Engineering in your Schools

During the Autumn Term 2017, the Schools’ Liaison Officer has delivered School of Engineering free outreach education programme to over 400 KS2 pupils at 10 schools in Lancashire and Cumbria.

Teachers have been very positive about the experience:

• “Interesting and challenging experiments which the children enjoyed.”Ridge Community Primary
• “It has been great to see the children taking the lesson on board, thinking for themselves and trying ideas rather than being teacher led.”Trumacar Primary

The programme consists of a choice of 5 full day engineering challenge workshops, including two new themes, Stored Energy and Mechanical Engineering. Each workshop provides the Year 5 and 6 pupils with the opportunity to apply their STEM knowledge to real-world engineering challenges.

IET Faraday Challenge Day

The School of Engineering was one of only 12 universities selected to host this year's Institute of Engineering and Technology’s Faraday Challenge Day.

Teams of Year 8 students from four Lancashire schools; Lancaster Girls Grammar, Hodgson Academy, Fulwood Academy and Our Lady’s Catholic College raced against the clock to solve real-life engineering problems. The crew of the incredible Land Rover BAR catamaran asked the teams to create innovative engineering related solutions to help them achieve winning performances in the America’s Cup race.

Each team used their small budget to design, build and test their prototype producing some innovative and unique solutions. The winning team from Lancaster Girls’ Grammar were awarded a trophy and individual prizes and could be one of the top 5 teams out of 147 schools from across the UK to compete in the national final.