Our Industry and University ProtoTeam Builds

Each year we ask our Industry and University partners to choose a pupils idea to build into a Prototype and to be revealed at our Leaders Award ‘If you were an engineer, what would you do? awards ceremony. Below you will find the ProtoTeams and the prototypes.

See this years Prototeams or check out previous years on the links below.

Our Industry and University
ProtoTeam Builds

Each year we ask our Industry and University partners to choose a pupils idea to build into a Prototype and to be revealed at our Leaders Award ‘If you were an engineer, what would you do? awards ceremony. Below you will find the ProtoTeams and the prototypes.

See this years Prototeams or check out previous years on the links below.

The Newark College and the Air and Space Institute

(East Midlands Railway)

Hearing Band Cochlear’ by Samuel – Year 3

PRIMARY ENGINEER MACROBERT MEDAL

These prototypes will be unveiled at our Exhibition and Awards at the end of the school year, and afterwards judging takes place for the Primary Engineer MacRobert Medal. This celebrates the innovation, public engagement, and industry links of the university ProtoTeams and pupils who answered the question ‘If you were an engineer, what would you do?’.

In 2024/25 18 Prototypes were built and 9 were awarded medals. Read about our previous Medalists below.

PRIMARY ENGINEER MACROBERT MEDAL

These prototypes will be unveiled at our Exhibition and Awards at the end of the school year, and afterwards judging takes place for the Primary Engineer MacRobert Medal. This celebrates the innovation, public engagement, and industry links of the university ProtoTeams and pupils who answered the question ‘If you were an engineer, what would you do?’.
In 2024/25 18 Prototypes were built and 9 were awarded medals. Read about our previous Medalists below.

Primary Engineer MacRobert Medal 2025
Pupils and engineers were recognised for their innovation at 2025 Primary Engineer MacRobert Medal Award Ceremony in London at Drapers Hall.

Primary Engineer MacRobert Medal 2024
Pupils and engineers were recognised for their innovation at 2024 Primary Engineer MacRobert Medal Award Ceremony in Glasgow

Primary Engineer MacRobert Medal 2023
Pupils and engineers were recognised for their innovation at 2023 Primary Engineer MacRobert Medal Award Ceremony in London

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Primary Engineer MacRobert Medal 2021
Six young people from across the UK were recognised as leading creative problem solvers in engineering innovation following the announcement at COP26.