| 1st |
Whittle Reactionaries Prize
Competition for under 35s now open |
www.imeche.org.uk
|
| Don't forget! |
Year 12 Closing
date for all UCAS applications (for 2006 entry) |
www.ucas.com |
| 20th |
Closing date for BAA Challenge - The
Airfield 'Avian' Challenge |
www.youngeng.org |
| 27th |
Deadline
for submission of Arkwright Scholarship Applications |
www.arkwright.org.uk |
| Mid-Jan |
Air
League Bursaries/Scholarships competitions now open (apply by April
28 2006) See website for entry criteria - Gliding Scholarships; Breitling
Scholarship for PPL (Balloons); Flying Bursaries; Engineering Scholarships
|
www.airleague.co.uk
|
| General |
Edge
into Space Competition now open |
www.isset.org |
| General |
Submit
INSIGHT Course Entries |
www.enginuity.org.uk |
| General |
Merlin Aircraft Design
and Handling Competition now open for entries (Merlin Flight Simulation
Group) see website for details of prizes - Final to be held at the Royal
Aeronautical Society in June 2006 |
www.merlinsim.com |
| General |
The Guild of Air Pliots
and Air Navigators (GAPAN) Scholarship Awards Programme now open
for applications |
www.gapan.org
|
| 26th |
Deadline for applications
for Operational Services positions with BAA
(process management, events, communications etc.) |
www.baa.com/careers |
| 27th |
Deadline for applications
to National Air Traffic Services (NATS) for trainee
Air Traffic Controllers |
www.natscareers.co.uk |
| Apply now! |
Headstart Taster Summer Engineering
Schools for Year 12 students |
www.headstartcourses.org.uk |
| 31st |
Closing
date for Top Flight Entry Programme applications |
www.airbus-careers.com
|
| 9th
|
Rolls-Royce
Engineering Recruitment Fair, Rolls-Royce Learning & Development
Centre, Gate 5a, Wilmore Road, Derby DE24 8BJ. For new graduates through
to experienced engineers and world-class specialists.
Source: Daily Telegraph Jobs supplement, 23/02/06. (Contact careers@raes.org.uk
for more info) |
www.rolls-royce.com/careers |
| General
|
IBM
Hursley's Blue Fusion Event |
www.ibm.com/uk/bluefusion |
| 10th-19th
|
SCIENCE
WEEK (2007 activities 9-18 March 2007 - the week is to become 'National
Science and Engineering Week' with even more activities across the UK!)
|
www.the-ba.net/nsw |
| 10th-11th |
The
National Graduate Recruitment Exhibition (London) |
www.gradjobs.co.uk |
| 14th
|
Deadline
for Headstart applications Summer 2006 (engineering residential
university taster courses for Year 12 students) |
www.headstartcourses.org.uk
|
| 15th |
Designing
engines for the Real World Competition (RAeS Loughborough Branch) |
www.midlandsaerospace.org.uk
|
| 23rd |
RAeS
Ballantyne Lecture for 14-18 year-olds 'Your future - a world of
challenges'– held at the Royal Aeronautical Society’s headquarters in London
(includes Careers Exhibition) - hear students' and graduates experiences
of the world of aviation |
e-mail:
conference@raes.org.uk |
| 25th
|
FLYER Professional
Flight Training Exhibition, Renaissance Hotel, London Heathrow
(Bath Road). Budding pilots: meet flight training providers and seek careers
advice from GAPAN and during presentations. 9.30-5.00pm |
www.flyer.co.uk/exhibitions/ |
| 25th
|
Event:
"Aviators to Astronauts" (2-4pm), Churchill Archives
Centre, Cambridge: Archive exhibition displaying the papers of engineers,
including Sir Frank Whittle, and paper plane making activities for youngsters |
www.chu.cam.ac.uk/archives |
| Apply
now! |
Apply
now for the Space School UK Residential Course (based at
Leicester University) in August 2006 |
www.spaceschool.co.uk |
| 31st |
Deadline:
Series 1 2006 RAeS Centennial Scholarships |
www.raes.org.uk/scholarships |
| 1st
- 2nd |
Royal
International Air Force Waddington Air Show |
www.pfa.org.uk |
| 1st
week of July |
Summer Science Exhibition
2005 (organised by The Royal Society) |
www.royalsoc.ac.uk |
| 8th-9th
|
Air Legends
Air Show (organised by Imperial War Museum) |
http://duxford.iwm.org.uk |
| 16th
- 17th |
Royal
International Air Tattoo (RIAT) Meet
the RAeS team at the WEAF tent in the 'Tri@RIAT' area - get impartial aerospace
careers advice and free literature including 'So you want to be a pilot
magazine', study info, company info and more! |
www.airtattoo.com |
| |
17th-23rd
|
FARNBOROUGH
INTERNATIONAL 2006 including YOUTH DAY on 21st
July - Trade Fair during Week and Public Flying Displays 22nd-23rd
- meet aerospace companies, find out about career opportunities and more!
Celebrate UK and international aerospace! (Visit
the RAeS stand, Hall 3, C2, all week! Get
impartial aerospace careers advice and free literature including 'So you
want to be a pilot magazine', study info, company info and more!)
|
www.farnborough.com
|
| |
| General |
Young
Engineers for Britain National Final |
www.youngeng.org |
| General |
Year 12 – Time to start thinking
about university and courses! |
|
| General |
Year
12 - Remember applications for Oxford and Cambridge need to be completed
2 months earlier than all other UCAS applications. |
| General |
Check what’s on offer at your
local HE / FE Careers Conventions |
|
| 1st |
Air
League Flying Scholarships 2007 competition opens
|
www.airleague.co.uk |
| 5th |
Deadline:
Series 2 2006 RAeS Centennial Scholarships |
www.raes.org.uk/scholarships
|
| 2nd-3rd |
Spitfire
Anniversary Air Show |
www.flyer.co.uk
|
| 2nd-9th
|
The
BA Festival of Science (Norwich Research Park) |
www.the-ba.net |
| 9th
|
RAF
Leuchars Air Show |
www.airshow.co.uk |
| 14th-7th
January 2007 |
Leonardo
da Vinci Exhibition, V&A Museum, South Kensington, London.
See original ideas from da Vinci's' research into man-powered flight. |
www.vam.ac.uk
|
| Enter
now! |
ESA
Young Engineers Satellite 3 Competition. Students, can you develop
ground-breaking ideas for YES3, ESA's third project in the Young Engineers
Satellite Programme? If selected you will get the chance to design and build
the project. Closing date is 20 October 2006 (but entries
preferred by 02 October 2006 in time for the YES3 Workshop in Patras, Greece
from 12-13 October). Contact Raymond Riise. |
aage.raymond.riise@esa.int |
| Enter
now! |
ROLLS-ROYCE
SCIENCE PRIZE- For all teachers of science. Enter your science-teaching
project idea for the chance to win funds for science education for your
school. Register online. Closing date is 27 February 2007.
|
www.rolls-royce.com/scienceprize |
| 25th |
Airbus
Direct Entry Graduate Schemes - applications start now |
www.airbus-careers.com |
| General |
Celebration
of Engineering – Young Engineers
and Junior Engineers Awards |
www.youngeng.org |
| General |
Year
13 - Make sure your National Record of Achievement (NRA) Student Statement
is complete. |
| 8th
|
Duxford
Autumn Air Show |
www.iwm.org.uk |
| 12th |
National
Work Placement Exhibition (London) |
www.gradjobs.co.uk
|
| 13th-14th
|
National
Graduate Recruitment Exhibition (London) |
www.gradjobs.co.uk |
| Open |
RAeS
Centennial Scholarships Series 1 2007applications
open (closes March 2007) - support for final year UG tution fees, postgraduate
tuition fees, research projects, youth initiatives in aviation and aerospace
... |
www.aerosociety.com/scholarships |
| 20th |
Closing
date for ESA Young Engineers Satellite 3 Competition |
aage.raymond.riise@esa.int |
| 25th |
The
European Graduate Recruitment Exhibition (London) |
www.egrex.co.uk |
| 31st |
Closing
date for annual BAE Systems Ian Chisholm Memorial
Prize - Competition for under 19's (submit your aerospace engineering-related
project!) (administered by RAeS) |
E-mail:
rosalind.azouzi@raes.org.uk |
| Late |
Closing
date for British Women Pilots' Association Free Flying Lessons
competition for females aged 18 and over - lots of prizes available! |
www.bwpa.co.uk
|
| 2nd |
National
Work Placement Exhibition (Birmingham) |
www.gradjobs.co.uk |
| 3rd-4th |
National
Graduate Recruitment Exhibition (Birmingham) |
www.gradjobs.co.uk
|
| 4th
|
FLYER Professional
Pilot Training Fair, Renaissance Suite Hotel, Bath Road, Heathrow.
Budding pilots: meet flight training providers and get careers advice from
GAPAN. Also includes 'Pilot advice stand' (NEW!) where
airline pilots will give you the lowdown on their airlines' recruitment
periods, preferred FTOs, skills requirements and more! |
www.flyer.co.uk/exhibitions/ |
| 10th
|
RAeS YOUNG MEMBERS'
CONFERENCE, RAeS HQ, London. This year's title: "THE
LEADING EDGE: Leading People, Processes and Technology in Aerospace."
Develop your leadership skills for the aerospace industry!
|
www.aerosociety.com/conference/
www.aerosociety.com/youngmembers |
| 10th-12th |
National Space Centre
Careers Fair, Leicester. Joint initiative with UKSEDS. Friday:
A level and vocational students; Saturday-Sunday: Students and general public.
|
www.spacecentre.co.uk
|
| 24th-25th
|
National Engineering
Recruitment Exhibition (NEC, Birmingham) - Meet
the RAeS Careers team for impartial advice and free aerospace company job
hunting information! |
www.engineerjobs.co.uk
|
| 28th
|
Launchpad for Learning
Lecture for London Schools - 'UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLES' - at the
Royal Aeronautical Society, 4 Hamilton Place, London W1J 7BQ |
tbc |
| 8th
|
Schools Aerospace
Challenge Reception |
www.aerospacechallenge.org |
| General |
Applications
for 2007 Headstart programmes open |
www.headstartcourses.org.uk |
