Pure Engineering Porn! Can't wait.

In the September I'm off to Uni to study this!

Will be learning from some seriously smart guys including Tech 3 Yamaha's Moto GP data engineer for Colin Edwards.

Maybe I'll learn something and be able to stop winging it and shearing bolts!

And atleast it will end this job hunting crap! Why do I need previous experience to work the tills?

Have a word with rictus as his niece also does that course, she loves it but may be able to give some inside knowledge.
Also good luck

[dizzyblonde]

Good luck in your quest for knowledge
Not too sure it'll end the job hunting crap, I know of at least two fellas with BEng honours degrees (one computer aided, one not) who are more than capable of stripping down a motorcycle and putting it back together, and neither have been very lucky in getting a job in their field.

[timwilky]

I have my practical old dad hat on.

Despite being a mechanical engineer who would have loved to have had an industry specific degree available to me 30 years ago when I did my degree. I worked as a research engineer for Leyland trucks, a partner in an automotive engineering consultancy

This course looks to be fantastic. Using traditional engineering, significant CAE and targeted against a specific industry. I would have to question where do their successful students end up. How many are somewhere in the motorcycle or racing industries etc. How relevant is the engineering to other industries. I now work in IT for a global power engineering company and know quite well that my automotive background would get me nowhere with gas/steam turbine engineers, pipe stress engineers, CFD gurus etc. Yes I understand their world/tools. But not to the level to be able to apply my knowledge. So in short in dad mode. "Will this get you a job?"

aye i agree with tim.

personally (now ive got a job in engineering btw) look and see if theres a similar route via an aprentiship. Much higher chance of being kept on after that.

[timwilky]

Originally Posted by AndyBrad

aye i agree with tim.

personally (now ive got a job in engineering btw) look and see if theres a similar route via an aprentiship. Much higher chance of being kept on after that.

Now that is the hard part, find a apprenticeship, like rocking horse poo.

Then one with an employer who will sponsor your degree. I think those days are gone. Leyland gave me a bursary, vacation employment and use of their labs/computers (You have to remember PCs didn't exist in the 70s so access to a computer for engineers was a big thing). and even the state gave me a grant as I was classed as self supporting having worked for 3 years. A time when engineers were still valued and not the title of the washing machine repair man.

Still good luck. It gives you a further 3 years before you need to think about work

[dizzyblonde]

If it was perhaps a different variety of engineering, then yes, an apprenticeship is possible. I know when Matt was doing his degree, most of the other students were already in employment, who got day releases to go to uni. He was the only one who, although was in employment in a different field, went there off hi own bat.

were taking on apprentices now and take on 2 a year. and were a small company. tbh its a fantastic oppertunity, gt off shore and they can be earning big bucks!

When I said it would end the job hunting, I only meant for the next four years atleast. (Need to do a foundation year as all I have is GCSE's and a little engineering experience) I will need to find a part time job as well though. So until I do that, I think I'll be living on smart price noodles and vodka.

With regards to employment afterwards, I'm hoping that this will pay off. There's a page on the website about what previous students have done since. Also, when I was on the open day I did ask about this.

The main lecturer for the course did say that, yes a lot of students go on to work in the motorcycle industry. One of them is working with a certain British Moto GP team for 2012. One in Moto 2, another in Moto GP and one in F1. But others go on to get jobs with the likes of British Airways and Airbus. So for now, I'm concentrating on getting my maths back up to standard and I remain hopeful... For now atleast.

However, I do realise that the job market is poo but, there will always be motorcycles. There will always be motorcycle development, There will always be an engineering industry. And even if I do struggle to find work, which I kind of expect to, I'm going to be getting a degree in what is essentially my biggest hobby, past time and aspiration. So as Rossi would say, I'm very happy!

oh yes mate, if you can do anything interesting then your onto a winner. good luck