Duke of Gloucester's Young Achievers Scheme - Congratulations to Stacey Clifford
Congratulations to Kier Graduate Stacey Clifford, who was awarded the Duke of Gloucester's Young Achievers Scheme Engineering prize and was also named overall Young Achiever of the Year at last week's awards ceremony.
The Duke of Gloucester's Young Achievers Scheme is intended to promote the construction industry to young people of all social backgrounds and, as a result, increase the number and diversity of entrants into the sector.
The awards were presented on 13th March at the RIBA in front of more than 200 senior industry figures and HRH the Duke of Gloucester.
Stacey impressed the judging panel with the ideas she brought to her projects, her voluntary work with the charity Engineers Without Borders, and her encouragement to other young people to follow the path she had chosen.
She is one of ICE South West's most active ambassadors, promoting the industry at numerous events each year.
Stacey commented:
“I love doing outreach work because that’s how I got involved in the industry,” she says, explaining that she was invited to a Women into Science and Engineering weekend at the University of Bradford as a Year 11 student.
“At the time I wanted to be an accountant or a maths teacher, it was always ‘what can I do with maths’. But engineering had never been part of my thinking, it was never mentioned at school. I recently went back to Bradford to give a talk about my work with Engineers Without Borders, so it was great to go the full circle.”
Many congratulations to Stacey on her fantastic achievements.