- This year, visits to the industrial center are being carried out via virtual or face-to-face sessions in the classrooms for security reasons due to the health crisis.
- The IES Getares of Algeciras has closed the Energy Campus Program for this year.
- During the six editions of the Energy Campus to date, around 2,770 students have benefited from the program.
The objective of this educational program by Fundación Cepsa is to show students, with the help of teachers, the evolution of energy throughout the history of mankind, and to connect with the Cepsa value chain. This year, because of Covid-19, the program has been modified to continue offering this opportunity to schools in Campo de Gibraltar and the rest of the province of Cadiz. That is why we have changed the crowded visits to Cepsa's industrial center in San Roque for virtual or face-to-face sessions in the classroom, at the discretion of each educational center.
For this edition, the digital platform has also been improved in order to enhance and facilitate the use of technology in the classroom, the approach to this knowledge, and the ease of picking up the information taught.
Through this program, Fundación Cepsa teaches the importance of oil and its derivatives today, emphasizing the products of Cepsa's industrial centers and their multiple applications in daily life.
These training units are aimed at students in the final phase of compulsory secondary education, and those completing Bachillerato (Spanish Baccalaureate) or Ciclos Formativos (vocational) courses. Through the Energy Campus, students learn about the origin of light, energy sources, and the treatment and transformation of crude oil. Topics of note include production at refineries and chemical plants, Cepsa's vision as a global energy company, its commitment and responsibility to the environment, including its commitment to sustainability and its reduction of its footprint on the environment and the safety of people, facilities and the surrounding population. Cepsa's commitment to the United Nations (UN) Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) is also addressed at the Energy Campus.
The head of Fundación Cepsa, Estrella Blanco, noted that "the Energy Campus familiarizes secondary school students with the energy sector and its direct involvement in our daily lives, in an educational and friendly way. Despite Covid-19 and thanks also to the interest of schools and teachers, held another year of the Energy Campus, adapted to the safety protocols that the pandemic necessitated. And not only we have done it without reducing the educational content, but we have improved it."
The Energy Campus is a training initiative that Fundación Cepsa develops with schools in Campo de Gibraltar. The sixth edition of this educational program on the energy sector is currently underway. Since its inception, approximately 2,770 students have benefited from these workshops.
