Scottish Engineering Leaders Award Archives - Leaders Award https://leadersaward.com/category/scottish-engineering-leaders-award/ If you could be an engineer, what would you do?® Mon, 27 Mar 2023 14:22:03 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.2 https://leadersaward.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/cropped-leadersaward_favicon-01-32x32.png Scottish Engineering Leaders Award Archives - Leaders Award https://leadersaward.com/category/scottish-engineering-leaders-award/ 32 32 Facebook, Gatwick Airport and Network Rail join forces with Primary Engineer to help identify engineers in the making. https://leadersaward.com/facebook-gatwick-airport-and-network-rail-join-forces-with-primary-engineer-to-help-identify-engineers-in-the-making/ Tue, 13 Aug 2019 13:31:37 +0000 https://leadersaward.com/?p=11375 (Susan Scurlock, Founder of Primary Engineer, Andy Doherty, Chief Rail Technology Officer of Network Rail, Stewart Wingate, Chief Executive at Gatwick Airport, Antony Yates, Head of Engineering, Gatwick Airport, Rachel...

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]]> Scottish Engineering Leaders Awards highlight inspirational problem solvers of the future https://leadersaward.com/scottish-engineering-leaders-awards-highlight-inspirational-problem-solvers-of-the-future/ Mon, 30 Apr 2018 09:37:21 +0000 http://leadersaward.com/?p=5210 The Depute Provost of Renfrewshire, Cathy McEwan, has welcomed Stephen Metcalfe, MP on his inaugural visit to Scotland as HM Government Envoy for Year of Engineering. The visit came on...

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]]> GRADING DAYS FOR LEADERS AWARD https://leadersaward.com/grading-days-leaders-award/ Thu, 01 Mar 2018 14:05:50 +0000 http://leadersaward.com/?p=4953 With the Leaders Awards deadline coming very close (28th March) the submissions are starting to come in and fill up the office. With the total of nine regions being part...

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]]> WEBEX: THE LIVE ONLINE ENGINEER PRESENTATION EVENTS https://leadersaward.com/webex-live-online-engineer-presentation-events/ Thu, 01 Mar 2018 14:01:55 +0000 http://leadersaward.com/?p=4948 For this 2017/2018 academic year, we have had a record number of schools (Early Years, Primary and Secondary) register for our nine regional awards so, to assist every school that...

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]]> WEIR AND PRIMARY ENGINEER PARTNER TO PLUG ENGINEERING SKILLS GAP https://leadersaward.com/weir-primary-engineer-partner-plug-engineering-skills-gap/ Mon, 12 Feb 2018 10:57:02 +0000 http://leadersaward.com/?p=4819   Announcement marks the UN International Day of Women and Girls in Science, Sunday 11th February 2018. Primary Engineerhas partnered with the Glasgow-based Weir Group, one of the world’s leading...

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]]> Anchors aweigh as Clyde Marine Training partner with Primary Engineer to inspire a future generation of inventors! https://leadersaward.com/anchors-aweigh-clyde-marine-training-partner-primary-engineer-inspire-future-generation-inventors/ Wed, 31 Jan 2018 08:30:55 +0000 http://leadersaward.com/?p=4692 It should be plain sailing ahead for the Scottish Engineering Leaders Award, Primary Engineer’s national competition which encourages pupils to invent engineered solutions to solve real world problems, after Clyde...

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]]> 25 DAYS OF INVENTORS: THE CHRISTMAS CRACKER & THE SELF POURING GRAVY https://leadersaward.com/25-days-inventors-christmas-cracker-self-pouring-gravy/ Mon, 25 Dec 2017 09:30:59 +0000 https://leadersaward.com/?p=4140   Crackers In 1848, a British confectioner, Tom Smith, pioneered a new way to sell sweets. Inspired by the Parisian tradition of wrapping bon bons in twists of paper, Smith...

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]]> 25 DAYS OF INVENTORS: SATELLITES & SATELLITES WITH CONCAVE MIRRORS TO REFLECT THE SUN’S LIGHT BACK TO SCOTLAND https://leadersaward.com/25-days-inventors-satellites-satellites-concave-mirrors-reflect-suns-light-back-scotland/ Sun, 24 Dec 2017 09:30:06 +0000 https://leadersaward.com/?p=4133   Who invented satellites It all started with basketball-sized pack of technology known as Sputnik 1. The world’s first ever satellite was launched on October 4, 1957 by the Soviet...

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]]> 25 DAYS OF INVENTORS: FOOTBALL BOOTS & SWITCHY SOUL https://leadersaward.com/25-days-inventors-football-boots-switchy-soul/ Fri, 22 Dec 2017 09:30:08 +0000 https://leadersaward.com/?p=4110   Football boots The first pair of football boots noted in history are those made for King Henry VIII of England, who ordered a pair from his Great Wardrobe in...

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]]> 25 DAYS OF INVENTORS: THE ALARM CLOCK & THE RUN AWAY CLOCK https://leadersaward.com/25-days-inventors-alarm-clock-run-away-clock/ Thu, 21 Dec 2017 09:30:43 +0000 https://leadersaward.com/?p=4087   The alarm clock Alarm clock: The first alarm clock was created in ancient Greece, by Ctesibus, a Hellenistic engineer and inventor. He developed an elaborate system of dropping pebbles on...

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