‘If You Were an Engineer, What Would You Do?’ Leaders Award Competition

As part of this year’s STEM festival, Year 9 students will be participating in the prestigious ‘If You Were an Engineer, What Would You Do?’ Leaders Award competition.

This national competition challenges primary and secondary school pupils to identify a real-world problem and design an innovative solution. Participants will also submit a letter explaining why an engineer should bring their design to life.

To support their ideas, students will have the chance to interview engineers and gain valuable insights into the problems that they solve and the vital role that they play in society.

Every submission will be reviewed and graded by a professional engineer. All students will receive certificates for their efforts, and shortlisted entries will be considered by a panel of judges. The best ideas will be celebrated at an awards ceremony and public exhibition in the summer term.

Although this is a national competition, the awards and exhibitions are regional, offering a fantastic opportunity to showcase brilliant ideas from across our area.

One particularly exciting aspect of the competition is that every year, university teams choose a winning design from the shortlisted entries and bring it to life by building a working prototype.

For more information, visit the competition website: www.leadersaward.com

Mrs Goodwill

Science Department

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