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Thales engineers inspired by pupil’s engineering ideas

On 24th January we were in Reading with 15 volunteers from Thales UK, one of our National Partners, for our first grading day of the year! But what is a grading day? 🤔…

GE Aerospace Caledonian school site visit
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Pupils visit GE Aerospace Caledonian for the ‘best day’ trip ever!

Young people cannot aspire to something they didn’t know existed, so linking engineers with schools to work alongside teachers, children and pupils is a major part of our programmes and competition. On Wednesday 13th of…

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School pupils impress with their award-winning engineering ideas at Edge Hill University

Primary and Secondary School children were welcomed to Edge Hill University’s campus to celebrate their inventive engineering ideas.Pupils from across Liverpool, Merseyside and Cheshire participated in the Leaders Award Competition,…

Leader's Award Primary Engineer

Thales, a global leader in technology and services, is excited to announce a ground-breaking collaboration with Primary Engineer to develop an innovative plant prototype designed by a talented young student. The winning design, named “A Face for a Plant,” emerged as part of the annual UK-wide initiative, ‘If you were an engineer, what would you do?’ which encourages students to identify problems and devise creative solutions.

The “Face for a Plant” prototype revolutionises how we monitor plant health by utilising sensors strategically placed around the plant. These sensors monitor environmental conditions, such as light levels, temperature,…

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Space, Satellites and spacecrafts.. Ian Jones answers it all!

On Friday 3rd February we had the pleasure of interview Ian Jones, CEO of the Goonhilly Earth Station in Cornwall, for our Leaders Award competition! We were overwhelmed and blown…

If you were an engineer what would you do competition Leader's Award

Academics take flat-pack wind energy to Africa

A flat-pack wind turbine developed by Glasgow Caledonian University students is to bring low-cost power to the Kenyan economy and education thanks to UK Government funding. The University project is…