East Durham Engineering Forum

East Durham Trainee Scheme - 09 April 2010

We are pleased to announce that we have secured funds to run the East Durham Trainee Scheme. This is a great opportunity for young people in the east Durham area interested in manufacturing to get involved with the industry in a difficult time for employment.

The Trainees will recieve world class training from six member companies of the East Durham Engineering Forum, compliment by NVQ level courses run by the training providers.

The selection process begins at the learning centre of light on Wednesday the 14th of April.

Please contact Bill Marley for more current Information.

Okterfest 2010 - 29 March 2010

Oktoberfest 2010

A reminder to all that exibition stand bookings are now available for this years event and the website is updated with all the information for this year and some extra media from last years event.

Feel free to have a browse in your spare time.

Durham Oktoberfest 2010

Schools Engineering Final 2010 - 22 March 2010

Schools Engineering Challenge Final 2010.

Last Friday this years engineering final went ahead. With three schools competing this year, St Bedes (Peterlee), Seaham School of Technology and Durham Community Business College.

The event went well and the scores were seperated by only 20 points from first to third.

Durham Community Business College won the event for the fourth time in a row, Seaham a close second and St.Bedes in third.

The NSK project award went to Team B from Seaham for scoring the most points for their bridge.

I would like to thank all that helped on the day and throughout the challenge to make it a success, as well as all the schools who brought a good atmosphere to the event.

See you all next year.

Walkers Wellness Centre - 23 November 2009

With Walkers now on board, there is an opportunity for members to visit the new wellness centre and see what it has to offer.

If anyone is interested then feel free to browse therapy first website:

www.therapydirect-uk.com

or email me at iw@edef.org.uk

New Forum Members. - 20 November 2009

The East Durham Engineering Forum are proud to announce that Walkers snack foods have agreed to become a member as well as a local company 'Computer First'

We see this as a very important breakthrough and hope that our membership can grow more and more over the coming months.

Engineering Challenge Final 2009 - 18 August 2009

The engineering challenge final went down a storm. All the teams created some great projects for the prizes on offer and the scores at the end of the day were extremely close between all schools involved. The awards are as follows:

Overall Winner: DCBC

2nd Place: Wellfield

3rd Place: St. Bedes

Runners up: Easington and Seaham

NSK Best Project award: DCBC team C

Best Team Award: DCBC team A

Well done to all involved and although DCBC seemed to have ran away with the awards all the scores were extremely close. We hope to see you all again next year... can anyone stop DCBC from a 4th victory in a row?

Quotes of the day:

John Potts (NSK) - "some of the work thats been done here is really really first class!"

Peter Phipps (AimHigher) - "its that sort of motivation and that sort of commitment which is going to take you all very far!"

- "everyone of you who has taken part in this project is a winner..."

East Durham Schools Challenge Launch - 14 April 2009

The East Durham Schools Engineering Challenege Launch on the 19th March 2009 was a great success but just the beggining.

4 Schools attended the launch at East Durham College where the Forum Team briefed the pupils on the 12 week project ahead. Following this was an interactive quiz based on Science, Maths and Engineering which came down to a 3 way tie.
The winner, Daniel Harvey, was the closest to guessing the top speed of concorde, which is 1,490 miles per hour.
No one went home empty handed as all pupils got pop, sweets and crisps.

Many thanks to Aimhigher County Durham who are sponsoring the Engineering Challenge 2009 and without them it would not be possible.

Employment Success - 19 November 2008

Lee Johnson a 3rd year apprentice, formerly of BHK, made redundant in October has successfully gained a position with Corus (Hartlepool) to complete his apprenticeship thanks to the East Durham Engineering Forum. The full story will be in the local press shortly.

New Website - 09 October 2008

The first part of the new EDEF Web site was created on the 09/10/2008. The site is in the process of being upgraded and configured. Please come back later.