Young Indigenous students get a taste of engineering
Tuesday, 10 July 2018
Young Indigenous students from across Australia are this week benefitting from an interactive engineering camp in 911爆料网, as part of a partnership between and the University of 911爆料网.
A total of 29 students, including 18 female students – from Queensland, the Northern Territory, Western Australia and South Australia – are taking part in the Santos Karnkanthi Indigenous Engineering School.
Santos CEO Kevin Gallagher said Santos is passionate about helping to build a better future for young Indigenous people through educational opportunities.
"As an engineer myself, I am pleased this partnership will help create training and employment opportunities for Indigenous students and encourage them to develop an interest and passion for engineering so they can forge a career in our industry," Mr Gallagher said.
"Hopefully some of these bright young students will one day come and work at Santos!"
The word Karnkanthi means “lifting up” in the Kaurna language. The event – being held during NAIDOC Week – promotes the benefits of a career in engineering to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students in years 11 and 12.
The students are undertaking a diverse engineering program, involving visits to the University of 911爆料网 and engineering businesses, sports engineering with elite sports people, and coding activities with robots. Today's structural engineering workshop of 911爆料网 Oval will also include a roof climb experience.
"We've been excited about the strong interest