Competition encourages children to consider manufacturing careers
13 November 2012
Hundreds of young people across the country have been busy designing gadgets and gizmos as part of an exciting competition which will see one lucky winner turn their idea into a real-life prototype.
“We Made It!”, a campaign aimed at getting young people thinking about careers in manufacturing, invited 13 – 16 year olds throughout the UK to let their imagination run wild and design a brand new product, whether it be a gadget to help with homework or a piece of sports equipment to make PE more fun.
A total of 369 entries were received and these were divided by constituency, with local Members of Parliament choosing their winner to go through to the next stage of the competition.
The shortlist will now be whittled down to six national entries, and then a panel of manufacturing experts will judge two overall finalists who will help to prototype their designs at the UK’s first Fab Lab, a digital fabrication laboratory based in Manchester.
Both finalists, along with the constituency winners, will then be invited to an exclusive awards reception in the Houses of Parliament on 29 January 2013.
The idea behind the competition is that the children get to see that manufacturing is about design and creativity as well as hands-on making of the products. From fashion and video game consoles to cars and airplanes, there are many varied industries with manufacturing at their heart and in which exciting career opportunities exist.
The competition is a partnership between The UK Manufacturing Dialogue, The Manufacturing Institute and partners including Boeing, Finmeccanica, Lloyds Banking Group, the Institute of Mechanical Engineers, Renewable UK and the Confederation of Paper Industries.
Eddie Kirkby, Charity and Operations Support Manager at The Manufacturing Institute and part of the "We Made It" judging panel, said:
“We’ve had hundreds of entries from all over the country with ideas including everything from new sports equipment to toys that could become the next must-have product for children. Our congratulations go to all of the constituency winners who have all been extremely creative. The judging panel have a really tough decision on their hands!”
The shortlisted entries are:
|
Constituency |
Winning entry |
School |
MP |
|
Aberconwy |
Alex Burrows |
Ysgol John Bright |
Guto Bebb |
|
Bath |
Matthew Childs |
Beechen Cliff |
Don Foster |
|
Belfast East |
Finn Swail |
Our Lady and St Patrick’s College |
Naomi Long |
|
Bexleyheath and Crayford |
Jason Heer and Frankie Glanville |
Bexleyheath Academy |
David Evennett |
|
Birmingham Edgbaston – Bartley Green, Harborne & Quinton |
Maryam Bibi |
Edgbaston High School |
Gisela Stuart |
|
Bristol East |
George Clements |
Brislington Enterprise College |
Kerry McCarthy |
|
Calder Valley |
Helena Tavaci |
Ryburn Valley High School |
Craig Whittaker |
|
Camborne and Redruth, South West |
Millie Jenkins and Charlie Martin |
Hayle Community School |
George Eustice |
|
Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire |
Sam Davies |
Dyffryn Taf School |
Simon Hart |
|
Dumfries and Galloway |
Ella Booth |
Castle Douglas High School |
Russell Brown |
|
East Worthing and Shoreham |
Adam Kassell |
St Andrews CE High School for Boys |
Tim Loughton |
|
Ellesmere Port and Neston |
Joshua Molyneux |
Neston High School |
Andrew Miller |
|
Enfield Southgate |
Joseph Kruczkowski |
St Ignatius College |
David Burrows |
|
Faversham and Mid Kent |
Rowan Beck |
Archbishop’s School |
Hugh Robertson |
|
Gosport |
Joseph Delavigne-Ward |
Brune Park Community School |
Caroline Dineage |
|
Lewes |
Robyn Nash |
Seaford Head School |
Norman Baker |
|
Loughborough |
Thomas Lambert |
Hind Leys |
Nicky Morgan |
|
Mid Norfolk |
Emily Fox |
Dereham Neatherd High School |
George Freeman |
|
Mid Worcestershire |
Ross Kirkpatrick |
Droitwich Spa High School |
Peter Luff |
|
Monmouthshire |
Danielle Browne and Georgia Foster |
Haberdashers Monmouth School for Girls |
David Davies |
|
North Antrim |
Reuben Harrison |
Ballymena Academy |
Ian Paisley |
|
Plymouth Moor View |
Georgia Evans |
Sir John Hunt CSC |
Alison Seabeck |
|
Pudsey |
Jack Poole, Robert Ward and Lewis Woodhead |
Pudsey Grangefield School |
Stuart Andrew |
|
Redditch |
Harry Watton, Eden Bridges, Sean Harris, Jessica Hall |
St Augustine’s Catholic High School |
Karen Lumley |
|
Stourbridge |
Anna Hudson |
Ridgewood High School |
Margot James |
|
Surrey Heath, South East |
Becky Dale & Sophie Fader |
Tomlinscote School & Sixth Form College AND Collingwood College |
Michael Gove |
|
Weaver Vale |
Bethany Langton and Molly Clewes |
St Nicholas School
|
Graham Evans |
|
Westmorland and Lonsdale |
Lauren Hine |
Kirkbie Kendal School |
Tim Farron |
|
Worcester |
Keira Brady |
Royal Grammar School Worcester |
Robin Walker |
|
Workington |
Sam Khajeh |
Southfield Technology College |
Tony Cunningham |
For more information about the competition visit www.wemadeituk.co.uk
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