posted by Lesley Watson, Business Liaison Officer

If you were an engineer in Scotland – what would you do?”

Registration for the Scottish Engineering Special Leaders Award 2015-2016 is now open to all Scottish Primary and Secondary schools.

Please click on the link below to Register
http://www.leadersaward.com/index.php/email-us/201208-20-21-51-38/teachers

SLA-Scotland Step-by-Step Guide                 Scottish Engineering Special Leaders Award FLYER A4

The SCOTTISH ENGINEERING Special Leaders Award asks primary and secondary school pupils precisely that. To answer the question pupils are asked to research engineering and interview a practicing engineers about what it means to be an engineer.  Pupils then identify an issue and invent a solution to that perceived problem.

And this year there’s an added incentive…

…Pupils to Pitch their inventions

Final-year engineering students from the University of Strathclyde have been tasked to build prototypes of one or more of this year’s winning inventions from the SCOTTISH ENGINEERING Special Leaders Award, so we are asking pupils to write a letter to persuade those engineers why they should build their invention.

Primary pupils of 9 or over are asked to illustrate their solution, accompanied by a 100 word letter ‘pitching’ their invention, whilst pupils of 8 years old or younger just write what they can manage. Secondary pupils are also asked to illustrate their solution, accompanied by a 350 word letter ‘pitching’ their innovation.

Further details including a promotional flyer/explanatory document about the ‘Pitch’ letter and a Step-by-Step guide for the award are attached,

The Scottish Engineering Special Leaders Award is a STEM programme designed to encourage children, from as young as 5 years old and up to 19 years of age, to engage with engineers who convey the importance and the ubiquity of engineering in everybody’s lives – from the houses they live in to the technology and tools they use, from the multiple transport system they travel in and the very food they eat.

Schools will be able to develop relationships with industry, both local and worldwide, giving pupils a unique perspective of professions and their significance in the wider world.

All successful participants will receive an electronic certificate and selected entries, along with the winning inventions, will be on display to the general public at the Barony Hall, University of Strathclyde in June 2016.

The deadline for entries to the Scottish Engineering Special Leaders Award is 21 April, 2016.

For further details visit www.leadersaward.com
Or contact chris.noone@leadersaward.com