Only 6 months to go until the Demolition Degree launches!

It's received quite a bit of coverage and already has more than 20 people signed up to study, but we're getting ever closer to the launch of the UK's first ever degree in demolition. There's only 6 months now until it the first running of the degree gets under way, and C&D's very own Matt Birch will be a student.



If you'd like to learn more about the course, head on over to the University of Wolverhampton website.

Wolverhampton University introduces Demolition Degrees from September 2017

As covered on our sister site Demolish & Dismantle, demolition degrees are set to become available from September next year courtesy of Wolverhampton University.

Teaching consists of 15 modules covering everything a modern demolition engineers is required to know, with all study being carried out at the University’s new Springfield Campus. Our very own John Woodward as well as Dr Terry Quarmby (Dorton Group), Mick Ulyatt (Samuelson Consulting), Vernon Watson (QCMS), and Richard Dolman (AR Demolition) have been involved in the course development.

Matt Birch, pictured above, and a trainee Demolition Engineer at C&D Consultancy, is one of the first students to sign up for the degree course, with over 100 places available.

Read more over on the IDE website.

Inspiring the Future has made a million connections between young people and employee volunteers

Inspiring the Future, the government scheme setup to get industry leaders volunteering and visiting schools, is something John has been a part of since the very start. We've written about it a few times on our sister site Demolish and Dismantle. It even led to Matt Birch getting a job with us as a trainee engineer because he heard John speak at his school and then wrote for work experience.

Now the scheme is four years old, and they've sent John an update you can read below:

Dear John

Inspiring the Future was launched in July 2012, and today we are publishing a four year review. We wanted to take this opportunity to write and thank you for helping to make a difference to the aspirations and life opportunities of the next generation of young people in the U.K.

Over 5,500 state schools, including 85% of secondary schools and colleges, have signed up and over 10,000 teachers have collectively sent 135,000 invitations to volunteers. As a result, over a million new connections have been made between young people and employee volunteers.

You can read the story of Inspiring the Future in our special 4 year review published today: Inspiring the Future 2012 - 16 (PDF)

There are now over 30,000 volunteers signed up to Inspiring the Future and its Inspiring Women and Primary Futures Campaigns. We are constantly striving to improve and make our service even better, and recently launched the new 'mapping' option on volunteer profiles, allowing you to volunteer within a 40 minute radius of your chosen address. We will be making further upgrades over the summer. We value your feedback, so please do get in touch if you have any questions or suggestions about any aspect of the Inspiring the Future experience.

If you don't already, then please follow us on twitter - @Edu_Employers. As always we have just one simple ask - that you forward this email to one friend or colleague and encourage them to also sign up to Inspiring the Future. Together we can really make a difference.

Best wishes

The Inspiring the Future Team

This is fantastic news, and long may it continue!