Students recognised for their contributions to Jaguar Land Rover’s sustainability journey
Vehicle manufacturing giant Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) has praised three students from WMG Coventry Academy for taking part in a recently launched sustainability initiative.
The students - Jignesh Bosamia, Nelly Rejek, and Lauren Taylor – has helped JLR by creating, recording their voices, and being filmed for a sustainability-focused company initiative.
JLR’s senior sustainability team attended the academy along with Kate Ambrosi, CEO of Baker Dearing Educational Trust to congratulate the students.
During their visit, the sustainability team toured the academy's state-of-the-art engineering hall and teaching facilities.
The highlight of the visit was a special assembly where the students showcased the video they created with the team from JLR.
This was followed by a Q&A session with aspiring young engineering students, giving the students the opportunity to learn from the team's wealth of knowledge and experience.
Alison Nuttall, JLR senior sustainability manager, who spent over a decade in product engineering before setting up JLR’s sustainability operations team, said: “The world of tomorrow will be shaped by the generation in school today and so it is vital that organisations listen to the experiences and views of young people, and act in the interests of their futures.
“The students at WMG helped us to explain that idea to our colleagues at JLR and we are grateful for that input.
“As a large enterprise in the West Midlands, JLR is committed to supporting the young people in our communities to reach their potential, so that they can meaningfully contribute to building a more sustainable future.”
Kate Ambrosi said: “It was fantastic to visit WMG Coventry and see the inspiring work that is being done by the UTC and the sustainability teams at JLR.
“Nelly, Jignesh and Lauren ought to be extremely proud of their work on that video.
“It perfectly demonstrates how UTC students and alumni can help further organisational goals, such as the net zero transition.
“This sort of partnership, between a UTC delivering high quality technical education and a highly-engaged and sector-leading employer such as JLR, is what the UTC programme's success is built on.”
WMG Academy for Young Engineers Multi Academy Trust was formed in March 2015.
The Trust is committed to providing a better way of learning for the engineers of the future with the aim of encouraging young people to study science, technology, engineering and maths.
