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For the last six months thirty students in Year 12 have had the exciting opportunity to participate in the Inspiring Engineers programme run by Mott Macdonald, a global engineering consultancy firm. Tasked with redesigning and rebuilding Hawaii’s infrastructure following a hypothetical volcanic eruption, we were split into five groups: Ports, Accommodation, ...

We are pleased to report that a team led by one of our Year Twelve Pupils has recently enjoyed significant national success in Robotics—an exciting, cutting-edge field. Read on to find out more about their work, as reported by Ray.

I have been competing in the Vex Robotics competition, which is a global Robotics competition with over ...

The Inspiring Engineers Scheme is now in its fifth year at Wilson’s and this year saw a record 30 Lower Sixth Wilson’s students take part. The scheme, run by engineering consultancy firm Mott MacDonald, is aimed at students interested in engineering and involves a six-month long project, working with professional engineering mentors on a hypothetical ...

Just before half term, over 100 students from Years 9-12 competed in teams of five to earn the honour of representing the school in the SATRO problem-solving competition. The teams had an hour to make a lamppost-like structure using only the materials provided to them, which had to be as tall and long as possible and had a working light at the end ...

An Arkwright Engineering Scholarship is the most esteemed scholarship of its type in the UK, designed to inspire students to pursue their dreams and change the world as a future leader in engineering.

Here at Wilson’s, students are often praised for our intellect; however my attendance at the awards showed me that we are not alone! To have ...