This week saw the launch day for the Engineering Education Scheme at the University of Birmingham. One of the things that attracted me to Cadbury Schweppes was the commitment to community work and I was very pleased to be asked to be a mentor for an Engineering Education Scheme project.
The scheme runs across the UK and involves small groups of sixth form students in solving an engineering related problem over a 6 month project period. Many different companies are involved and each present an original project brief to the students with a real engineering problem. My line manager and other members of the department were a great help in coming up with an interesting project brief involving transport of cocoa beans.
My role will now involve liasing with the school and students on a regular basis to answer any questions and offer advice or guidance where needed. My first challenge however is to obtain a sack of cocoa beans for the experimentation stage of the project!
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