Bolton School Engineering Day

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Thursday, 26 June 2014

Friday 17^th October, 9am to 4pm

Bolton School is hosting an Engineering Day for Year 10 to Year 13 pupils in the local area this October. Guests from industry and higher education will be in school to speak to interested students about a range of engineering careers and the various routes into them.

Former Tomorrow’s World presenter Kate Bellingham will open the day with a keynote address about careers using science, technology and mathematics. This will be followed by more specific thirty-minute sessions. The speakers will talk about their career history, explain what their job entails, and outline the essential skills and qualities required; they will also give advice about possible paths into their particular career. Higher education representatives will also be present to talk about specific degree courses, work placements, and will be able to discuss the job opportunities available after graduation.

The confirmed list of speakers so far includes:

Dr Ian McConvey Chemical Engineer at McConvey Consultants Ltd	Chemical Engineering
Rachel E Egan Exterior Body & Trim Product Development Engineer at Jaguar Land Rover	Engineering
Jamie R Laundon Senior Technologist at the BBC	Engineering
Russell Howard Race Staff	Opportunities in Motorsport
Geoff Pearson Nuclear Engineer at AMEC	Clean Energy
Gary Leeke Lecturer at Birmingham University	Chemical Engineering
Shakti Patel Undergraduate at Loughborough University and winner of the Industrial Placement Aeronautical Engineering Leadership Advanced Award	What is it like to study Aeronautical Engineering?
Paul Shepley Lecturer at Emmanuel College Cambridge	Engineering
Gary Owen Lecturer at the University of Bolton	Motorsport Performance Engineering
Nigel Austin Apprenticeship Provider at BAE Systems	Aeronautical Engineering