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EuroWire – March 2007 15
corporate news
Huge success of engineering scholarship
Eight final year students have good reason to celebrate – they have just completed the pilot programme for the South Yorkshire
Engineering Scholarship at the National Materials Technology Centre (NAMTEC), UK.
Dr Alan Partridge, NAMTEC chief executive, presented the
students with certificates and congratulated them on their
work and on becoming part of the future of manufacturing and
engineering.
The two-year project is being run by Doncaster College, UK,
in association with Yorkshire Forward, the EEF, CoVE and the
Learning and Skills Council and aims to address the skills
shortage within the engineering and manufacturing industries.
Although the pilot scheme has been a huge success, Doncaster
College is appealing for further funding from South Yorkshire
businesses to ensure that the programme can continue
in the future.
The programme has so far involved students from four colleges:
Rotherham, Barnsley, Sheffield and Doncaster and over
20 local manufacturing and engineering businesses. Students
attend the Scholarship programme during non-term time
and take part in a wide range of activities, including work
placements, employer interviews, team-working activities that
improve their communication and interpersonal skills as well
as attending trade shows and researching and producing an
industrial project.
The South Yorkshire Scholarship programme is designed to
attract young people into the engineering and manufacturing
sectors, who can contribute to the long term future of these
industries in terms of innovation and competitiveness on a
global scale.
Businesses who may be able to offer support to the programme
should contact John Edwards at Doncaster College at
or on 01302 553704.
NAMTEC – UK Fax: +44 1709 724999
Email: Website:
Students are pictured at the awards presentation ▲