Personnel and Organisation

Collaboration with the education sector

TenneT is committed to working closely with higher education. By maintaining close ties with higher vocational education institutions and universities, TenneT hopes to interest more students in electrical engineering and, in particular, the high-voltage system and to raise the company's profile. The aim behind these efforts is to structurally improve TenneT's position in the job market. In this context we maintain a close relationship with the Delft, Eindhoven and Twente Universities of Technology which are promoting energy technology as a course of study and which offer scope for doctoral research.

In September 2008, 23 electrical engineering students from three Dutch higher education institutions embarked on the Power Minor course which is co-financed by TenneT. Power Minor consists of three consecutive modules which cover the whole of the energy supply chain. This course is unique in the Netherlands and ties in closely with the day-to-day reality of working in the energy sector.

TenneT also contributes to the De Watt? campaign, a joint initiative of the entire energy sector. The aim of this campaign is to generate interest in technology among young people. The campaign was initially aimed at pupils in lower secondary professional and intermediate vocational education, but since 2008 it has been expanded to include those in higher vocational education as well. The campaign provides an insight into the career opportunities for students in the energy sector.

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