Schools - Work Wise Foundation

The Work-wise Foundation featured in The Guardian

Written on 6th October 2016. Posted in News.

The Guardian highlights the impact of The Work-wise Foundation’s partnership with Hatfield Academy in engaging local SME’s to help inspire primary children about careers in STEM related occupations, as a national report from Teach First urges all SME’s to give one day a year to work in schools to help children and young people understand and prepare for work. Read the full article...

STEMfest marks ‘dynamic learning’ at a Sheffield academy

Written on 9th August 2016. Posted in Events, News.

STEMfest, a celebration of science, technology, engineering and maths, marked the end of a whole year’s focus on exciting learning for pupils at Sheffield’s Hatfield Academy. Dynamic and engaging STEM (science, technology, engineering and match) projects for pupils have been designed to spark their interest in the subjects, and help them appreciate the vast range of potential careers that can result...

Hatfield School visit Naylor Industries

Written on 14th June 2016. Posted in Events.

Naylor’s COO Bridie Warner-Adsetts and colleagues hosted a group of school children from Hatfield Academy on an industry visit to Naylor’s Cawthorne manufacturing siteas part of the school’s Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths (STEM) education programme. Naylor is committed to supporting a range of programmes delivered by The Work-Wise Foundation – supporting the future generation workforce...

Parker mentors engineers of the future in schools’ challenge

Written on 5th May 2016. Posted in News.

Staff from Parker in Sheffield have been involved with a mentoring project with Bradfield Technical College, which is helping to inspire young engineers for the future.The technical college took part, alongside eight other South Yorkshire schools, in the ‘Get up to Speed’ (GUTS) Innovation and Design challenge and Parker worked with two teams, the first was tasked with designing a cleaning...

Youngsters improve their job prospects by attending Get up to Speed

Written on 4th May 2016. Posted in Events.

For many young people attending Get up to Speed with Engineering and Manufacturing (GUTS) literally changed their lives. Now in its 7th year GUTS is the largest event in the region showcasing careers in engineering, manufacturing and technology in a fun and interactive way. A range of the region’s top companies in the sector are there looking for future talent. Many companies have identified...

Newburgh Precision hosts visit from Cutlers’ Made in Sheffield Ambassadors

Written on 5th January 2016. Posted in Events.

Early in January 2016 20, 14 to 15 year old, Year 10 pupils from Bradfield School and Westfield School’s visited Newburgh Precision in Rotherham as part of The Cutlers’ Made in Sheffield Ambassador programme which provides experience of real businesses in action. The pupils had a presentation from Managing Director, David Greenan, on the range of work that Newburgh Precision undertake for sectors...

Regional Engineering Employers Driving the Skills Agenda and helping youngsters Get up to Speed