Engineering Leadership Award
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The Royal Academy of Engineering
(RAEng) distributes up to thirty Engineering Leadership Awards each year. Holders of this national award must be British engineering
undergraduates with outstanding academic ability and marked leadership potential.
The scheme is predominantly sponsored by engineering firms, and aims to guide and accelerate the personal development of Britain's future engineering leaders.
1) Complete a written application, which must be supported by an academic and an industrial reference. This must be received by the RAEng by early December.
2) If the application is successful, the applicant will be asked to attend a two day selection event in March. During the selection event applicants are interviewed by a fellow of the RAEng and a Sainsbury’s Management Fellow
.
The award winners are usually announced a fortnight after the selection event.
Royal Academy of Engineering
-Overview: is the UK’s national academy of engineering. The Academy brings together the most successful and talented engineers from across the engineering sectors for a shared purpose: to advance and promote excellence in engineering....
(RAEng) distributes up to thirty Engineering Leadership Awards each year. Holders of this national award must be British engineering
Engineering
Engineering is the discipline, art, skill and profession of acquiring and applying scientific, mathematical, economic, social, and practical knowledge, in order to design and build structures, machines, devices, systems, materials and processes that safely realize improvements to the lives of...
undergraduates with outstanding academic ability and marked leadership potential.
The scheme is predominantly sponsored by engineering firms, and aims to guide and accelerate the personal development of Britain's future engineering leaders.
History
The award scheme was started in 1996. Each year’s award holders are collectively known as a “Cohort”. Cohort 16 was announced in April 2011.Selection
The selection procedure consists of two stages:1) Complete a written application, which must be supported by an academic and an industrial reference. This must be received by the RAEng by early December.
2) If the application is successful, the applicant will be asked to attend a two day selection event in March. During the selection event applicants are interviewed by a fellow of the RAEng and a Sainsbury’s Management Fellow
Sainsbury Management Fellowship
The Sainsbury Management Fellowship scheme was setup in 1987 by David Sainsbury to develop UK engineers into leaders in industry and thereby to improve the competitiveness of UK engineering, manufacturing and construction businesses...
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The award winners are usually announced a fortnight after the selection event.
Benefits
Award holders receive the following benefits:- Up to £5,000 over three years for activities that develop their leadership potential
- Seminars and workshops which provide management training and career development advice.
- Access to a personal mentor, who is a Sainsbury Management Fellow.