What a great meeting with Seymour’s finding out about how Engineering Together can link into the community work they do and their new exciting Skills Academy.
Rediscovered: Engineering Together
We’re a proud partner of the River Tees Rediscovered Landscape Partnership after being invited to their strategy meeting.
Looking forward to working together to promote our outdoor engineering schemes in and around the Tees Valley.
Full STEAM ahead
Engineering Together were happy to meet The Start Studio UK to talk about creative learning in the Tees Valley and how it can promote engineering and improve student resilience.
High Tide
High Tide (https://www.hightidefoundation.co.uk/) are a registered charity about 7 years old who put on lots of different careers events in order to inform young people, mostly under privileged about the opportunities for work along the river.
Events include river trips, week long cadetships, taking students through the life of a mobile phone from Taiwan to Asda, making port to part trips including international visits to Rotterdam.
High Tide have engaged members and regularly help with events and go into schools (mock interviews, assemblies, workshops etc). Sectors include transportation and engineering businesses, retail, finance, law, web design, IT and the Harbour Police.
These overlaps with Engineering Together are looking forward to working more closely in the future.
Promote Engineering Together
Our Champions have of course been very busy, and in our September meeting we found about all their good work.
Reminder that ‘many hands make light work’ – volunteers for active participation in any
aspect of what we are doing would be most welcome.
Our handbook was developed and rolled out at our September meeting which has helped form the basis of the website.
When Paula met the TV LEP
Excited to have been asked to outline Engineering Together to the Tees Valley Local Enterprise Partnership (LEP).
Lots of contacts made and the alignments with the Tees Valley strategies were evident.
https://teesvalley-ca.gov.uk/lep/
Exciting times 🙂
When EngTog met two Councils
Great meetings with Richard McGuckin from Stockton-on-Tees Borough Council and Denise McGuckin from Hartlepool Borough Council.
Looking forward to working together on the Great Exhibition of the Tees Valley (GETV) and other exciting projects.
North East Apprenticeship Ambassadors Network
Paula met with North East Apprenticeship Ambassadors Network (NEAAN).
As with many organisations there are lots of overlaps with STEM and diversity between NEAAN and Engineering Together.
NEAAN is one of nine in the country, it covers the whole of the North East and every sectors including engineering and construction.
It aims to encourage young people and employers to be on / take on Apprenticeships through employer engagement.
Their Young Ambassadors Network includes 60 Ambassadors over the North East. Those wanting to become ambassadors are given one day presentation training.
Apprenticeship Standards aim to provide a framework for all sectors
https://www.instituteforapprenticeships.org/apprenticeship-standards/
River Tees Rediscovered and Groundworks
Paula McMahon, Paul Frank and Jackie Dixon Daley met River Tees Rediscovered and Groundworks.
We found out some very interesting things including the Big Barrage Picnic increased number to 5000 this year and has lots of STEM engagement targeting a group which are normally not engaged.
2020 marks the 25th anniversary of Tees Barrage.
The Festival of Thrift includes STEM stuff and how to build a clean city this year, circa 30,000 visitors expected 14th-15th September.
Women’s Engineering Society (WES)
A very informative and productive meeting with Jo Douglas-Harris (WES Trustee).
We discussed projects of interest and the setting up of Diversity Sub Group .
Delighted Jo volunteered to Champion this, which was later agreed during 18th September meeting.
DIVERSITY CHAMPION
Role – Act as point of contact for diversity contacts and information.
Champion – Jo Douglas Harris, WES