The BAE Systems
Make It in Manufacturing Enterprising Challenge
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Ribby Hall Village 12th February 2014 Make It in Manufacturing is a charitable campaign aimed at changing the negative perceptions young people have about manufacturing. In partnership with manufacturing businesses from across the UK, Make It invites local schools to compete against one another in a series of enterprising challenges with the goal of educating young people about the careers available to them within the manufacturing sector. These practical one day events challenge young people to form their own mini-manufacturing companies, gaining advice and guidance from a range of industry experts and advocates, and learning more about the creative and aspirational employment opportunities manufacturing can offer. The BAE Systems Make It Enterprising Challenge was delivered as a partnership between The Manufacturing Institute and BAE Systems. It is the sixth time that the BAE Systems team in Lancashire have sponsored a Make It challenge, encouraging more young people in the local area to consider a career in UK manufacturing.
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Further information about the day, including the event photos, is available at www.makeit.org.uk and on our facebook page www.facebook.com/makeitinmanufacturing Sponsoring partner
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The BAE Systems
Make It in Manufacturing Enterprising Challenge Ribby Hall Village
12th February 2014
Schools in Attendance
About the day Thirteen local schools from across Lancashire participated in the BAE Systems Make It Enterprising Challenge which took place at Ribby Hall Village near Blackpool. Each school was tasked with setting up their own manufacturing company and creating an unmanned rescue vehicle for use in a range of emergency situations. Each team, made up of eight Year 9 pupils, was tasked with choosing an individual job role that ranged from Managing Director to Design Engineer. Teams were briefed at the start of the day and challenged with designing, costing, building and marketing their unmanned rescue vehicle and then selling it to a panel of experts from BAE Systems. The pupils had to use their creativity and business acumen to develop a product that would get past the Customer Consultant and appeal to the potential ‘investors’ in a Dragons Den style presentation. The judges awarded points to each school throughout the day and chose the winning teams based on their team working abilities as well as their creativity, problem solving and enterprising skills and qualities. Second place team, St Bede’s Roman Catholic High School, with their prototype and marketing materials
Archbishop Temple School Preston Ashton Community Science College Preston Balshaw’s CofE High School Leyland Blackburn Central High School Blackburn Broughton Business & Enterprise College Preston Brownedge St Mary’s Catholic High School Preston
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Carr Hill High School Kirkham Lancaster Girls’ Grammar School Lancaster Moor Park High School Preston
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Penwortham Girls’ High School Preston Ribblesdale High School Clitheroe St Bede’s Roman Catholic High School Blackburn Tauheedul Islam Girls’ High School Blackburn
The BAE Systems volunteers
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About the Sponsor “At BAE Systems, we serve the needs of our customers by delivering a wide range of advanced defence, aerospace and security solutions that provide a performance edge. We work together with local partners to develop, engineer, manufacture and support the innovations that increase defence sovereignty, sustain economies and safeguard commercial interests. With some 84,600 employees in six continents, we are committed to creating solutions that protect and strengthen nations,
commerce, communities and people. That’s work that inspires us. That’s BAE Systems.” BAE Systems covers the cost of running this event in partnership with The Manufacturing Institute. They are committed to supporting local education, workforce development and to promoting BAE Systems as the employer of choice in the Lancashire area.
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Summary and Key Points •
100% of the pupils that took part in the day rated the Challenge as between “Excellent” and “Good” (41% marked “Excellent”, 51% marked “Very Good” and 8% marked “Good”)
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96% of the pupils felt that the day had given them a better understanding of the types of jobs available within the manufacturing sector
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In total, the number of young people who said that “yes”, they would now consider a career in the sector rose from 42% at the beginning of the day to 70% by the end
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100% of the teachers that attended rated the day as either “Excellent” or “Very Good”
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100% of the teachers felt that the day had definitely improved their pupils’ perceptions of careers within the sector
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100% of the teachers indicated that they would now recommend careers in manufacturing to “all their pupils” upon their return to school
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100% of the BAE Systems volunteers rated the Challenge overall as either “Excellent” or “Very Good”
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100% of the BAE Systems volunteers also felt that the day had succeeded in improving the image of manufacturing to those pupils involved
Quotes from Pupils
Quotes from Teachers
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“It is well paid, interesting and a great community to work in”
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“Really well organised, informal and informative!”
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“Manufacturing is very different to what I originally thought”
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“An inspiring and enjoyable day”
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“I was already interested but after today I’m even more interested in manufacturing”
“Great communication, excellent event and a great day out for the students”
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“The whole experience was fun and educational”
“The day has been great for getting the pupils to consider engineering as a career”
Quotes from Volunteers •
“Great opportunity to put something back into the community”
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“A great and fun representation of the prospective jobs available in manufacturing”
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“Fantastic day for everyone involved. I really enjoyed it and seeing how enthusiastic the kids were throughout the day was great”
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“The event was great for promoting manufacturing, promoting the business, and for promoting the opportunities available with BAE Systems”
The volunteers from BAE Systems were: Educational Partnerships & Graduate Manager, Early Careers
Lindsey Walsh
Head of HR OD&L
Ian Farrell
Tool Room Production Manager
Carole Cross
MAI Education Partnerships Advisor
Gary Rollins
Lucy Cox
Business Apprentice
Head of Machining and Sub Assemblies F-35
David Holmes
Technician Apprentice
Jon Warburton
Oliver Crabtree
Undergraduate Engineer
Head of Maintenance Strategy & Transformation MAI
David Sunter
Undergraduate Engineer
Steve Whittaker
Mark Ross
Craft Apprentice
Production Manager Fabrications Hot Form
Ross Lucie-Smith
Undergraduate Engineer
Dave Holmes
Lee Cartmell
Craft Apprentice
Director MAI Manufacturing Function & Investment & Infrastructure Services
Cath Hargreaves
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