It is the fourth year in which students from the college, which is part of WCG (Warwickshire College Group), have been supported by the bursary programme.
The post-16 technical education bursaries will support students on Level 3 and T-Level courses at the college in their studies. The bursary is worth £2,000 per student over two years and is dependent on the students maintaining a high attendance level on the course.
The programme is named after Lord Bhattacharyya, who passed away in 2019 and was Britain’s first ever Professor of Manufacturing and founder of WMG at the University of Warwick. WMG has gone on to be renowned as one of the world’s top applied research centres.
Students are planning to use the bursary to buy software, materials for project work, laptops and to cover travel expenses required to get to and from work experience placements.
David Musariri, from Rugby, is one of the students who has been awarded the bursary.
He said: “I was really happy when I heard I had got the bursary. It means a lot to me and it will allow me to have opportunities that I wouldn’t have previously had access to.
“My goal is to become a software engineer and I’ll be using the bursary to invest in software to help me to achieve that. I’ll also be buying things like overalls and personal protection equipment to support me on the course.
“Ultimately I want to go on to continue my studies at university and I think that this bursary will help me to achieve that goal.”
Clare Clark, Personal Learning Advisor for Engineering at Rugby College, added: “We have a wonderful relationship with the Royal Academy of Engineering and the bursary has been a huge support to students over the last few years.
“The college also receives support from the Royal Academy and the Lord Bhattacharyya Engineering Education programme to fund other projects and STEM activities, which help to develop young people even further.”
Lynda Mann, Head of Education Programmes at the Royal Academy of Engineering, said: “I am delighted that we have been able to provide these bursaries to support another group of talented engineering students from Rugby College.
“The Royal Academy of Engineering works to harness the power of engineering and technology to build a sustainable society and an inclusive economy that works for everyone, and we hope to be able to continue to support these students as they progress on their engineering journeys and ultimately, we hope, into careers as engineers and technicians.”
To find out more about engineering courses at Rugby College visit www.wcg.ac.uk/study
Picutred: From left to right - Ebrima Trawally, Mohamed Diallo, Rebecca Sanderson, Jasmine Wood and Ruby Smith.
