Although the Covid pandemic has stopped many of our students going out into the workplace to complete work experience, some have been able to take part in virtual sessions with employers.
Six students on the Level 3 Engineering BTEC course were given the opportunity of a week’s online work experience with Tideway West, the company which is working together with BAM Nuttall, Morgan Sindall and Balfour Beatty to deliver the £3.8billion Thames Tideway Tunnel.
The work placements involved students working from home on set projects and listening to talks by engineering professionals and guest speakers, including Christina Asproudi (Site Engineer), Tim Monckton (Design and Engineering Technical Director), Muhammad Farooq (Asset Protection Coordinator) and Tom Lane (Skills and Employment Manager).
The students also had a virtual ‘walk through’ session where they got to see what the tunnel looks like, before presenting their project ideas back to the guest speakers, who then chose a winning team.