NULC supports KMF Young Engineer of the Year final!

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