{"id":2963,"date":"2020-12-17T15:54:40","date_gmt":"2020-12-17T15:54:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.uwe.ac.uk\/engineering\/?p=2963"},"modified":"2020-12-17T15:54:43","modified_gmt":"2020-12-17T15:54:43","slug":"uwe-bristol-teams-up-with-primary-engineer-to-inspire-schools-and-pupils-in-the-west-of-england","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.uwe.ac.uk\/engineering\/uwe-bristol-teams-up-with-primary-engineer-to-inspire-schools-and-pupils-in-the-west-of-england\/","title":{"rendered":"UWE Bristol teams up with Primary Engineer to inspire schools and pupils in the West of England."},"content":{"rendered":"\n

UWE Bristol have partnered with Primary Engineer supporting their \u2018If You Were An Engineer, What Would You Do?<\/em>\u00ae\u2019<\/em><\/sup> competition for South West England for the fourth consecutive year. The University’s Engineering, Design and Mathematics Department (EDM) are also supporting the \u2018Primary Engineer Structures and Mechanisms with Basic Electrics<\/em>‘ project this year, as part of their new programme of work for the Digital Engineering Technology Innovation<\/a> (DETI) initiative for the West of England region.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We are thrilled to have UWE Bristol continue as a University partner for \u2018If You Were An Engineer, What Would You Do?\u2019 and to also fund the \u2018Primary Engineer Structures and Mechanisms with Basic Electrics project\u2019 through DETI. Winning designs from \u2018If you were an engineer, what would you do?\u2019 will continue to be developed and built by UWE Bristol engineering students into a full-scale functioning prototypes, giving the school pupils who entered the competition insight into the process behind designing and manufacturing a product as well as seeing their design brought to life.<\/p>Chris Rochester, UK Director at Primary Engineer<\/strong><\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

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Primary Engineer Programmes<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The Primary Engineer Structures and Mechanisms with Basic Electrics<\/em><\/strong> project begins with a one-day CPD course for primary teachers which enables them to deliver the engineering projects with Key Stage 1 and Key Stage 2 pupils. Teachers are provided with sets of tools, consumables and online resources as part of the fully funded project and will be partnered with engineering professionals from UWE and local businesses to provide a real-world context to the learning.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If You Were An Engineer, What Would You Do?<\/em><\/strong>\u00ae<\/sup> asks pupils from early years, primary schools and secondary schools to identify a problem in the world and design a solution to it. Inspired by interviewing engineering professionals from a range of roles, pupils are encouraged to \u2018find the engineer they could be\u2019 by designing the future of engineering. Alongside their annotated drawings, pupils write an accompanying letter to persuade the judges to select their design to be one of a number of designs to be built by UWE Bristol.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The DETI Inspire Programme<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

EDM are leading the Skills Development branch of DETI<\/a>, establishing an engineering engagement hub for the West of England, based out of their new state-of-the-art School of Engineering building<\/a>, and delivering three Skills programmes: Inspire, Transform and Innovate. Encouraging diversity and inclusivity, DETI Inspire <\/em>engages children in primary and secondary education across the West of England, with a focus on disadvantaged areas. Using curriculum-linked engineering outreach and careers support, the programme connects children with real-life, diverse engineering role models via the Diversity Demonstrator<\/a>, to widen participation and aspirations for STEM careers. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

We are really pleased to partner with Primary Engineer to support our DETI Inspire educational programme. Supporting teachers to engage with STEM activities is so important, as they are critical influences in young children\u2019s lives. There are so many exciting careers available in engineering, and it all starts with children learning that they have the power to make a difference in the world<\/p>Dr Laura Fogg-Rogers, DETI Inspire Lead<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

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About Primary Engineer<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Primary Engineer is an educational not-for-profit organisation that provides a suite of programmes to encourage children from 3 to 19 years to consider STEM and data careers. Primary Engineer inspires children, pupils, parents and teachers through continued professional development, whole class project work, competitions, and engagement with industry professionals to ensure the learning has a context to the wider world. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Primary Engineer promote engineering and data careers and address the diversity and gender imbalance in engineering and data with early years, primary and secondary pupils. Primary Engineer has won accolades over the years including successive Red Rose Award\u2019s for \u2018Skills and Training Provider of the year\u2019, Burnley Councils\u2019 Chief Executive\u2019s\u2019 Award for bringing \u2018Education and Industry together\u2019 and featured in the Scottish Government\u2019s Manufacturing Future for Scotland and the Engineering Skills Investment Plan. For further information visit www.primaryengineer.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Digital Engineering Technology & Innovation (DETI) is a\u00a0strategic programme<\/a>\u00a0of the\u00a0West of England Combined Authority (WECA)<\/a>, delivered by the\u00a0National Composites Centre<\/a>, in partnership with the\u00a0Centre for Modelling & Simulation<\/a>,\u00a0Digital Catapult<\/a>, the\u00a0University of the West of England<\/a>, the\u00a0University of Bristol<\/a>, and the\u00a0University of Bath<\/a>. Industry partners include Airbus, GKN Aerospace, Rolls-Royce, and CFMS, with in kind contributions from UWE, Digital Catapult and Siemens. DETI is funded by \u00a35m from WECA, with co-investment from the High Value Manufacturing Catapult and industry.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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