dozen Cutlers Ambassador students from Stocksbridge High School will be taking on a challenge set by Rollem's Managing Director, Stuart Murphy to carry out market research on a new R&D product the company is developing. 

The students will work alongside Systems Design Engineer, Sherif Ibrahim who is heading up the R&D project in conjunction with Sheffield Hallam University.  They will be looking at the different materials that could be used, potential uses for those materials and then producing samples of what could be produced that can be used by the company to demonstrate to potential new customers. 

The work-wise Innovation Challenge, an annual event, has been running since 2010. This year's challenge has 12 companies each setting a problem for a group of students from local schools where they work on a design, research and manufacturing problem for the company.  The schools will come together at the end of three months to present their projects at a finals day at the annual Get up to Speed with Engineering and Manufacturing showcase event at Magna on 22nd April 2015. 

If you are a company or a school interested in taking part in the challenge then contact Janice Richardson, The work-wise Foundation on janice@work-wise.co.uk or 07757 820931.