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Leonardo da Vinci 2011-2013Transfer of Innovation

VET-Wind Project

Accentuate (North-East) LimitedUnited Kingdom


Accentuate (North – East) Limited – European Projects and Co-operation , was founded in 2010 as an intermediary agency for the promotion and management of European and other international projects.

The company is presently involved in a number of projects as promoter, co-ordinator or partner, including Leonardo TOI, Grundtvig, Leonardo Mobility, and others.

In addition, we offer consultancy to colleges, schools, and third sector organisations who wish to enter European partnerships, develop projects or access European funding.


Accentuate (North East) Limited is a VET consultancy organisation in the extreme north-east of England, adjacent to the border with Scotland. Its catchment area is largely rural and thinly populated, with the exception of the south eastern quadrant, which is urban and a former centre of coal mining and heavy manufacturing industry.

There is high unemployment throughout the county, through rural depopulation on the one hand and industrial decline on the other. Renewable energies, however, are a growth industry and the region has developed into a leading UK centre for wind power training: the geographical spread of Northumberland and the nature of the wind industry requires innovative teaching and learning techniques, and Accentuate is actively engaged in assisting local training providers to meet the challenge.


Role of Accentuate (North-East) Limited in VET-Wind

Accentuate is connected to the Windskill project, provided through the Intelligent Energy Europe programme, as one of its principal consultants was a key participant

Accentuate's consultant was also a key participant in the Interreg Power Cluster project dealing with offshore wind.

Accentuate will use its experience and knowledge from both projects, and an already developed training programme for wind technicians, in the VET-Wind project, and will host visits and training for partner organisations.

Accentuate will lead Work Package 2: Content and Competence.


Skills and expertise of key staff involved in the projectIan FisherAs a former employee of Northumberland College, Accentuate's principal wind consultant has been developing and delivering wind training packages for the past 5 years and more recently has worked with City & Guilds to produce the syllabi for the new apprenticeship programme delivered from September 2011.Within these 5 years he has represented Northumberland College actively in three European projects namely Power, Power Cluster and Windskill, all of which are relevant to the training of wind technicians.He is a member of several steering groups, namely Renewable UK Skills and Education group, National Skills Academy for Power, Blyth Estuary Renewable Energy Zone, Northumberland Renewable Energy Group. He has undertaken a training course in Germany, studying on an intensive ‘train the trainer’ programme where he worked with different maintenance teams from RePower, Siemens, Vestas etc.


Skills and expertise of key staff involved in the project

Stewart Deas

Accentuate's principal VET consultant has many years experience in designing and delivering VET training courses across all sectors, and also in the design of national occupational standards. He has extensive experience in designing and managing Leonardo da Vinci projects and other EU LLP projects, as well as projects for the UK government in other parts of the world including South Korea, Sri Lanka, Albania and Montenegro.

Rick McCordall

Accentuate's consultants are supported by a business manager whose role is to ensure that funded projects are delivered on time and within budget, as well as co-ordinating reporting and dissemination.

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