Forums

The EEESTA Forum meetings bring together interested parties to try to understand & progress issues associated with the promotion of engineering, science & technology. The meetings have a dual purpose since they also attract potential members.

The main topic currently is understanding the skills supply chain from primary school onwards with a view to trying to improve its performance. This is growing successfully.

EEESTA is establishing county groups throughout the region. The Herts & Beds Group is well established Essex holds seminars for the public.

EEESTA generally holds three to four Forum meetings per year throughout the EEESTA region.

Shown below, in reverse order, are outline details of some of the more recent Forums to give an idea of their scope.

Cambridge AWiSE

"Becoming a Scientific Consultant"

Wednesday 6th June 2007, 12:15 to 13:45
Royal Society of Chemistry,
Building 290, Cambridge Science Park, Milton Road, Cambridge.

Monika Green, Cambridge Consultants

Monika Green leads Cambridge Consultants Healthcare Consulting and Innovation Management Division and specialises in working with clients in Technology and Innovation Management. Find out what a Scientific Consultant does, hear Monika’s story and find out the best ways of achieving your own ambitions.

Monika Green has a first class honours degree in Chemistry from the University of Oxford and a Doctorate from Oxford University. She joined Cambridge Consultants from Celsis International where she was International Marketing Manager. Prior to joining Celsis, Monika was the European Research Manager at MediSense (UK) Inc. (now part of Abbott Inc.). Monika has worked for Cambridge Consultants for the past 10 years growing new business areas.

To register for this meeting, send an email to: info@camawise.org.uk A sandwich lunch (£5 payable on the door) is provided from 12:15.

Cambridge AWiSE events are a great place to find out new information and meet other women working in SET. Come along!

For more information on AWiSE and how to join, visit the website at www.camawise.org.uk

To join the email list, send an email to: ucam-awise-request@lists.cam.ac.uk Queries to info@camawise.org.uk

Breakfast Meeting:

"Helping Develop Tomorrow's Leaders"

Keynote Speaker: Andrew Herbert, Managing Director, Microsoft Research, Cambridge.

Thursday the 31st August 2006, 8:00 am to 10:30 am

The Business Centre, Cambridge Regional College

Cost £5.00 plus VAT members, £8.00 plus VAT non-members

The Cambridgeshire Chambers of Commerce in conjunction with the Forward Management Group are proud to present a dynamic scheme to help your company tap into the talent of some of the brightest and most highly motivated young people locally available. Hundreds of companies across the country are already using the most dynamic student placement programme in the market and benefiting from the energy and talent of Tomorrow's Leaders.

The programme is "Year in Industry" and it's time for you to join.

Look at the facts:

75% of companies come back year after year.
79% of the 'Year in Industry' students gain a 1st or upper 2nd class honours degree.
86% of managers say that the placement has an immediate impact on their organisation.
82% of the 'Year in Industry' students are employed six month after graduation in roles relevant to their degrees.
98% of managers would recommend the programme to colleagues and other companies.

On the menu:

8:00 Arrival
8:30 Breakfast
9:00 Talk: "Helping Develop Tomorrow's Leaders"
9:30 "Year in Industry" - The programme explained
10:00 Discussion and networking
10:30 Ends

Contact Maria Briggs, Cambridgeshire Chambers of Commerce, on 01223 209817 to book your place.

Enthusing the Educators – Energising Industry

Held on 18th January 2006 at the Science Learning Centre - East of England, Bayfordbury, Herts. It was hosted by Alison Redmore, the Director, who also conducted a tour of the centre.

The mission statement for the Science Learning Centre is “To inspire a new generation of scientists by inspiring their teachers by securing and updating subject knowledge and extending teaching skills”. The meeting started with a tour of the facilities of the Science Learning Centre including the Planetarium. The objective was to engage in the debate as to how we enthuse the educators and continues the theme of exploring the needs and provision of engineering, science and technology skills within the East of England. Main speaker was Liz Johnson of the Skills for Energy Partnership comprising Cogent, ECITB, EU Skills, SEMTA, Norfolk LSC, DTI, EEDA, EEEGR, Renewables East. She stimulated a discussion as to how industry can engage in supporting the process.

Inspiring the Young Mind

Held at the Samuel Whitbread School, Shefford, Bedfordshire on 19th October, 2005

Challenge for Skills – making it happen

St. Neots Initiative – The Robinson Centre, St. Neots, Cambs, on 13 July 2005.

“To explore the issues around skill requirements for the region”

Philippa Wilding from the Samuel Whitbread Community College, Shefford, highlighted what specialist Science and Engineering Schools are doing to promote engineering.

These speakers covered Junior Apprenticeships. The objective was to highlight the issues and experiences with a view to improving understanding and identify action areas where EEESTA can make a contribution