NATIONAL SPONSORS 

Our National Sponsors provide the essential core funding needed to ensure the smooth continuation and development of the Young Engineers programme.  We would like to thank them for their continuing generous support.

Our National sponsors are:

• Lloyd's Register Educational Trust- our Founding Sponsor
• The Royal Navy
• Airbus
• BAA

To join their ranks, contact CEO Stuart Ellins on 01428 727265.

Our Founding Sponsor

The Lloyd’s Register Educational Trust, wholly funded by the international risk management organisation the Lloyd’s Register Group, was established in October 2004. Its purpose is to support advances in transportation, science, engineering and technology education, training and research worldwide for the benefit of all. It also funds work that enhances the safety of life and property at sea, on land and in the air. The Trust focuses on four categories:

• Pre-university education: promoting careers in science, engineering and technology to young people, their parents and teachers.
• University education: the provision of undergraduate and post-graduate scholarships and awards at first degree/masters levels to students of proven ability.
• Vocational training and professional development: support for professional institutions, educational and training establishments working with people of all ages.
• Research: funding existing or new centres of excellence at institutes and universities. This category also includes specific support for individual academic posts.

AS AN ISLAND NATION THE SEA IS OUR LIFELINE AND THE ROYAL NAVY HELPS ENSURE THE SAFETY OF THIS PRECIOUS RESOURCE

The Royal Navy provides an essential service, ensuring a quick and flexible response to a variety of needs – from keeping open international sea trade lanes to helping rebuild communities devastated by war and natural disasters, such as hurricanes.  Naval ships are also on constant alert against drug traffickers and terrorists who threaten the well-being and freedom of everyone.  We must not forget that the Royal Navy is a presence that protects the nation and its interests throughout the world. There’s never been a time in world history that’s been completely free from conflict.  In such a rapidly changing world, we have to be prepared for the unexpected.

COULD YOU HANDLE AN ENGINEERING CAREER THAT COULD TAKE YOU AROUND THE WORLD? 

To deal with the most technologically advanced equipment in the world you need a head for theory and a nose for the solution. As an Engineer Officer in the Royal Navy you face the demands of looking after equipment ranging from state-of-the-art radar electronics and sonar systems to nuclear-power plants in submarines.

If you’re interested in a career as a Royal Navy Engineer, our bursaries for university students give you the chance to get paid while you study. As an engineering undergraduate we may offer you sponsorship of £4,000 per year. The Defence Technical Undergraduate Scheme has support units at 5 Universities in the UK and sponsors undergraduates £5,500 per year.

Graduate salaries start at roughly 21k rising to over 32k after 2 years.  As well as basic pay we offer extra money for special skills and qualifications.

For further information go to www.royalnavy.mod.uk/careers or call 08456 07 55 55.

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BAA, through the BAA Community Trust, is a proud supporter of Young Engineers – as the world's leading airport company, BAA is the owner and operator of seven UK airports: Heathrow, Gatwick, Stansted, Southampton, Aberdeen, Edinburgh and Glasgow, serving more than 141 million passengers a year.

The company employs more than 11,000 staff, with engineering a core skill -
helping the company to develop and maintain its terminals, runways and airfields. Through Young Engineers it can help encourage young people from all over the UK to think about the world of possibilities and opportunities that a future in engineering can open up to them.

The company's charitable trust, The BAA Communities Trust, grants more than £800,000 a year to a range of causes, including support for community projects local to airports, initiatives suggested by staff and global youth volunteering schemes.

In its first 10 years since it was established in 1996, it has made grants of nearly £4 million to a wide range of deserving causes.

To find out more, visit the Communities Trust page on the BAA website www.baa.com/communitiestrust

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Airbus is a leading aircraft manufacturer with the most modern and comprehensive product line on the market, Airbus is a global company with design and manufacturing facilities in France, Germany, the UK and Spain as well as subsidiaries in the U.S., China and Japan. Airbus is an EADS joint Company with BAE Systems.

Airbus in the UK is responsible for the design, manufacture and assembly of all wings for the Airbus family of aircraft. Airbus in the UK has a workforce of around 13,000 people based at two sites; Filton near Bristol and Broughton in Flintshire, North Wales. More than 400 UK companies supply to Airbus and 140,000 jobs in the UK are secured by Airbus work.

The aircraft industry relies on the recruitment of talented young people and Airbus is therefore committed to encouraging engineering education in our schools. Everything we can do to excite pupils about the importance of engineering to the nation’s prosperity is vital, and for this reason we are delighted to support Young Engineers, who have consistently shown that their programme of challenges and club activities are really working.

Find out more about Airbus' activities at www.airbus.com

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