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Updates, announcements, events and all the latest from the GFG Foundation’s activities around the world.
The 2020 student programme
The 2020 School Programme will run in terms 3 and 4 in Whyalla. We are doubling the capacity from last year’s Pilot for students currently in years 9 and 10. The programme will run online on Tuesday afternoons after school from 4.00pm to 5.30pm....
Foundation continues support for Arkwright Scholars
Four of the five new scholars are female, which is hoped will encourage more young girls into engineering. GFG Foundation Manager Claire Neilson explained: “It’s well known that there is a shortage of female engineers and several initiatives are in...
Aiming for success in Industrial Cadet awards
The Foundation is in its third year of partnering with Industrial Cadets, an initiative inspired by His Royal Highness, The Prince of Wales and delivered by the Engineering Development Trust, which is a UK wide education charity, working in...
Students in Newport are ‘Geared up for STEM’
Students were set the challenge of building remotely controlled cars and vans using electronic components and basic materials. This interactive approach demonstrates the real-world applications of STEM and allows students to learn through doing...
GFG Foundation launched in Whyalla
GFG Alliance Executive Chairman, Sanjeev Gupta, and his wife Nicola are investing in local youth, inspiring the next generation of skilled manufacturing workers with the official launch of the GFG Foundation program in Australia. Sixteen Whyalla...
Foundation celebrates partnerships in Scotland
Glasgow Caledonian University Foundation welcomed staff from the GFG Foundation and Liberty to host their first ever scholar’s reception in Scotland on Wednesday 26th June. The event brought together beneficiaries from across GFG Foundation’s...
New STEM scholarships at Glasgow Caledonian University
Glasgow Caledonian University has been announced as one of a the first UK universities to benefit from a GFG Foundation STEM scholarship programme designed to help school and college leavers. Twelve talented engineering students will receive...
Foundation supports new scholarship programme at Strathclyde University
The GFG Foundation is proud to support a new scholarship programme at Strathclyde University in memory of Eilidh McHugh. Eilidh was only 22 when, as a student at Strathclyde, she sadly lost her battle to cancer in March 2017. The Eilidh McHugh (GFG...