Educational Trusts - Links with other organisations
The Arkwright Scholarships Trust is administered by The Smallpeice Trust. It is a separate registered charity, but has the benefit of Smallpeice's facilities and expertise.
The Arkwright Scholarships Trust promotes the rewards of an engineering or technology career to young people through sponsored scholarships; providing direct contact with the industry seeking to recruit them in the future. The Institution of Structural Engineers' Educational Trust sponsors an applicant with a particular interest in engineering each year.
www.arkwright.org.uk
The Building Exploratory is an interactive exhibition exploring buildings and the built environment. It is the first education and resource centre to do this. The Educational Trust has sponsored the development of the structural engineering section of a new Construction Room that will explore building construction. Information on the Building Exploratory can be accessed on www.buildingexploratory.org.uk.
The Trust has supported two projects run by Engineering Without Borders in El Salvador. The projects were for a structural survey of adobe houses, and the installation of low-cost sanitation. The intention was that these would be pump-priming projects, passing on information about structural engineering, and learning about the structural engineering requirements in developing countries. These projects will be reported in detail in a future issue of The Structural Engineer.
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The IStructE Educational Trust has agreed to provide sponsorship for the Maths Inspiration event in Liverpool on 28 February 2008, which gives an opportunity for sixth formers and those in Year 11 to experience some of the UK’s most inspiring maths speakers. Click here for more information http://www.mathsinspiration.com.
The Smallpeice Trust is an independent charity providing a variety of exciting programmes to promote engineering careers to young people.
They run two types of activities: science, technology, engineering and maths (STEM) sessions and residential engineering courses.
STEM sessions take place in-school and provide a short introduction for Year 8 and 9 students into creative thinking and problem solving.
Students work together in small teams on 'design and make' projects. 4-day residential courses at universities take students interest in engineering a step further by exploring specific areas such as Aerospace or Supercomputing in Engineering, placing them alongside real engineers, professionals and technical specialists. All core courses are affiliated to the Royal Academy of Engineering Best Programme.
For inspirational courses promoting dynamic careers in engineering visit www.smallpeicetrust.org.uk |
