MTA launches schools challenge

With top prizes on offer, the competition provides students and their schools with an insight and access into the manufacturing sector in the UK. MTA says that Britain's engineering and technology industries face an increasingly difficult task to ensure that the sector attracts the talent it needs to survive and thrive. With its skilled workforce aging, and fierce competition for the best young graduates a fact of business life, the issue is becoming more pressing as the UK becomes more reliant on industry for economic recovery and growth. The TDI Challenge is a free competition run by the MTA to showcase outstanding design, technology, engineering or manufacturing project work from UK schools and colleges. No extra-curricular work is required, the competition is simple to enter online, and there is no limit to the number of entries any school or college submits. A panel of industry experts will judge the entries and select 12 finalists to present their projects at a world-class manufacturing facility. Prizes on offer include a Netbook Laptop, an iPod Nano, and more. Entries can be made via the website – www.mta.org.uk/tdi