Two students from Reading secondary school have taken part in a national event aimed at sharing ideas for the future of engineering.
Tomorrow’s Engineers Week Future Minds Live saw 50 students from across the UK come together to explore their ideas for what engineering could achieve in the next 10 years.
Among them were Kendrick School students Dhitha and Sarah.
DUring the session, they heard from engineers from four different sectors: entertainment, sport, technology, and environment.
They were then invited to discuss their ideas for new innovations and how engineering could help shape these sectors in small groups.
All attendees were given the opportunity to focus on the areas that they were most interested in and brainstorm their ideas together before presenting them to the rest of the group at the end of the event.
Future Minds Live was hosted by broadcaster Fayon Dixon and engineer Simon Crowther.
The event is part of Tomorrow’s Engineers Week which this year is celebrating its 10th anniversary.
It highlights to young people that engineering is a creative, problem-solving, exciting career that improves the world around us in a huge variety of ways.
Eileen Sheppard, a physics teacher at Kendrick School, said: “The students were thoroughly engaged during the event and learned lots about different aspects of engineering.
“They enjoyed participating and the professionals contributing gave them ideas to consider for the future.”
And Dr Hilary Leevers, chief executive of EngineeringUK, which organises the event said she was delighted with how it had gone.
“We were thrilled that students from Kendrick School joined Future Minds Live to share their thoughts with us on the future of engineering as part of Tomorrow’s Engineers Week 2022,” she said.
“Engineering innovations in sectors such as the environment, technology, entertainment and sport will influence how we live, interact and relax, and hearing such great ideas from the younger generation was incredibly inspiring.
“Engineering and tech shape the world around us and we want all young people to see that they have an exciting opportunity to apply their creativity and problem-solving to build a better future. Hopefully, the students who took part in Future Minds Live will be particularly inspired to look more closely at a career in engineering and technology.”
The Tomorrow’s Engineers Week Future Minds Live broadcast will be available for all schools to view from Monday, November 7.
For more information, log on to: www.teweek.org.uk
