A group of teenagers from the UK and Belgium spent four days learning more about materials technology at Cambridge earlier this month. 探花直播course, funded by the Smallpeice Trust, was run in partnership with the 探花直播鈥檚 Department of Material Science and Metallurgy.

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探花直播Smallpeice Trust is an independent charitable trust which promotes engineering as a career, primarily through the provision of residential courses for students aged 13 to 18.

More than 30 14- and 15-year-olds took part in this month鈥檚 course, learning about the crucial role of materials science in modern engineering. They were put through their paces on a series of practical engineering problems which encouraged them to explore the physical and chemical properties of materials and think about their applications.

Activities were undertaken in small groups and supervised by young professionals from industry and researchers at the 探花直播. This allowed the students to share ideas and transform theory into reality through practical activities such as making model cars powered by mousetraps.

探花直播course, which was linked to the national curriculum in science and technology, gave the students the chance to experience hands-on activities not always readily available at school and opened their eyes to opportunities in higher education. Accommodation in student rooms at Churchill College gave them a taste of collegiate life at Cambridge.

鈥淲e鈥檙e delighted to partner with Cambridge to inspire young people to consider rewarding careers in materials science, an area that influences every aspect of engineering,鈥 said Gemma Murphy, Head of Marketing and Development at the Smallpeice Trust.

鈥淚t鈥檚 shaped the creation of new products and even entire new industries. Only by understanding materials and their properties can engineers drive the future.鈥

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