UKRI partner with the Institution of Engineering and Technology

The day is run by a team for the IET but we have been approached to see if some volunteers from our drone engineering community can support. There is no pre-training required as much of it is just encouraging the students and helping out with some practical tasks such as running the ‘shop’ for materials.

Information from the the IET

The renowned Faraday Challenge Days are an annual STEM competition, which enables young people, aged 12 to 13 years, to really experience what it’s like to work as a team of engineers tackling a real-world challenge.

We work in partnership with industry to offer themes ranging from aerospace to theme parks, space exploration to railways and healthcare.

Teams of students work together to research, design and make a prototype solution to budget and present their findings.

They also benefit by developing their practical and employability skills, including team working, problem-solving and creative thinking.

Throughout the activity, they are introduced to engineering principles and inspired to think about possible career paths in to engineering.

Faraday Challenge Day events are designed as cross-curricular STEM activity days and are set up and run by our team of professionals at no charge to schools.

The confirmed dates are attached. These will be across the UK and run through to early June. If you or your colleagues working on future flight activities are interested, please email faraday@theiet.org with what events you/they would like to attend. They can accommodate up to 2 volunteers per event. We would appreciate you letting membership@arpas.uk if you choose to take part.