The launch event held on Monday 23rd January at AMRC-Training Centre, Rotherham saw 9 teams of students teamed up with 9 companies.
Year 7 to 11 students from a secondary school are teamed up with a local engineering, manufacturing or technology business to work on a real-life industry specific innovation challenge set by the company. The challenge runs from January 2017 to 26th April 2017.
Supported by the IET and IMechE through their joint Engineering Education Grant Scheme each challenge is set by a business to simulate an actual business problem, giving insight into the daily challenges faced in business. The challenges enable participants not only to understand product design and development, taking the product to market, contributing directly to enterprise and entrepreneurship.
- Mexborough Academy with Vulcan to the Sky
- Wingfield Academy with AMRC-TC (pictured below)
- Stocksbridge High School with Parker Hannifin
- Westfield School with Sheffield Tooling Co Ltd (pictured above)
- Bradfield School with Riley’s Machine Tools
- Outwood City Academy with Numill (pictured right)
- Yewlands Academy with JRI Orthopaedics
- Handsworth Grange with Sheffield College
- Sheffield Park Academy with Chimo Holdings
The teams will display and present their work and their finished product/design at the annual Get up to Speed with Engineering and Manufacturing, careers showcase at Magna in Rotherham on 26th April 2017. The teams will be interviewed by an independent judging panel of leaders.
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If you would like to know how to support our work, become a work-wise employer or how your school, students or son/daughter can benefit from the programme then please contact: [email protected]