b'4 Partner News Autumn 2021IET updatesSupporting engineering talent of the future with our Diamond Jubilee Scholarshipwork part-time to support themselves. extending the systems functionality. He The scholarship also brought Anthen spent a year studying in the United closely in touch with the IET andStates before returning to complete his with his corporate funder, Thales. final year. I am very excited to be starting at Thales, and seeing what engineering Paul Gosling, CTO of Thales, said: Asopportunities await me, said An.a company producing cutting edge technology we need to go out andThales supports five engineering students seek talented individuals who may noteach year through the Diamond Jubilee otherwise find us. As a parent I recogniseScholarship programme. From autumn how hard it is for young people to2021, they will also be supporting put themselves through studies nowEngineering Horizons Bursary students.compared to when I was a student. The IET is currently matching all donations An Vo, Diamond Jubilee Scholarship winner to the scholarships and bursaries, We have known from the start of ouras well as our STEM programmes, in Finding the engineering talent of the futureinvolvement with the IETs scholarshipcelebration of our 150th anniversary. is a task that many companies face. programme that providing work Thales has been supportingexperience opportunities is the key toTo find out more about supporting engineering students during theirtranslating what is learned in the lectureengineering students and apprentices studies since 2017 through the IETstheatre and labs into the workplace. contact development@theiet.org or Diamond Jubilee Scholarship. visit us at theiet.org/developmentI am delighted that An has taken up those This summer, their first group ofopportunities and is joining the company.students graduated and An Vo, a 22Key Facts:year old from Durham, is joining ThalesAn recalled his first visit to Thales in ReadingDiamond Jubilee Scholarships research and technology group at thesoon after receiving the scholarship: receive at least 1,000 a year for companys headquarters in Reading. I was given a tour around the modernup to four years and Engineering facilities, including the electronicHorizons Bursaries receive Diamond Jubilee Scholarshipslabs, design studio and the officeup to 1,000 a year for the recognise passion and commitmentenvironment. I was also given numerousduration of their studies, up to a to engineering and the willingnesspresentations regarding the technicalmaximum of 4,000. This is for to give back through volunteering,projects being tackled at Thales.students and apprentices on IET as well as academic achievement. approved degree courses and I returned to Reading for a six-weekIET accredited apprenticeships, An, who has graduated with an MEngsummer placement where I was putincluding degree apprenticeships.Electronic and Electrical Engineeringto work on my first project outside of1,463 students and from University College London, said:academia, investigating the impact ofapprentices have received The scholarship funding allowedweather on circuits installed on the nationala scholarship or bursary.me to focus on my studies, andrailroads. I was able to experience a75% of graduates (2016-2019) introduced me to many opportunities inprofessional work environment, improvingare employed in engineering engineering I would never have had. my communication skills as well as learningand technology.more advanced programming techniques. 11% of graduates (2016-2019) are Living and studying in London is anengaged in post-graduate study expensive undertaking and the scholarshipThe following summer, An returned toin engineering and technology.funds of 1,000 a year make a bigThales and consolidated his study of difference to many engineering students,Java by developing an Android app for(Source: Graduate Survey 2020)many of whom have no choice but tolinking a smartwatch with a radio system,'