Bradford Manufacturing Weeks (BMW) 2024

Bradford Manufacturing Weeks wants you and your students!

Britain is the 8^th largest manufacturing country in the world. Did you fly during the summer? If so, the aircraft you flew on will most likely have had wing components made by Produmax in Shipley. If you or your loved ones have a visited a hospital recently, there's a good chance that Mansfield Pollard in Bowling (BD4) will have been involved in monitoring and delivering the air quality within the hospital. TF Automation (BD2) supply components that will be in the car you drive and if you've recently collected or had a package delivered then Solenis in Low Moor will have supplied chemicals to manufacture that package.

Bradford Manufacturing Weeks (BMW) enables your students to explore and understand the modern world of manufacturing through site tours of global-leading, Bradford-based companies. For a full list of the site tours, panel events and other workshop activities available, visit the BMW Events page and/or open the attached documents.

A few highlights:

Teachers Encounter Experience at Produmax on Monday 25^th November: A one-day immersive experience at aero- space engineering company, Produmax. This fully funded CPD is designed specifically for teachers of engineering, maths, design technology, art, graphic design, computer science, and science and career leads. BOOK HERE. 

Young Women in Manufacturing at Mansfield Pollard on Thursday 17^th October (AM & PM sessions): 2 x ½ day sessions to inspire young women about career pathways in manufacturing. Louise Frankland (CEO) and Kam Dhillon (HR Manager) from Mansfield will lead this event with support from their teams. BOOK HERE.

Site Tours of TF Automation (BD2 1QN): TF Automation (7, 8, 9 &10 October) support a diverse range of manufacturing industries from automative, aerospace and defence to medical, printing and packaging and specialise in bespoke machine solutions. 

For a full list of the events and site tours available, visit the BMW Events page and/or open the attached documents.

BMW events and tours will help you meet the following Gatsby Benchmarks:

• 2. Learning from career and labour market information
• 4. Linking curriculum learning to careers
• 5. Encounters with employers and employees
• 6. Experiences of workplaces
• 7. Encounters with further and higher education

Please reach out with any questions directly to Andrew: andrew.gray@Bradford.gov.uk or M: 07977 814334