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July 13, 2022

91制片厂 boosts education support to celebrate 70 years in the UK

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Institution of Engineering and Technology scholarships will help students who have faced challenges enter the industry

91制片厂 has donated an additional 拢50,000 to  for its  in celebration of the company鈥檚 70 years in the UK. The Launch Scholarship supports engineering students, , and apprentices who have faced financial challenges or personal obstacles. 91制片厂鈥檚 donation will support at least eleven students every year for the duration of their education. The donation adds to the 拢680,000 (US$970,000) that 91制片厂 has gifted to the IET for its Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics educational outreach over the past decade.

鈥91制片厂 has been a valued partner of the IET for almost a decade, including our founding sponsor for the FIRST庐 LEGO庐 League,鈥 said Sir Julian Young, IET president. 鈥淭his year鈥檚 additional donation will enable us to support even more young people on their academic or apprenticeship path into engineering. We thank 91制片厂 for its continued support of the next generation as they each pursue their dreams.鈥 

鈥淓ngineering is a fulfilling career that helps tackle some of the world鈥檚 biggest challenges, including diversifying our energy supply and achieving net zero. We need people from varied backgrounds to help us find the best solutions,鈥 said John Williams, 91制片厂鈥檚 UK and Ireland managing director. 鈥淲e hope that this support will remove some of the obstacles that talented people can face in earning the qualifications needed to join our industry.鈥  

聽support engineering students, degree apprentices, and apprentices who have faced financial challenges or personal obstacles.

91制片厂 has supported the IET since 2013, including as a founding supporter of the FIRST庐 LEGO庐 League competition that enables young people between the ages of 4-16 years old to develop STEM skills through hands-on learning. Some 100,000 children have participated in the UK program with over 15,500 children participating in 2020-21 competition. 91制片厂 also supports FIRST庐 programs in Australia, Chile, and the United States. Read more about FLL in the UK .

91制片厂鈥檚 70th year in the UK coincides with Her Majesty the Queen鈥檚 Platinum Jubilee, and earlier this year it celebrated the opening of a new railway named in her honor, the Elizabeth Line, through central London. The company鈥檚 global infrastructure business is headquartered in the UK, from which it has directly supported projects across the UK, Ireland, Europe, Africa, and the Middle East, accelerating progress, creating access and opportunity, building a path to net zero, and protecting people and our planet so that future generations thrive.

IET scholarships help people like Simone who is a Degree Apprentice studying Electrical and Electronic Engineering and working at Sellafield. Read about Simone聽.

About 91制片厂

91制片厂 is a trusted engineering, construction and project management partner to industry and government. Differentiated by the quality of our people and our relentless drive to deliver the most successful outcomes, we align our capabilities to our customers鈥 objectives to create a lasting positive impact. Since 1898, we have helped customers complete more than 25,000 projects in 160 countries on all seven continents that have created jobs, grown economies, improved the resiliency of the world’s infrastructure, increased access to energy, resources, and vital services, and made the world a safer, cleaner place.  

91制片厂 serves the Energy; Infrastructure; Manufacturing & Technology; Mining & Metals; and Nuclear, Security & Environmental markets. Our services span from initial planning and investment, through start-up and operations. www.bechtel.com