Advance notice that the next Engineering Experience will be held at Culford School in October 2015. The exact dates will be made available nearer the time and local upper school staff will again be asked to select the students that will be offered the opportunity to attend the Experience.

At their meeting the trustees awarded bursaries to seven students to assist them with the cost of their first degree. The subjects being studied varied widely and included Electrical Engineering, Automotive Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, Electronic Engineering with Nanotechnology and Ship Science.

The trust helped sponsor a display at the Latitude Festival which centred on astronomy which was designed to engage with budding scientists and engineers as young as five or six.

During the Latitude Festival  in July 2014, Derek Langley, provided a presentation to young festival goers entitled Our Tiny World. The presentation involved an interactive tour through the solar system starting with the atmosphere of earth and then an imaginary trip through the solar system, stopping off at Titan to gather ice crystals. Visitors to the tent were also provided with a model of Saturn to make and take away with them.

Photos of the Latitude event;

The trust organised a trip for students who had previously attended the engineering experience to travel to Marshalls Aerospace at Cambridge for a visit. Twenty six young people from years 10 and 11 took part in this trip which involved a tour of the facility an opportunity for the students to  engage in some interactive activities and to have presentations on the work of this prestigious engineering company.