'Engineering the Future: science and maths in action'

• to promote and increase awareness of contemporary engineering


• to explore the views of young people, teachers, engineering lecturers and policy makers


• to bring teachers, researchers and engineering lecturers together to develop innovative engineering curriculum inserts and e-learning materials


• to develop CPD programmes for teachers to support these materials


• to collate and produce engineering careers materials for teaching staff and pupils


• to provide pupils with practical experiences of engineering in the curriculum and awaken their enthusiasm


• to increase the numbers of young people entering engineering


• to pilot and evaluate a range of ways of promoting curricular continuity from school to university, including a review of first and second year at university


• to develop and sustain first-rate teaching of engineering in schools and universities


• to work with local and national policy makers to ensure the sustainability of any developments


• to hold an annual seminar for university engineering staff, educational practitioners and the relevant policy communities

The project is a pilot, developing a model of such activities in Electronic and Electrical Engineering. The ultimate intention is to enable extrapolation of the model to all engineering disciplines throughout the UK.