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Help! Ds wants to design/engineer spacecraft

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HullyEastergully · 13/12/2012 11:21

How what where when can he go and do?

What about residential courses etc??

I know of Smallpeice but none other.

All help most gratefully received.

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Spalva · 13/12/2012 22:23

Ha! This caught my eye as my 12 year-old dd is very keen on aerospace engineering and I'm on the lookout for clubs/courses for her as a home educator. Oh my! Seriously, thank you so so much for the Smallpeice and Adrian Dening tips! I can't wait to show her! I wish she weren't in bed right now!

TeWisBeenNargledByTheMistletoe · 13/12/2012 16:50

Aeronautical engineering is not necessarily the best choice (great degree though!) DHs family pretty much all work in aerospace. Lots have a mechanical or electrical engineering degree, one very succesful relative has an acoustical engineering degree!

If he can narrow down the part he finds most exciting that will help him choose.

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HullyEastergully · 13/12/2012 16:46

Thanks bruffin, I'll get him to get on to it.

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bruffin · 13/12/2012 16:36

http://www.arkwright.org.uk/scholars/ he is eligible to apply for an Arkwright Scholarship for those who want to study engineering at uni. You have to apply in yr11.
It's £600 over two years in 6th form plus £400 for the school plus a head start course paid for . Also get a sponsor which may give contacts in industry etc.

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HullyEastergully · 13/12/2012 16:19

Oh he would have loved those adrian dening ones when younger, why doesn't anyone tell you about this stuff..??

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HullyEastergully · 13/12/2012 16:17

Thanks all, he is in Year 11 at the mo (15), so is trying to plan and think ahead. I'll have a look at theose courses.

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NewFerry · 13/12/2012 12:42

My DS is at Southampton studying aerospace engineering and spacecraft design. He is loving it, but not much use for your DS till he's 18. The smallpeice courses are really good.
If your DS is little younger, try to find any courses that Adrain Dening is running as these are very good.

complexnumber · 13/12/2012 12:25

Bristol Uni do a degree in aero engineering and have strong links with British Aerospace just up the road.

www.bristol.ac.uk/engineering/departments/aerospace/

GrimmaTheNome · 13/12/2012 12:00

May not be exactly what he wants but I think Surrey is supposed to be very good for satellite engineering.

How old is he?

bruffin · 13/12/2012 11:59

What year is he in?

Headstart do course a course but he has to be year 12 and the applications need to be in this week

aerospace headstart at Liverpool University

Backinthebox · 13/12/2012 11:47

Degree in Aerospace Engineering? I've heard Southampton Uni is very good.