The EESW Student of the Year Award is a celebration of the students who participated in the EESW Sixth Form Project last year, in memory of Dr Tom Parry Jones, entrepreneur, inventor, and trustee of the scheme for over 20 years. Over 500 Year 12 students who participated in the scheme last year were invited to apply to become the EESW Student of the Year, and 12 students who were interviewed in … [Read more...]
Making money out of heat
The young engineer student of the year in Wales is Daniel Clarke, from Cardiff. The 17-year-old pupil of Ysgol Gyfun Gymraeg Plasmawr, Cardiff beat over 500 sixth-form rivals from across Wales entered in the EESW competition in memory of Dr Tom Parry Jones, entrepreneur and inventor, and trustee for over 20 years. They had to work on a project and convince judges of its viability and there … [Read more...]
Wrap a rally car of your own
Wales Rally GB has launched a competition giving students in the region a brilliant opportunity to see their own livery design applied to the GT86. The winning entry will be unveiled and displayed in the event’s Rally Village right at the heart of the four-day spectacle in October. The competition is being jointly coordinated by the rally organisers and the Engineering Education … [Read more...]
EESW schools winners announced
Secondary schools from all over Wales have been taking part in the finals of the EESW Awards 2017. Split between north and south Wales, the competition was supported by Welsh Government, companies and universities. The so-called Big Bang event fair in north Wales saw main awards go to Ysgol Glan Clwyd, Alun School 1, Ysgol Friars 1 and Ysgol Uwchradd Caergybi. The top south Wales prizes … [Read more...]
Welsh students prepare for Big Bang Wales events
Hundreds of budding engineers will be hoping their ideas satisfy judges in this year’s BIG Bang Wales events in North Wales today and Swansea next week. The Engineering education Scheme Wales is organising the event at Venue Cymru, Llandudno today and Liberty Stadium on 3 April. Schools from all over North and South Wales are partaking with their ideas and research carried out in … [Read more...]