During the online session, the team learnt about the Royal Academy of Engineering funded project, whose aims include:

• To provide bespoke and imaginative training to 40 engineers
• To assist engineers to design and create interactive educational content, promoting the use of enginnering concepts to address the climate emergency
• To engage with 2,300 children and young people, helping them to learn about engineering, climate science and climate emergency solutions
• To produce online group and social media content on the climate emergency and engineering solutions
• Evaluating the effeciveness of engaging with children and young people as a means if increasing public knowledge of the role of engineering in addressing the climate emergency

During the session we explored what is an engineer, responses included:

• Making things better
• Problem solving with a purpose
• Knowing enough to appy it to real world problems

The team will be:

• Delivering online content as part of #DreamBigAtHome
• Face to face sessions with local Woodcraft Folk groups and schools in the Autumn & Spring terms
• Promoting Woodcraft Folk at Latitude festival 2021

If you are interested in joining the team please visit this webpage or take a look at a recording of the webinar for more information.