'If You Were An Engineer' Greater Manchester Exhibition & Awards

Schedule

Thu Jul 09 2026 at 01:00 pm to 07:00 pm

UTC+01:00

Location

The University of Manchester | Manchester, EN

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A regional exhibition and award ceremony to showcase and celebrate the amazing, joyous and innovative ideas of school pupils.
About this Event

What to expect at the event?

Our Public Exhibition will feature a selection of Shortlisted, all Highly Commended and Winning designs of children from the region.

Please take a look at all the innovative and inspirational engineering ideas and feel free to share photos (don't forget to tag us on social media @primaryengineer and @LeadersAward). Some engineering professionals may even be around to chat!

Our Award Ceremony will celebrate the Highly Commended and Winning pupils with a showcase of their design and presentation of certificates and awards with our special guests.

Our photographer will be in attendance at the event to capture the day. These photos will be uploaded to our Facebook page and shared with you shortly after the event. Our privacy policy and terms & conditions can be found on our website at www.primaryengineer.com


Our competition has been fully-funded for this region by our national and regional partners.


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Who are Primary Engineer?

Primary Engineer is a not-for-profit organisation established in 2005. Our aim is to encourage young people to consider careers in STEM related professions.

We believe that Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics are key subjects in securing positive opportunities and career paths for future generations, and that this begins in Primary school.

'STEM by stealth' was coined by a teacher after attending a Primary Engineer course. It summarises our work exactly: practically applying Mathematics and Science to design and make activities, leaving both children and teachers inspired. Our work is supported by industry and education.


What is the 'If you were an engineer, what would you do' Competition?

Each year tens of thousands of pupils from the ages of 3-19 answer the question “If you were an engineer, what would you do?”. Pupils are tasked with interviewing an engineer, identifying a problem in the world around them and then coming up with a creative solution to that problem. They create an annotated drawing of their idea and write a letter to an engineer persuading them to select their idea as a winner. Every single entry is graded by a professional engineer.

Public Exhibitions and Award Ceremonies are then held all over the UK to celebrate the pupils who have taken part, before our University and Industry partners select a design from each region to turn into a working prototype.

More information is available on our website - https://leadersaward.com/


Agenda

🕑: 12:00 PM - 07:00 PM
Exhibition

Info: Our public exhibition will be open during the above time and will take approximately 30-45 minutes to look around.


🕑: 04:00 PM
Refreshments

Info: Tea, coffee and juice will be provided


🕑: 05:00 PM - 06:30 PM
Award Ceremony
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Where is it happening?

The University of Manchester, Oxford Road, Manchester, United Kingdom

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