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Education Engineering Diploma Students, The Assault Glider Trust and RAF Shawbury “A new ground-breaking qualification that will teach young people about engineering in ways that relate to work”
The Diploma in Engineering is an exciting and innovative qualification for all young people that immerses them into an Engineering environment and has crucially been designed to incorporate and blend the best of academic and applied learning. On the 10th and 11th of February RAF Shawbury and The Assault Glider Trust pioneered the maintenance module of the Specialised Engineering Diploma as part of the Wolverhampton 14-19 Engagement Strategy. The Diploma consisted of general engineering tasks and applications over a two day residential stay.
The four Secondary Schools involved in the project were: · WednesfieldHigh School · St Peters Collegiate School · The King’s School · Aldersley high School The Students conducted a number of maintenance tasks to develop and improve upon the theoretical knowledge they had obtained from the classroom. Station Training & Development Officer Andy Robinson and Chief Technician Nick Bowles, who ran two of the maintenance workshops, were most impressed with the work conducted by the Diploma Students and mentioned that dedication and maturity was shown throughout each activity.
The Diploma was not only significant because it provided the students with the opportunity to sample an engineering and military environment but it is also the first Engineering Diploma to be conducted within the country! The Trust and RAF Shawbury are very proud to be associated with such a terrific and innovative qualification and will be working alongside many other Wolverhampton based Schools throughout the year. |
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Hangar Party
On the 14th of February RAF Shawbury hosted a Valentines Hangar Party to help raise money for Combat Stress and The Assault Glider Trust. The evening was a huge success and raised a considerable amount of money for the two charities! We will include photographs and a full write-up of the event shortly but the RAF Shawburywebiste includes information and images relating to the night as well (follow the link below): |
