The Royal College of Art (RCA) has announced the three winners of the RCA Grand Challenge 2022/23: Engaging Communities for Generating Marine Sustainable Economies. Delivered in partnership with the Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI), the challenge asked students to explore the ways in which design can leverage and stimulate citizen-science-led practices for … [Read more...] about Royal College of Art Grand Challenge winners announced
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Last chance to register for a trip to Mars
School students and budding space scientists are being given the chance to carry out experiments equivalent to visiting the surface of our closest planetary neighbour – all without pulling on a spacesuit. However, time is running out; registrations close on 31 March. Thales Alenia Space’s MARSBalloon will carry more than 150 experiments to an altitude of 30 kilometres – more … [Read more...] about Last chance to register for a trip to Mars
Students selected to design wheelchair-accessible electric vehicles
Accessibility charity Motability Operations and Warwickshire-based design and engineering business CALLUM have selected two students to help design and engineer an electric wheelchair-accessible vehicle (eWAV) prototype with the aim of encouraging industry innovation and helping to ensure future EV mobility is accessible for all. Zoe Graham, a fourth-year Bachelor of … [Read more...] about Students selected to design wheelchair-accessible electric vehicles
Apprentices help to engineer a bright future for historic Derbyshire gasworks
The restoration team at a historic Derbyshire Victorian gasworks are on track to complete an important part of their major renovation programme, with help from nearby neighbours JCB. Engineers and apprentices from JCB World Headquarters at Rocester and a number of other JCB factories have recreated vital parts of the Sudbury Gasworks engineering centrepiece. The first phase … [Read more...] about Apprentices help to engineer a bright future for historic Derbyshire gasworks
Leyland Trucks opens applications for new apprentices
Leyland Trucks has opened its recruitment process for this year’s intake of apprentices. The company is offering 24 apprenticeships this year, with applications invited online. Part of the global PACCAR automotive group and responsible for designing and manufacturing DAF vehicles to serve customers in the UK and overseas, Leyland Trucks is an innovator in commercial vehicle … [Read more...] about Leyland Trucks opens applications for new apprentices
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