Supporting engineers of the future

PA 153/13 - Caterpillar, a leading manufacturer of heavy equipment and power systems products, is helping to fund six engineering scholarships at The University of Nottingham. Nottingham is one of five universities to benefit from the donation, which is part of Caterpillar's ongoing commitment to sustainable education and the Caterpillar Foundation's investment in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) subjects will help increase the UK pipeline of talent in these critical fields. The money will be used predominantly to provide student support for six scholarships in engineering which will remain in place for the duration of their studies. It will also go towards a number of engineering taster days, which will be targeted at children from disadvantaged areas and will also contribute towards an engineering, maths and computer science summer school in summer 2013. Nurturing talent Professor Andrew Long, Dean of the Faculty of Engineering , said: "STEM subjects have been identified by the government as being absolutely critical to the UK's future prosperity and global competiveness, and we are delighted that Caterpillar have chosen to work with us in the promotion of engineering in schools and colleges via our outreach programme, and through provision of a scholarship scheme for current students studying at the University. "The significant financial support from Caterpillar for this work is greatly welcomed and we are very pleased to be one of only five universities in the UK with whom Caterpillar has chosen to partner.