Pupils Harness Wind Power with the Smallpeice Trust at Kirklees College, Huddersfield
Students from the West Yorkshire schools of Almondbury High, Castle Hall and Holmfirm High put their science, technology, engineering and maths skills to the test in a one-day Wind Turbine challenge supported by Tomorrow’s Engineers and delivered by educational charity, The Smallpeice Trust. - March 20, 2015
Educational Charity The Smallpeice Trust Seeks Budding Young Engineers for Short Courses in Portsmouth
During the summer, The Smallpeice Trust will be running three very different residential courses in Portsmouth for budding young engineers. Through a jam-packed timetable of educational and fun activities, students will be offered a unique insight into Electronics with Cyber Security, Marine Technology and Nuclear Marine Engineering. - January 25, 2015
Educational Charity Seeks One Hundred 12-14 Year Olds for Engineering Experience
The Smallpeice Trust will be running an Engineering Experience course at the University of Nottingham from 30th March to 1st April 2015. The course offers one hundred students aged 12 to 14 (Years 8 and 9), an opportunity to explore the subject of engineering through a series of real-life challenges. - January 25, 2015
Educational Charity The Smallpeice Trust Seeks Budding Young Engineers for Courses in Shropshire
In July, Harper Adams University will be sponsoring and hosting two very different residential courses for budding young engineers. Delivered in partnership with The Smallpeice Trust, students will be offered an inspiring introduction into Food Technology Engineering and Off-Road Vehicle Engineering, through a jam-packed timetable of educational and fun activities. - January 25, 2015
Engineering Charity The Smallpeice Trust Seeks Budding Young Engineers for Courses in Newcastle
From the 20th – 23rd July, Newcastle University will be hosting two very different residential courses for budding young engineers. Through a jam-packed timetable of educational and fun activities, students will be offered an inspiring insight into Advanced Marine Technology and Low Carbon Energy. - January 24, 2015
Sixtry Students Required for BAE Systems Engineering Experience
The Smallpeice Trust will be running a BAE Systems Engineering Experience course at Lancaster University, sponsored by global company BAE Systems from 7th to 10th July. The course offers sixty students aged 12 to 13 (Year 8) the unique opportunity to explore the subject of engineering through a series of real-life challenges, giving them an insight into what today’s engineers face. - January 24, 2015
Educational Charity Seeks One Hundred 13-14 Year Old Students for ECITB Engineering Experience
From 7th to 10th April, The Smallpeice Trust will be running the ECITB Engineering Experience course at Harper Adams University College in Newport, Shropshire. Sponsored by the Engineering Construction Industry Training Board, this course offers one hundred students, aged 13 and 14 (Year 9), the unique opportunity to be mentored by engineering construction professionals as they take part in a series of hands on workshops and demonstrations. - January 22, 2015
Educationl Charity The Smallpeice Trust on the Lookout for Potential Nuclear Engineers
In July, The Smallpeice Trust will run two Nuclear Engineering courses. The first course, sponsored by the National Nuclear Laboratory, will be held at Lancaster University from 20th to 23rd July. The second course is sponsored by the Dalton Nuclear Institute and is hosted by the University of Manchester from 20th to 23rd July. - January 22, 2015
Educational Charity The Smallpeice Trust Seeks Students for Cyber-Security Course
This Easter, The Smallpeice Trust will run a Cyber Security course at Royal Holloway, University of London. This residential course takes place from 30th March to 1st April and gives fifty 13 and 14 year old students (Year 9) the unique opportunity to explore some of the threats to cyberspace and the techniques that can be used to provide cyber security. - January 21, 2015
Educational Charity The Smallpeice Trust Seeks Budding Young Engineers for Courses in Southampton
In July, the University of Southampton will be hosting three very different residential courses for budding young engineers. Through a jam-packed timetable of educational and fun activities, students will be offered a unique insight into Biomedical Engineering, Computing and Microelectronics and Supercomputing in Engineering. - January 21, 2015
Teenagers to Explore Artificial Intelligence with The Smallpeice Trust
The Smallpeice Trust will run an Artificial Intelligence course sponsored and hosted by the University of Exeter. This residential course takes place from 30th March to 2nd April and gives forty-five students, aged 13 and 14 (Year 9) the unique opportunity to explore the world of computer science as they help machines find solutions to complex problems in a more human like fashion. - January 18, 2015
Educational Charity The Smallpeice Trust Seeks Students for Marine Technology Course
A short Marine Technology course will take place from 26th to 30th July, at the University of Strathclyde. Sponsored by the Lloyd’s Register Foundation (LRF), this residential course is for students aged 14 and 15 (S3), and gives them the opportunity to develop a greater understanding of marine technology and the challenges that face the modern marine engineer, whilst learning more about naval architecture, ship design and off-shore construction. - January 18, 2015
Educational Charity The Smallpeice Trust Seeks Budding Young Mining Engineers
From 13th - 16th July, The Smallpeice Trust will be running a Mining & Minerals course at the University of Exeter’s Tremough Campus, which will offer twenty students aged 15 to 17 years old (Year 11 and 12), a unique learning experience exploring the technical challenges faced by mining engineers who are responsible for the safe and economic production of the earth’s minerals. - January 17, 2015
Educational Charity The Smallpeice Trust Seeks Budding Young Engineers
Independent educational charity The Smallpeice Trust has recently launched their new course timetable for 2015 and is seeking hundreds of 12 to 17 year old students to sample their engineering taster courses. - January 17, 2015
Students Manage Their Future Careers in Engineering with Help from the Smallpeice Trust
Thirty-eight students, aged 15 to 17 from schools across the UK, recently attended the ECITB Project Management course from 28th to 31st July at the University of Reading. The residential programme was designed through a partnership between The Smallpeice Trust and Cranfield University, and was financially supported by the Engineering Construction Industry Training Board (ECITB). - August 23, 2014
Teenagers Learn About Computing and Microelectronics with the Smallpeice Trust
From 28th July to 1st August, forty-eight budding engineers from across the UK attended a Computing and Microelectronics residential course hosted by Electronics and Computer Science (ECS) at the University of Southampton. Sponsored by ARM and organised by The Smallpeice Trust, the course provided... - August 20, 2014
Students on Course for Career in Structural Engineering Thanks to the Smallpeice Trust
From 28th to 31st July, forty-nine aspiring young engineers from across the UK were given a unique insight into what is involved in the design and construction of a structure. Organised by educational charity, The Smallpeice Trust and sponsored by Coventry University and the Institution of... - August 08, 2014
Aspiring Students Dig Out Mining Careers with Help from the Smallpeice Trust
From 28th to 31st July, nineteen aspiring young engineers from across the UK enjoyed a unique learning experience at the University of Exeter’s Tremough Campus, near Penryn. Sponsored by the Camborne School of Mines Trust, the group of 15 to 17 year olds spent four days at the... - August 08, 2014
Students Set Sail with the Smallpeice Trust for a Career in Naval Architecture
From 28th to 31st July, forty aspiring young engineers enjoyed a unique learning experience at Plymouth University. The group of 15 to 17 year old students spent four days discovering what is involved in the creation and maintenance of many different types of ships including aircraft carriers,... - August 06, 2014
Smallpeice Trust Helps Youngsters Set Sail for a Career in Nuclear Marine Engineering
From 21st to 24th July, leading engineering support services company, Babcock, the Defence Academy and the Royal Navy recently teamed up with educational charity, The Smallpeice Trust to offer fifty students from across the UK the chance to gain an insight into nuclear marine engineering. The... - August 06, 2014
Students On-Board to a Career in Marine Engineering Thanks to the Smallpeice Trust
Thirty-nine students aged 15 to 17 from schools across the UK, recently attended the Marine Technology course from 21st to 24th July at Newcastle University. The residential programme was designed through a partnership between The Smallpeice Trust and Newcastle University’s School of Marine... - August 03, 2014
Nuclear Engineering Course a Resounding Success for the Smallpeice Trust
From 14th to 17th July, fifty-nine teenagers from across the UK have been learning how to solve some of the key challenges facing the nuclear industry. The four-day residential course, held at Lancaster University, was organised by educational charity The Smallpeice Trust and sponsored by the... - August 03, 2014
Students on Board for a Career in Marine Technology Thanks to the Smallpeice Trust
From 21st to 24th July, one hundred students from schools across the UK attended a Marine Technology course at the University of Portsmouth. The course provided the 13 and 14 year old students with a fun-filled timetable of educational and fun activities to give them a unique insight into the... - August 02, 2014
Students Steer Towards Careers in Engineering with the Help of the Smallpeice Trust
From 9th to 11th July, one hundred promising young engineers from across the UK enjoyed a unique hands-on learning experience at Coventry University. Sponsored by the 29th May 1961 Charitable Trust and organised by educational charity, The Smallpeice Trust, the residential course provided students... - August 02, 2014
Students on Course for a Career in Biochemical Engineering Thanks to the Smallpeice Trust
From 14th to 17th July, thirty-four budding engineers attended a four-day Biochemical Engineering course at University College London (UCL). The course provided 15 and 16 year old students with the opportunity to learn about novel biological therapeutics theories and the importance of biochemical... - August 01, 2014
Aspiring Students Get a "Smallpeice" of the Action
From 21st to 24th July, thirty students aged 16 and 17 were given a rare insight into the exciting and dynamic field of nanotechnology. During the four-day residential course organised by The Smallpeice Trust in partnership with the University of Leeds, students enjoyed a unique opportunity to... - August 01, 2014
Students Get to Grips with Nuclear Engineering Courtesy of the Smallpeice Trust
From 21st to 24th July, fifty teenagers from across the UK have been learning how to solve some of the challenges facing the nuclear industry. The four-day residential course, held at The University of Manchester, and sponsored by the University’s Dalton Nuclear Institute was organised by The... - July 31, 2014
Smallpeice Trust Helps Students on Fast Track for Railway Careers
From 21st to 24th July, forty-five teenagers from across the UK had the unique opportunity to learn about how technologies come together to create state-of-the-art, safe and efficient railway transport systems. Sponsored by the National Skills Academy for Railway Engineering (NSARE) and the Lloyd’s Register Foundation (LRF), this course forms part of a major initiative to encourage young people to consider railway engineering and railway systems engineering as a possible career in the future. - July 31, 2014
Girls Enjoy an Engineering Experience with the Smallpeice Trust
From 21st to 23rd July, ninety-seven girls aged 12 to 14 years old (Year 8 and 9) from across the UK benefited from a unique hands-on learning experience at the University of Bristol. Financially supported by the ERA Foundation and Lloyd’s Register Foundation, this 3-day residential programme... - July 31, 2014
Students on Board to a Career in Engineering Courtesy of the Smallpeice Trust
Forty students aged 15 to 17 from schools across the UK, recently attended a 3D Printing Technology course from 14th to 17th July at the University of Warwick. The residential programme was designed through a partnership between The Smallpeice Trust and WMG at the University of Warwick, and was financially supported by the The Institute of Advanced Study (University of Warwick), Royal Commission for the Exhibition of 1851 and Smallpeice Enterprises. - July 24, 2014
Students on Fast Track for Railway Careers with the Smallpeice Trust
From 14th to 17st July, forty-nine teenagers from across the UK had the unique opportunity to learn about how technologies come together to create state-of-the-art, safe and efficient railway transport systems. Sponsored by the National Skills Academy for Railway Engineering (NSARE) and the Lloyd’s Register Foundation (LRF), this course forms part of a major initiative to encourage young people to consider railway engineering and railway systems engineering as a possible career in the future. - July 23, 2014
Arkwright Engineering Scholars Enjoy Energy Challenge from the Smallpeice Trust
From 7th to 9th June, educational charity The Smallpeice Trust partnered with The Arkwright Scholarships Trust and Cardiff University’s School of Engineering to give twenty-four teenagers from across the UK the unique opportunity to explore the practical world of electromechanical engineering. - July 21, 2014
Students Learn About Materials for Energy with the Smallpeice Trust
From 7th to 10th July, forty teenagers from across the UK have been learning about the global energy situation and the work of materials scientists and engineers as they try to meet global energy demands whilst reducing carbon emissions. Sponsored and hosted by Loughborough University, this four... - July 19, 2014
Engineering Experience Energises Pupils with the Smallpeice Trust
From 7th to 11th July, fifty students from across the UK enjoyed a unique Engineering Experience course at the National Grid Training Centre near Newark, Nottinghamshire. Run in conjunction with the UK’s largest utility company, National Grid, this residential learning opportunity gave... - July 16, 2014
Teenagers Use Supercomputing to Design Future Aircraft with the Smallpeice Trust
From 7th to 10th July, twenty-four budding engineers from across the UK recently took on the challenge of designing future aircraft at the University of Southampton. Organised by The Smallpeice Trust and delivered in partnership with the University’s Faculty of Engineering and the... - July 16, 2014
Students Discover High Speed Communications with The Smallpeice Trust
From 7th to 9th July, twenty-eight teenagers from across the UK got to participate in an exciting new High Speed Communications course, which not only demonstrated the importance of this subject area but the ways in which it is helping our country to flourish and develop both economically and... - July 13, 2014
Students Aided in Their Understanding of Biomedical Engineering by The Smallpeice Trust
From 7th to 10th July, twenty-four students from across the UK attended a Biomedical Engineering course at the University of Southampton. Sponsored by the Institute of Physics and Engineering in Medicine (IPEM) and organised by The Smallpeice Trust, the four-day residential programme provided 15... - July 13, 2014
Students Learn About Renewable Energy with the Smallpeice Trust
A group of 14 and 15 year-olds from across the UK learned about renewable energy on a four day residential engineering course at Liverpool John Moores University supported by the Smallpeice Trust. - July 12, 2014
Students Gear Up for a Career in Engineering with the Smallpeice Trust
A group of 14 & 15 year olds enjoyed a 4-day residential Motorsport Engineering course at Oxford Brookes University organised by the Smallpeice Trust. - July 11, 2014
Students Enjoy a BAE Systems Engineering Experience with the Smallpeice Trust
A group of 12 and 13 year olds from across the UK enjoyed a 4-day residential engineering experience at Lancaster organised by BAE Systems and the Smallpeice Trust. - July 11, 2014
Smallpeice Trust Electronics with Cyber Security Course Causes Buzz Amongst Teenagers
From 23rd - 26th June, teenagers from across the UK learned about electronics and cyber security from engineers from leading organisations such as GCHQ and QinetiQ at the University of Portsmouth. The course was sponsored by educational charirty the Smallpeice Trust. - June 29, 2014
Educational Charity The Smallpeice Trust to Put Students on the Right Track for a Career in Railway Engineering
In the summer of 2014, The Smallpeice Trust will be running two Railway Engineering residential courses at the University of Birmingham (14th – 17th July) and the University of Huddersfield (21st – 24th July) for one hundred budding young engineers. - February 21, 2014
Educational Charity The Smallpeice Trust Seeks Budding Young Engineers for Mining and Minerals Course
From 28th – 31st July 2014, The Smallpeice Trust will be running a Mining & Minerals course at the University of Exeter’s Tremough Campus, which will offer twenty students aged 15 to 17 years old (Year 11 and 12), a unique learning experience exploring the technical challenges faced by mining engineers who are responsible for the safe and economic production of the earth’s minerals. - February 20, 2014
Educational Charity The Smallpeice Trust Seeks One Hundred 12-14 Year Old Girls for Engineering Course
From 21st to 23rd July 2014, The Smallpeice Trust will be running a Girls into Engineering course exclusively for girls at the University of Bristol. Sponsored by the ERA Foundation and Lloyd’s Register Foundation, this course offers one hundred female students aged 12 to 14 (Years 8 and 9), an opportunity to explore the subject of engineering through a series of real-life challenges. - February 19, 2014
Educational Charity The Smallpeice Trust Seeks Students for Cyber Security Course
This Easter, The Smallpeice Trust will run a Cyber Security course at Royal Holloway, University of London. This residential course takes place from 14th to 16th April and gives fifty 13 and 14 year old students (Year 9) the unique opportunity to explore some of the threats to cyberspace and the techniques that can be used to provide cyber security. - February 15, 2014
Educational Charity The Smallpeice Trust Seeks 13-14 Year Olds for ECITB Engineering Experience
From 14th to 17th April, The Smallpeice Trust will be running the ECITB Engineering Experience course at Harper Adams University College in Newport, Shropshire. Sponsored by the Engineering Construction Industry Training Board, this course offers one hundred students, aged 13 and 14 (Year 9), the unique opportunity to be mentored by engineering construction professionals as they take part in a series of hands on workshops and demonstrations. - February 14, 2014
Teenagers to Explore Artificial Intelligence with the Smallpeice Trust
The Smallpeice Trust will run an Artificial Intelligence course sponsored and hosted by the University of Exeter. This residential course takes place from 14th to 17th April and gives forty-five students, aged 13 and 14 (Year 9) the unique opportunity to explore the world of computer science as they help machines find solutions to complex problems in a more human like fashion. - February 13, 2014
Teenagers Learn About Computing and Microelectronics with the Smallpeice Trust
Forty nine budding engineers from across the UK, recently attended a Computing and Microelectronics residential course hosted by Electronics and Computer Science (ECS) at the University of Southampton last week. Sponsored by ARM, the course provided the 15 to 17 year old students the opportunity to... - August 16, 2013
Students on Course for Career in Structural Engineering with the Smallpeice Trust
From 30th July to 2nd August, fifty aspiring young engineers from across the UK were given a unique insight into what is involved in the design and construction of a structure. Organised by educational charity, The Smallpeice Trust and sponsored by Coventry University and the Institution of... - August 15, 2013
Students on Board for a Career in Engineering with the Smallpeice Trust
Forty students aged 14 and 15 (S3) from schools across the UK, recently attended the Marine Technology course from 21st to 25th July at the University of Strathclyde in Glasgow. The residential programme Fame Transportationniversity of Strathclyde and was financially supported by Lloyd’s Register Foundation (LRF). - August 14, 2013