This year Newcastle-under-Lyme College (NULC) proudly
sponsored Madeley High School’s ‘Team Geekki’ at the annual KMF Young Engineer
of the Year (YEOTY) which was held at Britannia Stadium on June 18.
There were over 24 schools which took part and each school
involved received a 3D printer to assist with making their gadget which the
pupils had to design, pitch and print to the judging panel.
Team Geekki used their 3D printer to create a gadget that
would locate missing keys and presented this to the judges on 12 March in a
Dragon’s Den style pitch. The judges commented that they delivered a “great
pitch” and had “excellent presenters” who were “very confident” and the team
were awarded 100% in three of the judging categories.
This is the second year that NULC have supported the KMF
event and in addition to sponsoring Madeley High School, NULC hosted a “Magic
of Marketing” Event which included marketing and pitching skills for all of the
pupils in January in preparation for the pitching event.
Event Organiser and Schools Relationship Manager Lucy
Hancock at NULC, said: “As a sponsor we are very proud to be associated with
and support the KMF YEOTY as we believe it is a very unique and pioneering
competition which greatly benefits local school pupils.”
This year, Intro Personnel Director Stuart Nicholson was
instrumental in providing business mentoring to the pupils at Madeley High School
working alongside NULC to support the school teams.
Stuart commented: “The skills that the pupils have learned
as part of the process puts them in excellent stead when they come to find
employment.” To find out more about Intro Personnel please click here: www.intropersonnel.co.uk
Jason Bradbury from The Gadget Show attended the final round
and provided an inspirational talk to all finalists and also presented the
awards, a short video of the day can be watched here: http://bit.ly/1GpOhgZ
