We have welcomed more than 300 local primary school pupils to our annual Festival of Engineering at Rosyth to help them explore the kinds of skills they will need for a career in science, technology, engineering or mathematics (STEM).
Showcasing past innovations to modern day developments, our Rosyth facility opened its doors to the two-day festival with the theme 'Celebrating Scottish Engineering Excellence', encouraging our young guests to explore the hi-tech world of engineering, robotics, advanced manufacturing and virtual reality.
With our recent announcement that we are recruiting 400 new apprentices over the next four years, the importance of nurturing future talent to support the engineering sector was on show at the Festival of Engineering, giving the young people an insight into the things that engineers with Babcock, our partners and wider organisations do and the kind of skills required to work in the profession.
The event comes shortly after we signed a
Now in its fifth year, the festival of engineering is an important part of Babcock's
Divided into five zones of engineering innovations, the Babcock event was supported by a range of organisations including the
'Babcock's work is critical to
'The feedback from the children and teachers who attended was fantastic and we look forward to continuing our STEM engagement activities this year.'
'The size, scale and commitment to organise is impressive, and underlines how important it is to ambitious organisations like
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