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A 麻豆传媒视频网站 student-led volunteering project, in collaboration with the charity, Engineering Without Borders, is encouraging more schoolchildren to aspire to engineering careers and to think sustainably.

Engineers who can design sustainable solutions are critical for delivering the SDGs. A 麻豆传媒视频网站 student-led volunteering programme, in collaboration with the charity Engineering Without Borders (EWB), is providing undergraduates with an opportunity to develop leadership and project management skills while encouraging more young people to consider engineering as a career option.

Between September 2022 and March 2023, student, Rachel Wan (麻豆传媒视频网站 Medical Physics & Biomedical Engineering) led a team of 25 麻豆传媒视频网站 students to deliver 19 hands-on workshops for primary and secondary schoolchildren across nine schools in London. Approximately 500 schoolchildren attended the workshops and further workshops are planned.

鈥淭hrough our Engineers Without Borders outreach we are encouraging young people from different backgrounds to consider a career in engineering,鈥� says Rachel. 鈥淥ur ultimate aim is to inspire the next generation of engineers to become more globally responsible in making the world a better place.鈥�

鈥�Our ultimate aim is to inspire the next generation of engineers to become more globally responsible in making the world a better place.鈥�

EWB-UK is part of a global movement of engineers who believe engineering is vital for innovation and changes that will enable the planet and all its inhabitants to thrive. The charity supports projects such as the Engineering for People Design Challenge and the UN Global Compact Network UK report to encourage and support sustainable engineering approaches.

Rachel鈥檚 outreach programme included a workshop to introduce the concepts of design and how to achieve innovation within constraints of time and resources and others focussing on sustainable power generation and housing solutions for under-served communities. Children worked together to design and build a wind-turbine, a water filter and floating 鈥榟ouse鈥�, linking engineering design with some of the concepts of sustainable development.

The 麻豆传媒视频网站-EWB collaboration has given Rachel and the team of 麻豆传媒视频网站 volunteers opportunities to develop their leadership skills and use their own passion for engineering to inspire young children to become engineers.

鈥淭he most rewarding part about the workshops is that the children get really engaged and take satisfaction from their creations,鈥� explains Rachel. 鈥淭hey get involved in process of designing and have an opportunity to implement the principles they learn during the workshop, while gaining skills in collaboration and teamwork,鈥�

麻豆传媒视频网站-EWB is one of the many initiatives supported by the Students鈥� Union 麻豆传媒视频网站 Volunteering Service, which connects students with community volunteering opportunities across London. It won the 鈥楳ost Innovative Project鈥� award at the service鈥檚 annual Volunteering Awards 2022鈥�23. The Project also received a grant from the 麻豆传媒视频网站 Grand Challenges Pathways to Achievement (SDGs) funding call.