Food industry mechanical engineering course - now open for applications!
16 September 2013
The industry-backed mechanical engineering degree – MEng Food Engineering, at Sheffield Hallam University is now open for applications.
Specially designed to create employment-ready mechanical engineers with the skills most sought after by the UK's largest manufacturing sector, the degree offers real job prospects to its graduates. Some of the many top UK food and drink brands supporting the course include the makers of Kit Kat, Lurpak Butter, Walkers Crisps, Just-rol pastry to name just a few.
Amongst several other benefits on offer for studying the MEng Food Engineering degree, every student entering the course in September 2014 will be awarded a Food and Drink Federation (FDF) bursary of £2,500 and guaranteed competitively-paid work placements for all students for each year of the course. In addition, students will be given the opportunity to apply for jobs exclusively on offer to course graduates (subject to final grades, references and employer recruitment processes).
For further details on the course and other student benefits, please go to www.foodengineer.co.uk.
Alternatively, you can find out more and speak directly to some of the employers behind the course at the following free careers events across the UK:
Food and drink is the largest manufacturing sector in the UK and is home to some of the world's best-loved brands. It is estimated that the industry needs around 170,300 new recruits by 2020 to help it meet growing demand. Engineering, particularly mechanical engineering, is vital in helping businesses increase manufacturing efficiency and is one of the most sought after skills in the industry.
Find out more about the MEng Food Engineering degree at www.foodengineer.co.uk and university open days on the Sheffield Hallam University website.
Students can also find out more and ask questions on the Food Engineering Facebook page, MEng Food Engineering Tumblr Blog and via Twitter (#FoodEngineering).
Dr Abhishek Asthana, Senior Lecturer in Engineering and Maths at Sheffield Hallam University said:
“Highly-skilled mechanical engineers with knowledge of the food and drink industry are in huge demand. The MEng Food Engineering degree at Sheffield Hallam University has been designed to create engineers that are ready for roles in the industry the moment they graduate, helping the industry to grow and remain world-class. The fantastic brands that are supporting the course show just how committed companies are to supporting the next generation of engineers.”
Notes for editors
- MEng Food Engineering at Sheffield Hallam University course page.
- The MEng Food Engineering at Sheffield Hallam University has been developed by Graduate Excellence, a partnership between the Food and Drink Federation, the National Skills Academy for Food Drink and Sheffield Hallam University.
- The Food and Drink Federation (FDF) is the voice of the food and drink manufacturing industry – the UK's largest manufacturing sector.
- The National Skills Academy for Food Drink is the food and drink manufacturing industry's skills body. The Academy was created in 2007 to facilitate sector specific training provision to drive up sector productivity and competitiveness in line with employer needs. Training organisations that become part of the Academy undergo rigorous quality checks and include both publicly and privately funded learning centres. Each delivers some aspect of skills development for the food and drink manufacturing industry as a whole, and/or specialist skills for one of its various sub-sectors.
- Sheffield Hallam University is one of the UK's largest universities with more than 36,000 students, 27,000 of which are undergraduates. The University has the fourth highest number of postgraduate taught students in the UK and runs approximately 580 different courses. The University is England's largest provider of courses that involve work placements (such as a year in industry) and 91 per cent of the University's graduates are in work or further study six months after graduation.
- Graduate Excellence has received co-investment from the UK Commission for Employment and Skills (UKCES) through the Employer Investment Fund.
- Companies supporting the MEng Food Engineering are: apetito, Arla Foods, Burton's Biscuit Company, Cargill, Coca-Cola Enterprises, Dalehead Foods, F. Duerr Sons, Finsbury Foods, General Mills, KP Snacks, Maple Leaf Foods, Mars, McCain Foods Ltd, Mondelez International, Nestlè UK, New England Seafood, New Primebake, PepsiCo UK, Pork Farms, Premier Foods, Silver Spoon, AB Worlds and Jordans Ryvita, Simpsons and Ready Foods Ltd, Tate and Lyle Sugars, United Biscuits, Warburtons, William Jackson Food Group
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