1. • to help ambitious and inspiring engineering undergraduates to take leadership roles in
the industry
• to become leadership role models for the next generation of engineers, undertake an
accelerated personal development programme.
2. Term (8 weeks)
Lectures ( 2 per day)
Labs ( 2 hr lab 3 or 4 times a week, 2 lab reports per
term)
Supervisions (1 hr, 3 times a week)
Problems sheets (3 per week, 6 hours work per sheet)
Holidays (6 weeks for Christmas and Easter!!)
But exams at the end of the year......
3. Mostly about finding physical solution using maths as a tool to model and analyse
Some of the cool things we’ve learnt/done over
the past two years:
Cricket ball aerodynamics – physics of swing!
Mechanics of Snooker
Built a radio
Stripped and rebuilt an engine
Built a computer
Computer programming
Designed and built a Robot!
4. Extra curricular
+ truss
Photos from lab and sport
Lords photos
Oxford vs cambridge is played at lords
Met James watson who discovered the structure of DNA
Celebrities visit the Cambridge union
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7. What to do with 3 month summer holidays.........
Internships at Engineering Companies
Jaguar, Mott Macdonald, Microsoft etc.
Summer courses at other universities
IARU global summer program
Engineering charity work in developing countries
Engineers without borders
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15. • Wide range of societies: sports, music,
drama, tea drinking, tiddlywinks.....
• Full Blue formula one racing, Solar powered
car challenge,
• Cambridge Union
• Punting!
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18. •Lloyds register Educational Trust Engineering
Experience
•WISE – “try it now” page
•Year in industry
•Smallpiece trust/Headstart
•Young engineers
•Robocup
19. University of London Taster courses e.g.
Biomedical Engineering (King’s College London)
Friday 2 November 2012, 2pm - 5pm
Cambridge University Student’s Union
Shadowing Scheme (apply in October 2012)
Spend 3 days with an undergraduate studying the subject you
want to do!
20. If you get good grades it’s actually an advantage!
UNIQ Summer schools at Oxford University for
state school students – fully funded!
• Year 12 students
• 1 week
• Choose from lots of different subjects- science, maths,
engineering and medicine and art subjects
• Lectures, labs, tutorials and some sightseeing time!
• Applications open in January
http://www.becambridge.com/
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22. Get some ideas for things to discuss at interviews....
• TED talks
• Read New Scientist for free at School!
• Do an EPQ and bring it up in your interview!
• UCL Public Science Lectures – start on the 5th of
October
• Tomorrow’s Engineers website
• Ingenia magazine
• Royal Academy of Engineering events (lots in
London)
• BLOG!
23. A little bit of advice....
• Be on top of work right from the beginning of the term – there’s
too much to catch up at the end
• In the half term go over the work done so far
• Go to revision classes and ask you teachers for extra help
• Retakes can look bad on your application
• Year 12 grades count – this is what universities see when you
apply so make sure they are good!
• UCAS – look up the actual courses not just the social life!
24. ICE Scholarship - £3,000 a year for the duration of your degree
Jaguar Land Rover Sponsorship scheme
IMeche - £4,000 towards studies (deadline 30th June)
Royal Academy of Engineering Standard Award
open to all British engineering undergraduates in any year
designed to further develop your interest in engineering as a
career through a series of activities and short courses organised by
the Academy.
May include courses about international development work,
renewable energy technology or project management with all
costs covered in the award
