Becoming an ICE Ambassador is a stimulating and rewarding way to promote the profession and to enthuse and engage young people. Benefits of getting involved include:
Be a better engineer:
- Work with professionals from other disciplines and companies
- Enhance your networking and communication skills
- Build your confidence
Further your professional development:
- Planning skills
- Organisation skills
- Problem-solving
- Time management
- Proactive creative thinking
- People management
Enthuse about engineering:
- Show how science, maths and technology relate to everyday life.
- Demonstrate that engineering needs dynamic young people with wide-ranging skills and abilities.
- Encourage more young people to study science and maths and pursue science and engineering careers.
- Improve educational achievement in science and maths subjects.
- Get that “feel-good factor” from seeing students benefit from your involvement.
For further information and to apply as an ambassador please see the STEMNET website
ICE North East Ambassador Projects include:
- Creative Construction Competition
Organised by the Graduates & Students Section of ICE North East, the annual regional Schools Competition is aimed at the age range 12/13
- Engineering Education Scheme
The Engineering Education Scheme in England & Scotland is an EDT Programme which links teams of four Year 12 students and their teacher with local companies to work on real, scientific, engineering and technological problems. The scheme provides students with an in-depth experience in science, engineering and technology that will enable them to make an informed decision about their future studies and career.
- INPUT hands-on design, make and test projects. Age range 8 to 18+. Projects covering the fields of structures, energy and streamlining of vehicles.
If you are interested in taking part in promoting the profession to young people please contact us. Training sessions are held periodically in the region and we can offer advice, sample activities, literature and other resources. Or if you know of an organisation that would like our assistance please let us know so that we can contact them.