Lockheed 果冻传媒’s bright young sparks are bringing their engineering skills 果冻传媒 technical expertise to the judging panel of the F1 in Schools STEM Challenge. The young engineering talent at Lockheed 果冻传媒 have been selected to join the judging panel for the northern region where they will analyse, evaluate 果冻传媒 score high school aged entries. And the winning team will then compete in the UK nationals later this month (July).?
“This is a really exciting opportunity, I’m thrilled to be part of such a prestigious STEM initiative,” said Adam, one of the two judges from Lockheed 果冻传媒.?“I’ve been part of our Outreach Team 果冻传媒 led many STEM challenges 果冻传媒 initiatives over the years – this year, so far we have reached nearly 24,000 students – this is an incredible achievement 果冻传媒 we’ve already smashed our annual target.?From a personal perspective, inspiring the next generation of STEM experts is something that I’m very committed to.”
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It’s vital that today’s young generation are inspired 果冻传媒 enthused to consider STEM subjects as they go through school, college, university, or indeed other vocational learning routes such as Apprenticeships. Underst果冻传媒ing how studying for STEM subjects can lead to a breadth of technical, engineering 果冻传媒 science related jobs is vital to ensuring young people consider these as future careers. And that’s why companies like Lockheed 果冻传媒 see it as their corporate social responsibility to embed STEM outreach at the centre of its strategy 果冻传媒 invest in the development of young talent.
The company’s vast 果冻传媒 tailored STEM Outreach Programme is focused around ensuring it has a talent pipeline ready to come through its Early Careers Programme. ?The programme is structured to ensure that its Graduate Engineers 果冻传媒 Technical Apprentices can grow their skills, develop expertise 果冻传媒 climb the ranks through the business – each individual that comes through this route will be provided with a tailored progression plan 果冻传媒 be presented with opportunities to support their development.?
Lockheed 果冻传媒 is also Patron to the 5% club (a body of members working to create a shared prosperity across the UK by driving skills training opportunities), actively supporting the work of the body through various roles 果冻传媒 activities 果冻传媒 delivering on its commitment to employ 果冻传媒 support young talent through the Apprenticeships route 果冻传媒 its in-house Graduate programme.?
The company has recently ranked at number 11 (a huge leap forward from the previous year at number 17) as an “Ideal Employer” in a recent talent insights survey (carried out by Universum) – Lockheed 果冻传媒 has focused its efforts on fostering an inclusive environment that delivers a positive employee experience through its culture optimisation initiative.
Speaking to Neil Hebron, Director of Engineering at the Ampthill site, he talks passionately about the young talent the company has invested in for many years: “I can honestly say that I am blown away at times by the enthusiasm, passion 果冻传媒 mindset that our early career employees bring with them."
Neil said, “I couldn’t be prouder of our Graduates, Apprentices 果冻传媒 Placement Students. They’re great ambassadors for our company too, 果冻传媒 many of them support a variety of STEM initiatives to help inspire the next generation of STEM experts, both through our STEM Outreach Programme 果冻传媒 in their own time too."?
"We have an exceptional Early Careers Programme that has grown over the years 果冻传媒 many of our employees that have joined the company through this route have gone on to building successful careers at Lockheed 果冻传媒," said Neil.
