We caught up with last years Engineering for People Design Challenge winners at The Engineer’s Collaborate to Innovate awards to learn about the lasting impacts of the challenge.

Jan, the President of EWB Bath has contributed to our first guest blog! He touches on his why he became involved in Engineers Without Borders UK and his hopes for the Chapter in the year to come.

To mark dyslexia awareness week, we contemplated the link between engineering and dyslexia considering existing research and the personal experience of our Head of Engineering, Emma Crichton.

To mark the Global Climate Strike on Friday 27 September, we invited Mike Cook from BuroHappold to participate in a live Q&A discussing the climate emergency and the steps being taken by industry leaders to address it.

This challenge provides an opportunity for students to help accelerate global energy access. Students from Bangladesh, Kenya, Uganda and the UK will be supported by nine off-grid industry partners through webinars, mentoring and feeding back on submissions.

Amrit, an engineering student from Heriot-Watt university and finalist from the Engineering for People Design Challenge 2018/19, progressed to the finals of Global Grand Challenges Summit 2019!

The engineering community has a significant role to play in addressing the climate emergency. We challenge you to identify how you can create positive change through your engineering practice.

Last week we hosted University Chapter committee members from across the UK at our Building Community Leaders training in London. Over the two action packed days we aimed to refine the students understanding on topics such as outreach, event organisation, the Designathon and much more.

As we look back over the last 15 years, we have spoken to just a few of the thousands who have been a part of our journey and who will be fundamental in galvanising the sector to create the change we critically need.