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
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and
engineering
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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 in the east of
Welwyn Garden City
Welwyn Garden City ( ) is a town in Hertfordshire, England, north of London. It was the second Garden city movement, garden city in England (founded 1920) and one of the first New towns in the United Kingdom, new towns (designated 1948). It is ...
, 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 most commonly refers to:
* Plant stem, a structural axis of a vascular plant
* Stem group
* Science, technology, engineering, and mathematics
Stem or STEM can also refer to:
Language and writing
* Word stem, part of a word respon ...
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 senio ...
's ''BEST'' programme.
See also
*
Engineering Education Scheme
*
Year in Industry
*
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 senio ...
References
External links
Engineering Development Trust websiteEngineering Education Scheme (England) website
Headstart website
Year in Industry website
Royal 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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