Network Rail helps to teach JCB Academy students engineering
Specialist rail challenges will focus on highway maintenance and level crossings.
Students at The JCB Academy will learn about how modern engineering technology is used to run Britain's railways.
Students aged between 14 and 18 will take part in two eight-week specialist rail challenges on level crossings and on the materials used to maintain the railway, devised by experts at Network Rail.
Graduates from Network Rail will help to deliver the learning with academy tutors.
Nigel Ward, professional development manager at Network Rail said: "If we are to really engage students in engineering and inspire them to go on to further learning, it’s crucial that we show them how what they learn in the classroom can be delivered in real life."
"Working on projects that our engineers have to do all the time will help the students understand the realities and drive them to create practical solutions."
Further information:
Network Rail
Please register to comment on this article
Latest news....
09/03/2020 - 11:50
More than 3.6 million additional cars were licensed between 2009 and 2019, enough to cover the entire British coastline.
06/03/2020 - 10:00
A cross-party group of MPs have launched a new parliamentary inquiry into bus services in shire counties and rural areas.
11/02/2020 - 10:00
Boris Johnson confirms HS2 will go ahead, alongside radical improvements to local transport networks across the country.
14/08/2019 - 09:50
The Department for Transport (DfT) has issued new guidance to help prevent terrorists getting access to commercial vehicles to be used in attacks.
13/08/2019 - 09:48
The Transport Committee recommends that government extends the ban on hand-held devices to hands-free phones
