The Engineering Development Trust is a UK
not for shareholder profit organization, which administers a number of schemes designed to encourage school pupils to have an interest and involvement in
science and
engineering
History
The EDT was established in 1984.
In September 2017, long standing CEO Gordon Mizner retired from his position to be replaced by Julie Feest.
Structure
It has a main office situated near
Ridgeway Academy
Ridgeway Academy, formerly Sir Frederic Osborn School (''"Sir Freds"''), which itself was formed by the merging in 1968 of Attimore Hall School (secondary modern) and The High School (grammar school), is a secondary school in Welwyn Garden Cit ...
in the east of
Welwyn Garden City, not far from the B195. Other regional office locations include Southampton, Plymouth and Glasgow.
Operation
It runs the
Go4Set residential courses to link school pupils with companies in the STEM or SET (Science, Engineering and Technology) field. It claims to be the largest provider of
STEM
Stem or STEM may refer to:
Plant structures
* Plant stem, a plant's aboveground axis, made of vascular tissue, off which leaves and flowers hang
* Stipe (botany), a stalk to support some other structure
* Stipe (mycology), the stem of a mushro ...
enrichment activities for young people in the UK. All of the Engineering Development Trust's schemes are part of the
Royal Academy of Engineering
The Royal Academy of Engineering (RAEng) is the United Kingdom's national academy of engineering.
The Academy was founded in June 1976 as the Fellowship of Engineering with support from Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, who became the first senior ...
's ''BEST'' programme.
See also
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Engineering Education Scheme
*
Year in Industry The Year in Industry (YinI) is a UK scheme, which organises gap year placements for pre-university and undergraduate students. Each year The Year in Industry places around 750 students in engineering, science, IT, and business. The Year in Industr ...
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Royal Academy of Engineering
The Royal Academy of Engineering (RAEng) is the United Kingdom's national academy of engineering.
The Academy was founded in June 1976 as the Fellowship of Engineering with support from Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, who became the first senior ...
References
External links
Engineering Development Trust websiteEngineering Education Scheme (England) websiteHeadstart websiteYear in Industry websiteRoyal Academy of Engineering's ''BEST'' Programme websiteAn overview of the Engineering Development Trust's programmes, ''Ingenia'' Magazine September 2007
Weltech Business Centre
1984 establishments in the United Kingdom
Engineering education in the United Kingdom
Engineering societies based in the United Kingdom
Non-profit organisations based in the United Kingdom
Organisations based in Hertfordshire
Organizations established in 1984
Science and technology in the United Kingdom
Welwyn Hatfield
Youth science
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