Aston University "Engineer Your Future" Event

On the 8th May eleven year 9 girls got the opportunity to attend Engineer your Future event at Aston University. The day was a series of lectures and workshops focused on getting girls interested in a career in engineering. 


The day begun with a key note speech from the university's Vice Chancellor, Prof. Julia King, followed by three workshops. The girls listened to short talks from four different women and their very different routes in to a career in to engineering.


In the second workshop was run by lego education. The girls built lego robots in teams and then raced them against each other;

 








We were then given a tour of Aston's research facilities and got to see the new technology the university is researching such as the engineering contact lenses and artificial heart pumps.


The day was ended by further lectures from Alison Halstead, the Pro-Vice Chancellor and Ruth Amos who won Young Engineer of the year for Britain in 2006.


Overall it was a very informative day and the girls had a chance to consider careers they never even knew existed!