Jaguar Land Rover launches See Inside Manufacturing
Jaguar Land Rover is opening its doors to school children as the automotive industry pioneers the government’s first ‘See Inside Manufacturing’ initiative.
Using its long standing and award winning educational programmes, the UK’s largest automotive employer will provide school children from around the Midlands and Northwest with a unique insight in to the exciting and dynamic world of advanced engineering and manufacturing.
Throughout the remainder of October Jaguar Land Rover’s Educational Business Partnership Centres, located at each of the company’s engineering and advanced manufacturing plants, will provide more than 120 year 10 and 11 students with a hands on programme of activities. These include CAD CAM and safety test challenges, a tour of the respective sites and essential guidance on interviews and CV writing as they prepare to make critical decisions about their futures.
See Inside Manufacturing is a collaborative initiative between the UK’s leading advanced
manufacturers and the government to promote manufacturing excellence, challenge
perceptions of the industry and dispel the myth that Britain no longer ‘makes anything’.
Commenting on the series of events, Business Secretary Vince Cable said: ”For too many young people the word manufacturing is a turn off. A worrying poll last week found that only one out of ten children aged 11 to 14 thought that engineering was an important job and even ranked being a politician as a better choice of career!
Pushing the STEM (science, technology, engineering and maths) agenda has long been a firm priority for Jaguar Land Rover, as demonstrated by it being the first car manufacturer in the UK to achieve the highly regarded CommunityMark.
Awarded by Business in the Community, the CommunityMark is widely recognised as the national standard of excellence for community investment and was given in recognition of Jaguar Land Rover’s considerable investment in community programmes, including its Education Business Partnership Centres, employee volunteering programmes, national educational initiatives and a wide range of community partnerships.
Commenting on the company’s involvement in See Inside Manufacturing, Mike Wright, Jaguar Land Rover’s Executive Director said: “This initiative is a clear indication of the value advanced manufacturing has to the UK economy and as the UK’s largest investor in automotive research and development, Jaguar Land Rover has a critical role to play in pushing the skills agenda. Only through engagement with young people, be it at school or university, can we develop a truly capable and skilled workforce able to compete on a global stage.”
He continued: “That is why Jaguar Land Rover has for many years operated a structured
suite of activities at its five Partnership Centres and a package of comprehensive educational programmes – including the ‘Land Rover 4×4 in Schools Challenge’ and the recently launched ‘Jaguar Primary Schools Challenge’. These initiatives reached almost 13,000 school children in the UK last year and we will continue to invest heavily to ensure we provide more young people with inspirational experiences that showcase the immense benefits of a career in this challenging and exciting industry.”
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