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Primary Engineer\u00ae<\/sup>\u00a0is delighted to announce Network Rail as a national funding partner for a second year for the \u2018If You Were An Engineer, What Would You Do?\u00ae\u2019<\/sup> competition.<\/p>\n

As both projects require engagement with engineering professionals, the partnership with Network Rail, provides school pupils nationwide with opportunities to develop STEM skills and gain valuable \u00a0insights into engineering careers and bridge the gap between education and engineering.<\/p>\n

Chris Rochester, UK Director at Primary Engineer, said<\/strong>: \u201cWe are thrilled to have Network Rail continue as our national partner in this academic year and next for \u2018If You Were An Engineer, What Would You Do?\u2019. We might not know what the jobs of the future will be but we do know the skills that will be needed; providing schools with meaningful engagement with Network Rail engineering professionals to develop these, will allow all young people to consider future roles for themselves in engineering.\u201d<\/p>\n

If You Were An Engineer, What Would You Do?\u00ae<\/sup>\u00a0asks pupils from early years, primary schools and secondary schools to identify a problem in the world and design a solution to it. Inspired through engagement with engineering professionals, pupils are encouraged to \u2018find the engineer they could be\u2019 by designing the future of engineering. As pupils interview Network Rail engineering professionals from a range of roles and research engineering they are encouraged to look at the world around them to find problems an engineered solution could solve. Alongside their annotated drawings, pupils write an accompanying letter to persuade the judges to select their design a number of which will be built by the competition university partners.<\/p>\n

Martin Frobisher, Group Safety and Engineering Director of Network Rail said:\u00a0<\/strong>\u201cThis competition has posed the question; \u2018If You Were An Engineer, What Would You Do?\u2019 it\u2019s an incredibly tricky question because the possibilities are endless. Engineers are the inventors and the problem solvers for society. We find creative solutions and we develop new technology. There may be some popular stereotypes which attempt to describe the \u201ctypical engineer\u201d but there is no such thing. Our industry needs many different people from a wide diversity of different backgrounds. We need deep technical experts and we need engineering managers who can bring big teams together and help them succeed. No two engineers are the same. So if you were an engineer what would you do? Everyone\u2019s answer will be different and they will all be right! We need the very best talent for the future. Good luck!\u201d<\/p>\n

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About Network Rail<\/strong><\/p>\n

Network Rail own, operate and develop Britain\u2019s railway infrastructure; that\u2019s 20,000 miles of track, 30,000 bridges, tunnels and viaducts and the thousands of signals, level crossings and stations. The run 20 of Britain\u2019s largest stations while all the others, over 2,500, are run by the country\u2019s train operating companies.<\/p>\n

Usually, there are almost five million journeys made in Britain and over 600 freight trains run on the network. People depend on Britain\u2019s railway for their daily commute, to visit friends and loved ones and to get them home safe every day. Network Rail\u2019s role is to deliver a safe and reliable railway, so they carefully manage and deliver thousands of projects every year that form part of the multi-billion pound Railway Upgrade Plan, to grow and expand the nation\u2019s railway network to respond to the tremendous growth and demand the railway has experienced \u2013 a doubling of passenger journeys over the past 20 years.<\/p>\n

Visit our online newsroom: www.networkrailmediacentre.co.uk<\/p>\n

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About Primary Engineer<\/strong><\/p>\n

Primary Engineer is an educational not-for-profit organisation that provides a suite of programmes that encourage children from 3 to 19 years to consider STEM and data careers. Primary Engineer Programmes inspire children, pupils, parents and teachers through continued professional development, whole class project work, competitions and exhibitions. All the programmes are linked to industry professionals to ensure the learning has a context to the wider world. They develop essential skills, promote engineering \u00a0and data careers and address the diversity and gender imbalance in engineering and data with early years, primary and secondary pupils. Primary Engineer programmes has won accolades 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\u00a0www.primaryengineer.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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