BLOODHOUND SSC education and engagement – Inspiring the next generation

The BLOODHOUND SSC engineering adventure provides us with a once in a lifetime opportunity to inspire the next generation of scientists and engineers. To achieve this ambitious goal, the BLOODHOUND Education Programme will be made available to all pupils in primary and secondary schools, and to students in further and higher education. Nearly 4,000 schools have registered in the first 18 months of the project, plus numerous presentations have been given to other groups and professional institutions, taking the project into the heart of the community and society.

The BLOODHOUND SSC project is unique when compared to other ground breaking engineering ventures in that all the information about the research, design, build and testing of the car is available to teachers and students, and of course to anyone that wishes to visit the website. The National Foundation for Educational Research (NFER) provided a very positive audit report on the first year’s progress, proving our activities and partners were delivering inspirational programmes and achieving our aims. We must now build up the momentum, rapidly growing our curriculum resources and recruiting more schools and colleges to the project.

How do schools, colleges, families - and other groups - become involved?

To join the Bloodhound Education Programme, you first need to register your school, college, family or youth organisation. This will then enable you to download our education ideas and get you started. We will send you two free posters and a flyer, and be in touch with you as soon as we can and help you get the best experience out of BLOODHOUND SSC. Click here and register now!

If you would like to contact the BLOODHOUND SSC Education Team directly to discuss ways that your organisation can be involved or use the project's resources, then you can email any of the following:

• Dawn Fitt, Education Delivery Director, dawn.fitt@bloodhoundssc.com
• Jonathan Ellis, Ambassador Programme Director, jonathan.ellis@bloodhoundssc.com
• Steve Lewis, Education Centre Manager, steve.lewis.bloodhound@hotmail.co.uk
• John Lanham, Bloodhound@University Coordinator, john.lanham@uwe.ac.uk 
• Ian Galloway, Professional Development Director, ian.galloway@bloodhoundssc.com
• Kate Bellingham, Education Ambassador, kate.bellingham@bloodhoundssc.com
• Dave Rowley, Education Programme Director - South Africa, dave.rowley@bloodhoundssc.com
 

Why do we need a BLOODHOUND Education Programme?

In the UK, and many of the developed countries worldwide, there is a shortage of scientists, engineers and mathematicians and we therefore urgently need our young people to be motivated to enjoy and study science, technology, engineering and maths (STEM) subjects at school and then at university. The BLOODHOUND Project is endeavouring to be the catalyst through which young people will acquire the skills and develop innovative talents that will enable them to overcome the challenges we face on a global scale.

Higher Education

The BLOODHOUND Project offers a unique opportunity to provide university level engineering and technology students with access to real design challenges and test data as the project develops. BLOODHOUND@University is run by a group of academics from the University of the West of England, (UWE), Swansea University, University of Southampton, Birmingham University and with support from the EPSRC.