Young Engineers

Young engineers purpose is to inspire young people to develop an interest in engineering and in doing so recognise the importance and excitement of engineering as a future career. To do this, they run both a wide range of national competitions and a national club network.
 
Young Engineers Competitions and
 
Challenges
 
We run a wide variety of national competitions covering ages 7 to 19. Competitions are an excellent way of engaging students and adding extra excitement to engineering activities.  All our competitions are free to enter and we will always try to assist with accommodation and travel costs for competition finalists.  We offer advice and support to competition entrants to give them the best possible chance of success.
 
 
Competition - Young Engineer for Britain (Age 12-19)
 
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 need they have identified.  Open to individuals and teams of students up to a maximum of four. The competition is open to school years, 7-13 or P7 S6 or equivalent. This competition is not open to primary schools or primary school aged children. Closing date 31 May.  Link
 
 
Competition - Junior Engineer for Britain Bloodhound SSC K'Nex Challenge (Ages 8-11)
 
The aim of this challenge is to provide primary school children with an introduction to the exciting world of engineering by challenging them to produce a specific design solution for a set problem  and then build the solution using K’Nex!  Open to pupils aged 8 - 11 years old. Challenge opens January 2009. Closing dates England and Wales: 30th April (subject to individual local organiser schedules), Scotland and N Ireland: 31st March (subject to individual local organiser schedules),  Link
 
 
UKYSEF - The Big Bang - Celebration of Engineering - Young Engineer for Britain and National Club Awards
 
The national finals of Young Engineer for Britain and Young Engineers National Club Awards were held as part of the UK Young Scientists and Engineers Fair  - The Big Bang in London, 4-6 March2009.
Click on the link to see the list of schools and projects who took part and to find out who won what!
 
 
Challenge - Airbus Project Eggs Factor (7-18)
 
Sponsored by Airbus, this challenge asks you to build a model aircraft that safely carries its passenger - the egg – for the greatest flight distance possible.  Open to schools, youth groups and families, this challenge tests every part of your engineering capabilities, we don’t want an egg splat we want an eggsemplary landing! Link
 
 
Challenge - Royal Navy Operation Wave Rider and BAA Plane Park and Ride (Ages 11-19)
 
Our National Sponsors, the Royal Navy and the BAA, run annual national challenges for all ages. They base their challenges on real problems faced by their own engineers. Teams of students must submit design solutions which are scrutinised by the organisations’ engineers, who then select teams to go ahead and develop their designs, which they then bring to an exciting national final.
 
 
Club Showcases and Club Awards (Ages 7-19)
 
Clubs have the opportunity to celebrate their year’s achievements at our Regional Club Showcases and take part in an ‘on the spot’ engineering challenge. These events are primarily a celebration of achievement where everyone’s efforts are recognized.  Clubs attending the event will be considered for a place at the National Club Awards where exemplary clubs from all over the country compete for the crown of Club of the Year.  The individuals who make our clubs such a success can also get recognition through the Club Network Leadership Awards.
 
 
 
The Young Engineers Club Network
 
The Club Network supports the setting up of extra-curricula engineering clubs and enriches the activities of existing clubs.  If you run, or want to run, any kind of extra-curricula engineering related activities, you are eligable to join our network!*
We act as an information hub providing details on all the quality UK youth engineering initiatives available.  The network is FREE to join largely due to the generous support of our sponsors. 
 
The Benefits of membership
Young Engineers Club Activities count towards the skill section of the Duke of Edinburgh Awards, and students have also found it useful subject matter at university interviews! See our Success Stories section and Find Out More About Clubs in Our Network.  We also know of several Young Engineers Clubs that have also had a positive mention in school Ofsted reports!
Last Modified: 18/08/2010