Educational Charity the Smallpeice Trust Seeks Budding Young Mining Engineers
Summary
They will also visit local quarries and take a trip to the Eden Project’s educational centre to discover more about this crucial field of engineering while gaining an enormous insight into the career opportunities available.All Smallpeice courses are linked to the National Curriculum and are designed to improve core skills such as team building, financial management, communication and problem solving.This course demonstrates how mining underpins so much of modern life and how technology is used to limit its environmental impact.Through a combination of compelling lectures and interesting workshops, students will get a hands-on experience of handling minerals and learning how they are refined and processed.They will also visit local quarries and take a trip to the Eden Project’s educational centre to discover more about this crucial field of engineering while gaining an enormous insight into the career opportunities available.All Smallpeice courses are linked to the National Curriculum and are designed to improve core skills such as team building, financial management, communication and problem solving.The Smallpeice Trust has also trained 674 teachers to enhance their delivery of STEM in the classroom.A strong interface is maintained with industry, education and professional bodies that help to support, promote and develop the courses.