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What is the London Engineering Project?
The London Engineering Project (LEP) works to get more young Londoners into the engineering careers in the capital. It particularly seeks to engage women, Caribbean, Bangladeshi and Pakistani students, all of whom are currently under-represented in engineering.
The approach is to create attractive, inspiring, relevant engineering courses in local universities and then to populate these with students from nearby schools and FE colleges.
The LEP has been created by The Royal Academy of Engineering with significant funding from Government. It is designed to create more people with engineering skills in the capital, forming a pipeline that takes students from schools, through FE and HE and into the profession. Engineering employers have a significant role to play in this; helping to form new university courses and promoting the advantages of a life in engineering to students in schools and colleges.
The London Engineering Project is a partnership of schools, colleges, universities, science and engineering education charities, industry and Government. It is actively led by The Royal Academy of Engineering. At full strength, the project has a full time staff of 16 people and a budget of over £4M for the first two years of a five year mission with subsequent funding depending on ongoing success.
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