The John Golder Memorial Challenge:

Pram Emergency Immobilisation

To design a practical means of pram / pushchair immobilisation in the event that the person controlling it has an epileptic seizure

£250 prize

Please click here for details

F1 in Schools Challenge is a competition, open to all UK based secondary schools, colleges and (organised) youth groups, to design and manufacture CO2 powered model racing cars (dragsters).

Student teams compete against each other in a national championship to determine the fastest car and best engineered car in the UK. It's just like being in a real Formula One team.

The Challenge is run by F1 in Schools Limited a non-profit making organisation with backing from our sponsors and partners

For further details:  www.f1inschools.co.uk

Rampaging Chariots is a serious engineering project aimed at interesting and encouraging young people into engineering.  The project involves them in an exciting social and technology learning project to construct radio controlled sporting robots to compete in a National competition which took place on 14 June 2008 at Selex, Crewe Toll, Edinburgh.

For further details:
sandy.moggach@scdi.org.uk

Application forms for the kits are still available.  Click here.

K'NEX Challenge (age 7-11)

This challenge provides primary school children with an introduction to the exciting world of engineering by inviting them to produce a specific design solution for a problem posed, and then build it using K'Nex!

For further details
www.youngeng.org

Young Engineer for Britain (age 11-18)

The Young Engineer for Britain Competition is a national celebration of the best creative projects in the country from students aged 11 - 18 years old. It provides both a regional and national showcase for engineering, technology and design achievement.

Young Engineers challenges students to use their imagination to create, design and develop an original idea for a commercially viable device or system that meets a useful everyday need they have identified.

This competition considers solutions using any engineering discipline and is open to individuals and teams of students.

For further details
www.youngeng.org.uk

The Arkwright Scholarships Trust

Arkwright’s aim is to encourage and stimulate high ability 15/16 year old students to take up engineering or technological careers by awarding Scholarships during “Higher” level, which are funded by industry partners and charitable trusts.

For further detailswww.arkwright.org.uk