thanks to Luis Eden and Stuart Alexander who have helped us source a comprehensive range of both automotive and engineering tools to use on the race cars as we build our prototype. Many thanks to Innovate Telford […]

Excellent Support From Innovate Telford

2024 – 2025: SCU Motorsport Ltd have received support from Innovate Telford which has helped us grow both capability and skills, We are extremely grateful for this support and recommend any company in Telford to take a look at the Innovate Telford website to see what support is available.

Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR)

Jon Wellman We are currently exploring ways to scale and grow the project and take it to the next level. We received feedback from an investor that the project aligned with the values of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) and we should be approaching companies to explore whether they would support us through their CSR budgets. […]

Advanced Engineering Show 2024 with Conex Portal

Advanced Engineering show at the NEC – 30th & 31st October 2024. SCU MOTORSPORT LTD attended the and we had lots of interest from students, lecturers, motorsport engineers, green tech manufacturers, materials companies, potential technical partners and we were able to share our vision of our motorsport education programme. Part of the programme is the […]

Our new Pop-up Banner!

When SCU Motorsport needed a refresh of our Pop-Up stand we approached AYP Newport. Lewis Brown of AYP Newport created a design that aligned perfectly with our new Snap-Shot leaflet; also create by AYP. We had excellent feedback on the new look.

Enginuity Skills Awards

5th June 2024 – SCU Motorsport were invited to the Enginuity Skills Awards evening at the Crown Plaza, NEC Birmingham. The car attracted a lot of interest, and it demonstrates the engineering design skills and innovation that are the driving force behind motorsport.

Interview with Race car Engineering

24th January 2024 – Alan O’Neill of SCU Motorsport travelled to London to do an interview with Daniel Lloyd of Racecar Engineering magazine. Daniel asked some very probing questions about motorsport education – and he was surprised about many of the responses. He then undertook further research to build a more robust picture of the […]

The Skills Gaps not being covered in Motorsport Education

Silverstone 2019 – We were interviewing a young female Team Manager who is Neurodiverse, and she was describing how she struggled with the traditional education system. We were then extremely lucky and saw legendary motorsport recruitment guru – Russel Howard of Racestaff.com. We asked if he would mind doing a quick interview to capture his […]

Motorsport Jobs: Is motorsport education a route to working in F1?

An article we cowrote with Adam Arbon of Autosport in February 2018.  It highlights areas that need to improve and what SCU Motorsport are advocating to improve the provision to the motorsport sector.

Is Motorsport Education delivering what is needed by the sector?

The answer is no! This is a video we made in September 2018 that highlights the issues.as This video was originally made as part of an application to Virgin Voom to seek funding as a way of building momentum into the project. We refer to an article from Racetech Magazine that describes the situation in […]

Innovation zero - London

29th & 30th April

Supported by the UK Government, Innovation Zero provides a space and opportunity for collaboration, breaking down silos, and overcoming obstacles to drive large-scale, impactful progress towards global emissions reduction.

Innovation Zero’s mission?

To accelerate a just global transition to a low carbon economy by connecting innovators, funders, policymakers, and business leaders.

Testimonials

"I am passionate about Formula Student. However, it is focused on Design and Development in Universities. There is a currently a hole in the education system that should not be there, and that is the education of those more directly involved in the maintenance and setup of the race cars. The SCU Motorsport program has the potential to fill that hold and create the motorsport mechanics and race engineer of the future, and providing a fair and competitive environment for them to learn"
Willem Toet
Sauber F1 Team Manager & Chief Designer
"Motorsport UK are excited to be privy to the ambitious plans SCU Motorsport and look forward to collaborating as these plans develop. The programme has the potential to deliver the relevant skills and experience needed for future mechanics and engineers who want to pursue a career in motorsport"
Sue Sanders
Sue Sanders
Director of learning & development at Motorsport UK
"I first became aware of SCU Motorsport at the F1 in Schools STEM programme, where they are supporting local schools and promoting engineering. Many colleagues within the motorsport industry are telling me that there are shortages of appropriately skilled mechanics with relevant practical experience, so it was interesting to learn what SCU Motorsport is doing. By developing a unique and innovative race series, specifically for colleges and universities, it will offer the potential for delivering the practical skills and experience that I believe is needed by motorsport teams, manufacturers, and suppliers. SCU is focused on creating pathways for individuals seeking motorsport industry careers, which I believe offers a different approach by providing a high-level of practical experience in the real, highly competitive world of motor racing"
Brian Sims
Founder of the Motorsport Industry Association (MIA), ex Commercial Director at Benneton F1
"I truly believe that the industry needs this new concept of car to bring on the next generation of engineers and mechanics. Goodyear prides itself on helping to develop new talent and see this as a great stepping stone on for young men & women to start their motorsport journey"
Mickey Butler
Head of Motorsport Goodyear (UK)

SCU Motorsport The Driving Force Behind Motorsport Education

Brings you Formula Ed, the integrated motorsport education programme. Formula Ed is the first race series to focus on developing mechanics and engineers not drivers.

We are designing a single seater car specially for the series, with a focus on learning, as none of the currently available single seater race cars meet the needs to support the programme.

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Genius Within commend SCU Motorsport for approach to Neurodivergent Learners.

The Concept

01

Bespoke
Qualification

Addressing the needs of the motorsport sector

02

3D Virtual Learning Environment

Practice skills in a safe environment

03

New Learning / Assessment Methods

Embracing inclusion

04

Race
Series

An opportunity to get valuable experience and practice skills

05

Specialist
Tools

Everything you need to prepare and set the race car up

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Race bay
cabinets

Create your own Motorsport Workshop

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Race
trailer

A bespoke mobile workshop

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Racing with the 750 MOTOR CLUB

As an organisation with a strong history in being a fertile proving ground for some of the sport’s most celebrated engineering talent. The 750 Motor Club is excited to be involved in the innovative plans of Schools, Colleges and Universities Motorsport and are hoping to collaborate further with these plans as they evolve further and look forward to assisting in these bold ambitions taking to the track.

The unique concept appears to have huge possibilities in offering opportunities for students to gain both relevant skills and practical experience in order to prepare them for future careers in motorsport, something that will help the UK remain at the forefront of motorsport engineering and development for years to come.

Giles Groombridge
Managing Director of 750 motor club

Supporting the drive for Zero emissions Motorsport

A race series with Environmental Sustainability embedded at its core.

With classes for

Internal Combustion Engine
using green fuel

Electric

Hydrogen Fuel Cell

SCU Motorsport Supporting Inclusion in Motorsport

A motorsport education programme for colleges and universities with Diversity, Equality and Inclusion embedded at its core.

Developing a qualification that teaches the correct skills

Improve opportunities for everyone

Developing new learning and assessment methodologies

Embracing neurodiversity

Designing a race car that will accept a wide variety of drivers

Height, size and less able

An international final where all participating nations compete against each other

Encourages international collaboration and competition

Separate classes in the race series to directly support, encourage and promote inclusion

The Driving Force

The Driving Force

Developing a race series specifically for colleges and universities, and it will be linked to a formal qualification; for the 'hands on' level as taught at UK college level.

Our package options

– Car in component form (to assemble)
– Specific tools for working on the car
– Specialist tools for car set-up
– Motorsport workshop layout – including cabinets/toolboxes
– Formal qualification (Level 1-4)
– Knowledge base
– Virtual reality learning environment
– Augmented reality
– Specific module fact/task sheets

We are designing a single seater car specifically for the series, with a focus on learning, as none of the currently available single seater race cars meet the needs to support the programme.

SCU Motorsport Team

Alan O'Neill
Alan O'Neill

Managing Director

Carl Barton
Carl Barton

Education Manager

Ben Coley
Ben Coley

Digital Learning Manager

Chris Campbell

Business Development Manager

Jon Wellman

Corporate Social Awareness (CSR) Manager

Sean McDougall
Sean McDougall

Bid Support / Commercialisation Manager

Shaun Ward
Shaun Ward

Technology Innovation Advisor

Sunip Choudhary
Sunip Choudhary

SCU Motorsport Manager (India)

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