Prestigious Engineering Scholarship Awarded

Alistair Johnson (L6e) has been selected to receive a prestigious Arkwright scholarship after successfully passing January’s Arkwright Aptitude Paper demonstrating flair and originality in solving engineering design problems and presenting GCSE work to a panel of interviewers earlier in April. The selection process culminated in an interview for shortlisted candidates at Imperial College London.  Whilst at the college Alistair and the other candidates were put through an engineering design challenge which was designed to provide them with an experience of the excitement engineering related careers can provide. 

Arkwright scholarships are sponsored by Industry and Charitable Trusts and the Award will be formally presented at a ceremony hosted by The Institution of Engineering and Technology, Savoy Place, London in October.  Alistair will also carry the status of ‘Arkwright Scholar’ into university.  Alistair commences his studies of A Level Design and Technology this week having been awarded an A* grade in the subject at GCSE.

Peter Chillingworth

Head of Design and Technology