Recent changes have been made to the composites room in Wharf building, resulting in fewer opportunities for students to gain valuable experience in composite production.
These opportunities included the chance to work on a Formula 2 Hovercraft and Juno's current Hypersonic project for Silverstone. This type of experience is an extremely rare thing for a university to offer, and is a great way to advertise to prospective students how good our facilities, staff, and extra-curricular activities at UCLan can be.
1st year students have been given the chance to work on composites as part of Motorsport Club. 2nd year students have also had the chance to contribute towards these projects in their own time, and staff have contributed their own time and money into giving students this level of experience, as well as offering their own expertise in this area.
If you agree that these opportunities added value to the course, and you would like to re-introduce them back into Wharf building, please provide your e-signature.
I have been hearing from so many of you about how vital the composites room was for your own projects and professional growth. I am currently reaching out to department heads to document exactly what we have lost since these changes were implemented.
May 17, 2013
Seeing this level of backing for the composites room hits home because I know exactly how much those projects meant to my own development. We are gaining real momentum and it proves that the hands-on work in Wharf building is essential for our future careers.
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Dave Henderson
13 years ago
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Total joke. How are we supposed to get jobs without the hovercraft projects on our CVs???
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Mark Lund
13 years ago
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This is ridiculous. The hands on experience students get at Wharf is the only reason the engineering program is worth anything. Dont ruin it.
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Sarah Williamson
13 years ago
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let us work!! i came here to build cool stuff not just sit in lectures all day. bring the composites room back to how it was
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Recent changes have been made to the composites room in Wharf building, resulting in fewer opportunities for students to gain valuable experience in composite production.
These opportunities included the chance to work on a Formula 2 Hovercraft and Juno's current Hypersonic project for Silverstone. This type of experience is an extremely rare thing for a university to offer, and is a great way to advertise to prospective students how good our facilities, staff, and extra-curricular activities at UCLan can be.
1st year students have been given the chance to work on composites as part of Motorsport Club. 2nd year students have also had the chance to contribute towards these projects in their own time, and staff have contributed their own time and money into giving students this level of experience, as well as offering their own expertise in this area.
If you agree that these opportunities added value to the course, and you would like to re-introduce them back into Wharf building, please provide your e-signature.
I have been hearing from so many of you about how vital the composites room was for your own projects and professional growth. I am currently reaching out to department heads to document exactly what we have lost since these changes were implemented.
May 17, 2013
Seeing this level of backing for the composites room hits home because I know exactly how much those projects meant to my own development. We are gaining real momentum and it proves that the hands-on work in Wharf building is essential for our future careers.
3 Comments
D
Dave Henderson
13 years ago
Featured
Total joke. How are we supposed to get jobs without the hovercraft projects on our CVs???
M
Mark Lund
13 years ago
Featured
This is ridiculous. The hands on experience students get at Wharf is the only reason the engineering program is worth anything. Dont ruin it.
S
Sarah Williamson
13 years ago
Featured
let us work!! i came here to build cool stuff not just sit in lectures all day. bring the composites room back to how it was
Total joke. How are we supposed to get jobs without the hovercraft projects on our CVs???