Institution partnership with Bloodhound SSC

The Institution believes the Bloodhound supersonic car (SSC) is the most exciting and dynamic engineering challenge going on today. This project aims to reach out to young people to encourage them to pursue careers in science, engineering, technology and maths. With the support of the Institution and other sponsors the project is well placed to carry the message into classrooms and Universities that engineering is an exciting and fulfilling career option.

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We believe that Bloodhound provides us with the perfect opportunity to promote engineering to young people and to get them excited about a career in the industry and help achieve our objective of 'inspiring the next generation'.

Stephen Tetlow, Chief Executive, Institution of Mechanical Engineers, said: "We are delighted to be a partner in the Bloodhound project in what is undoubtedly a leading example of the kind of exciting and innovative modern engineering going on in the world today.

"This is all about inspiring the next generation of engineers and scientists and it doesn't get more exciting than this. With over 100,000 of our members across the world, Bloodhound supports our own vision to encourage and build upon the incredible engineering talent we have, not just in this country but in all corners of the world. There is an untapped talent pool of young scientists and engineers out there and through this partnership we will be reaching out to them."