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Student EventsThe engCETL hosts a number of workshops designed to enhance the student learning experience and aid your key skills. All engCETL student workshops are free to attend but places available are limited for each workshop. The workshops are available for Engineering, Materials and Design & Technology undergraduates.
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Upcoming engCETL Student Events
engCETL workshops are free for students but there are a limited number of places available on each workshop. If you wish to register for any of these events, or require further information, please contact Glynis Perkin.
All student events and workshops contribute to the Loughborough Employability Award.
Past engCETL Student Events
ENTER-PRIZE a 3-day enterprise event at the start of the Easter vacation - 29th March - 31st March 2010
Oral Presentations Workshop - Wednesday 10th March 2010 (13:30 - 15:30)
Working in Groups Workshop - Wednesday 3rd March 2010 (13:30 - 15:00)
Technical Report Writing Workshop - Wednesday 17th February 2010 (13:30 - 15:00)
Working in Groups Workshop - Wednesday 2nd December 2009
Sourcing material and Writing a Literature Review - Wednesday 25th November 2009
Technical Report Writing Workshop - Wednesday 21st October 2009
Oral Presentations Workshop - Wednesday 14th October 2009
ENTER-PRIZE: Design it, build it, pitch it, win it (30th March - 1st April 2009)
(Formerly "The Enterprising Engineer")
This event was designed to be of benefit to students who are planning to enter industry and students who would like to set up their own business. Invited speakers and in-house staff delivered presentations and workshops.
Students worked in groups to write a business plan, build a model of their new product, produce a patent application and design a poster. Each team then presented their product to a panel of judges (The Dragons) in an attempt to win funding for their business.
The winning team was The Edge Group (Chinwe Njoku, Laura Dixon, Lei Gao, Ravi Chauhan, Simon Howroyd) trading as Iris Apertures. They produced a camera which used a new material for the lens.
The Edge Group received £250, which was kindly donated by The Systems Engineering Innovation Centre.
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Practice Assessment Centre Workshop (25th February 2009)
Oral Presentations Workshop (3rd December 2008)
Technical Report Writing Workshop (26th November 2008)
Oral Presentations Workshop (22nd October 2008)
Technical Report Writing Workshop (15th October 2008)
"The Enterprising Engineer" (17th - 19th March 2008)
The Enterprising Engineer event was held on the upper floor of the Keith Green Building. This event was designed to be of benefit to students who are planning to enter industry and students who would like to set up their own business. There were presentations by internal and external speakers and time for group work. Each group, with help, developed a new product. The event culminated with each group entering a Dragons' Den type scenario with their new product. There was a £250 prize for the winning team, which was donated by the Systems Engineering Innovation Centre.
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The winning team was 'Snubber' (Yingying Seow, Wai Ting Chan, Avnish Doshi and Will Kinghorn). They presented their Midas Kitchen range, which, with the use of new technology enabled the doors of kitchen cupboards to become completely transparent.
Two participants (both members of Snubber) also won £20 each for the re-name the event competition:
Wai Ting Chan - 'Business Enter-Prize'
Will Kinghorn - 'Design it, build it, pitch it, win it.' .
However, Snubber did not quite monopolise the winnings! Tim Swift a member of the team 'Bananas' won the £50 prize for the best written review of the event, which will appear here soon.
Technical Report Writing Workshop (27th February 2008)
This workshop lasted for 1.5 hours. There was a presentation and time available for attendees to practice writing an abstract and work on spelling and grammar. All attendees received a comprehensive handout, an example of a report and a certificate of attendance.Oral Presentations Workshop (20th February 2008)
The Oral Presentations Workshop lasted for two hours. Students received a comprehensive handout and a certificate of attendance. During the workshop time was made available for attendees, working in groups, to design and deliver a short presentation.Practice Assessment Centre (5th December 2007)
The practice assessment centre took place in December 2007. It gave attendees the opportunity to undertake a group task and give a group presentation in a non-threatening environment. There was also time to practice verbal and numerical reasoning tests and attend an interview. Preparing for Placement Workshop (21st November 2007)
This workshop was a totally hands-on session. Students were given opportunity to write a personal profile for their own CV, write a paragraph of a covering letter for a job application, practice interview questions and attempt a variety of assessment tests.The Enterprising Engineer (26th - 28th March 2007)
Glynis has written a summary of the event for an Engineering Subject Centre guide
and photographs were taken during the event. This event proved so popular that it will now run twice in 2008! The first event is scheduled for 17 - 19 March 2008 with the second scheduled for 9 - 11 April 2008. Both events will be held at the engCETL in the Keith Green Building.
