Funding from the Royal Academy of Engineering for the Engineering a Sustainable Energy Supply (EASES) project
We are pleased to announce that we have been successful in a bid to the Royal Academy of Engineering for funding to develop and run our EASLOE project with primary schools.
The Engineering a Sustainable Energy Supply (EASES)project will provide engineers from across the engineering sector with the training and support required to develop and deliver inspiring and engaging workshops to introduce young people aged 8 to 11 to the work they are doing to develop a sustainable energy generation and supply system – a resource that has never been higher on the national and international agenda.
Engineers will be given the support they need to develop their confidence and skills to allow them to share their passion, engineering knowledge and the journey they have followed in becoming an engineer in a way that will inspire young people to want to follow a career in engineering.
Following a series of live and on-line training workshops, the engineers will co-create projects with members of the 4wardFutures (4FC) team to inform and inspire young people from groups that are currently underrepresented in engineering, including the huge part engineers are playing in the creation, development and maintenance of diverse sustainable energy systems, whilst minimising the environmental impacts associated with previous energy systems. They will be able to show how this work is paramount to the security, natural environment and economic well-being of our country.
Young people will gain an insight into the impact of this work, the technologies the engineers are using and developing, and have a greater understanding of career opportunities across the sector – their applications, personal benefits and the positive impacts on the environment and society.
Sustainability Expo
The EASES project will also involve expanding the Engineering area in our Virtual Sustainability Expo. https://www.4wardfutures.org.uk/sustainable-careers-expo
Through this Virtual Expo engineers, engineering companies, academics and organisations will be able to share with young people, the work they are doing to create a sustainable energy supply.