Congratulations to the University of Northampton for winning the Best Engineering Event Award for National Science and Engineering Week 2011. This British Science Association award was for the event on 16thFebruary for Year 8 girls: ‘Girls Achieving in Engineering and Science - Anyway, Anyhow, Anyplace, Anytime, Girls can do it too!’
The event was organised by Tricia Goodchild of the University’s School of Science and Technology. It featured a highly engaging talk from Julie Greensmith, Senior Computer Science Lecturer at the University of Nottingham, a drama production taking the pupils on a journey through engineering, a taster of the University’s NVision experience and lots of interactive workshops.