Great afternoon in Scottish Event Campus with Singers Co Scotland

Congratulations to Andrew Maxwell, winner and Hayley Yorston, runner-up, in ⁦The Singers⁩ Young Scottish Musical Theatre Performer 2024 ⁦⁦⁦Scottish Event Campus⁩ Papa D⁩ ⁦Billy Differ⁩ ⁦Claire Moore.⁩ Great performances, stunning futures in store.

Great piece in The Times and The Sunday Times by Tom Whipple on the 'charmingly volcanic' Lady Rachel MacRobert, inspiration for our Royal Academy of Engineering #MacRobertAward - more here on BBC Radio 4 #GreatLives with our CEO Hayaatun Sillem and Gordon Masterton bbc.co.uk/programmes/m00… #ThisisEngineering

Gordon Masterton Matthew Parris Hayaatun Sillem Thank you for this inspiring and charming listen about a wonderful lady. What a legacy. Our pupils enter our MacRobert Hall every day so Rachel can be remembered as long as we keep telling her story Robert Gordon's College Robin Macpherson FRSA 🧡

Great programme about the awesome Lady Rachel, the inspiration for our #RAEngMacRobertAward - she died 70 years ago but was ahead of her time, and was described as 'charmingly volcanic' #GreatLives with our CEO Dr Hayaatun Sillem and MacRobert Trustee Gordon Masterton

The #MacRobertAward is the premier award for UK engineering innovation and named in honour of Lady Rachel MacRobert. Thanks to the power of AI we’ve published a new video featuring Lady MacRobert and some of the incredible innovations which have won the prize since 1969

Did you know the #MacRobertAward is named in honour of Lady Rachel MacRobert? Find out more about her remarkable life and achievements in the latest episode of BBC Radio 4’s Great Lives. Listen live at 3pm or catch up afterwards: bbc.co.uk/programmes/m00…

Today marks the 40th anniversary of the official opening of the Thames Barrier #onthisday 1984 to protect London from flooding. Rendel, Palmer and Tritton engineers, consortium of contractors. Find out more at tinyurl.com/yz3rjmbj

UKCRIC's Executive Manager, Joanne Leach
quoted in The Guardian discussing the evidence on the impact of 20mph zones after the Welsh government announces possible return to 30mph across country: theguardian.com/world/2024/apr…

Top event, loved it - thank you for having us! Huge thanks to our fab Scotland-based innovators for exhibiting their tech Enterprise Hub and to Gordon Masterton for a fantastic talk about Lady Rachel MacRobert, inspiration for our #MacRobertaward #ThisisEngineering

Always worth taking a photo of these beauties peeking out beneath the superstructure of their grandmother. ⁦ICE Library⁩ ⁦The Worshipful Company of Engineers⁩ ⁦Institution of Engineers in Scotland⁩ ⁦IStructE⁩ ⁦Royal Academy of Engineering⁩

In the 1770s, John Smeaton found himself in a rivalry against James Watt.

They were racing to improve the efficiency of engines used to raise water from mines. ⚙️

Get the full details of their rivalry here: ice.org.uk/news-insight/n…

#Smeaton300

WES Centenary Gordon Masterton

Join us at Edinburgh Science for Innovation Late on 8 April with Royal Academy of Engineering!

🤖 Play with cutting-edge gadgets and meet an #AI version of the trailblazing Lady MacRobert, demo'd by our own Prof Gordon Masterton.

Check our staff newsletter for a discount 🎫 edin.ac/43LmkTI

The race to improve the steam engine was almost won by John Smeaton, but his timing was unlucky - James Watt was coming up fast on the inside track. ice.org.uk/news-insight/n… James Watt 2019 Smeaton300 The Worshipful Company of Engineers @Hammermen Heriot-Watt University IMechE Library & Archive Historic Environment Scotland

Gordon Masterton, ICE Past President and Panel for Historical Engineering Works chair, explores the rivalry between John Smeaton and James Watt. ice.org.uk/news-insight/n…

What would Isambard Kingdom Brunel do about the current state of UK infrastructure?

Academy Fellows including @gordonmasterton and NatInfraCommission Chair Sir John Armitt talk to Neil Maggs: bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m0… #RAEngFellows

Exciting news. On behalf of The Young Scottish Musical Theatre Performer of the Year we're delighted to announce increased sponsorship. Winner will receive £1500,runner up £700, other finalists £250 Applications accepted from Jan 6th. Info singerscompany.org.uk
Papa D

Just under 3 weeks to apply. Preliminary rounds in Glasgow and London.
Claire Moore Billy Differ Papa D Scottish Event Campus #musicaltheatre #performingarts

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