Year of Engineering Roadshow

- year of engineering roadshow - Meet the parents

Ofsted Chief Inspector Amanda Spielman at the Year of Engineering Roadshow stand at ASE conference in Liverpool.

2018 is the Year of Engineering in the UK, and what a fantastic opportunity this is for our engineering sector to get together around a coordinated campaign to promote engineering. As you may know, some other notable events coincide with this campaign – The Institution of Civil Engineers’ bicentenary, the Royal Academy of Engineering’s campaign ‘This is Engineering’, RAF100 celebrating 100 years of the Royal Air Force, and the opening of Crossrail in the UK - all great ways to engage students and their parents and tell them about the exciting opportunities we have in engineering.

The Year of Engineering: Meet the Parents Roadshow is designed to take future engineering careers information on the road to meet parents and families face to face, to tell them more about the fantastic opportunities that there are in engineering for their children, and what some of these future careers will look like. Evidence from the IET ‘Inspiring the Next Generation of Engineers’ Report* has shown that by giving parents even a small amount of positive information, they can be convinced about the appeal of engineering careers. This roadshow, supported by the engineering industry and the inspiring individuals that work in it, will visit at least ten public shows across the UK during 2018 and aims to build on the Year of Engineering publicity to bring engineering careers to life.
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I am looking for support from industry to help fund this activity. If you would like to get involved to help spread the word about engineering careers, please get in touch. Thank you to the IET/IMechE Engineering Education Grant Scheme and to the Royal Commission for the Exhibition of 1851 for their financial support in making this Roadshow a reality.
Follow my progress through the Gallery photos below.

Events 2018

Association of Science Education Conference, Liverpool, 4-6 January 2018
Girl Guiding Anglia Ready for Take Off, 17 March 2018
Get up to Speed with STEM (GUTS), Sheffield, 18 April 2018
Royal Bath and West Show, 30 May-2 June 2018
Great Exhibition of the North, Institute of Mining, Newcastle upon Tyne, 23 June 2018
Girls in Engineering Day, University of Hertfordshire, 30 June 2018
Royal International Air Tattoo, 13-15 July 2018
Shuttleworth Air Show and Heritage Day, 2 September 2018
Abergavenny Food Festival, 15 September 2018
Thames Festival. Taking Off: The IET Opens its Doors, 22 September 2018
IET Presidential Address, 11 October 2018
Future Engineers, National Railway Museum, York, 3 November 2018

Please let me know if you would like to sponsor any of these shows. Please also send other suggestions. I look forward to hearing from you. Contact me at dawnbonfield@btinternet.com

Defence Secretary Gavin Williamson accepting a Year of Engineering lapel pin at RIAT2018.

Chilli and Pepper at RIAT2018

This activity has been kindly supported by grants from the IET, IMechE, and the Royal Commission for the Exhibition of 1852.
Resources supplied by Tomorrow's Engineers, WES, WISE, EDT, IET, IMechE, ICE, RAEng, Target Jobs, Success at School, Arkwright Foundation and others. If you would like me to include your resources on the stand, please get in touch.