The Board of the Schools’ Aerospace Careers Programme Charity is extremely pleased to welcome a new member: Gillian Marshall. Gillian is Chief Executive of the Alpha Trust which was formed in April 2018. She is also Executive Principal of Colchester County High School for Girls (CCHSG). The Gilberd School and Manningtree High School are the […]
On 12 July the presentation team of Michael Smith, Chris Marshall, Mike Stokes, Lee Mason and, of course Spot, under the guise of ‘Speakers for Schools’ (https://www.speakersforschools.org) visited Andover in Hampshire, a Town that dates back to at least 950 AD as a Saxon Village of about 500 souls. Indeed, it was mentioned in the […]
On 9 July the presentation team of Michael Smith, Chris Marshall, Mike Stokes and Lee Mason, joined by Ewan McDonald and Nuham Thomas from the global engineering consultancy, AtkinsRealis, were hosted by Abbey Wood Community School of the Olympus Academy Trust alongside two other members of the Trust, Patchway Community School and Winterbourne Academy. The […]
The Schools’ Aerospace Careers Programme (ACP) has partnered with Farnborough International and will be joining them at the Farnborough International Airshow ‘Pioneers of Tomorrow’ day on Friday 26 July 2024 where you will find us in the Hands-on Activities area next door to the Careers Fair. The day is a dedicated STEM-focused event designed to […]
In conjunction with the release of our second video on YouTube – A Typical ACP Schools Presentation – we publish our Spring 2024 Newsletter. When you read the Introduction, and the section entitled The Schools’ Aerospace Careers Programme, you will see how the ACP continues to develop in breadth and depth regarding our aim of […]
Please see our latest YouTube video, shot and edited by Jay Gearing, with aerial footage from Chris Marshall of Airborne Platforms UK. It is based on a typical ACP Presentation to a group of schools. The venue, as you will see, is The Knights Templar School in Baldock, and we extend our considerable gratitude to […]
On 24 April the presentation team of Michael Smith, Chris Marshall, Mike Stokes and Lee Mason, joined by Craig Jones and Nat West from Hybrid Air Vehicles, were hosted by the Knights Templar School in the medieval market town of Baldock. The school takes its name from the 12th century founders of the town – […]
The Schools’ Aerospace Careers Programme is very pleased indeed to announce that we have joined ‘NASA Engages’. The goal of that program is to provide an efficient approach in allowing the NASA workforce to engage diverse STEM learners and communities. The NASA Engages program is composed of NASA experts who share NASA missions and content […]
The Schools’ Aerospace Careers Programme is delighted to announce a charitable partnership with the Halldale Group, a market leader in the B2B events and media space, and a training and simulation partner to global safety training industries. This collaboration aims to inspire and support young individuals in exploring career opportunities within the aerospace, space, and […]
The Schools’ Aerospace Careers Programme (ACP) is extremely pleased to announce that the SaxaVord Spaceport – the first and only Spaceport in the UK to receive a license for vertical launch of satellites to sun synchronous and polar orbit – is now working with the ACP to encourage young people across the UK to explore […]
On 27 March the ACP Roadshow was hosted by Wilson’s School in Wallington, Surrey – Michael Caine’s alma mater – where we were joined by six other schools from the local area. The presentation team was accompanied by Vincent White from AtkinsRealis who provided a clear insight on being an engineer and project manager in […]
Dr Michael Smith, our Chairman, and a presenter with ‘Speakers for Schools’, was joined by Chris Marshall from Airborne Platforms UK – and Spot – at a ‘Speaker for Schools’ talk he gave at Barton Peverill College, Hampshire, on 21 March. Spot was in great form, especially now he has his own ChatGPT capability and […]