Harriett Baldwin MP meets QinetiQ grads
Above: Harriett Baldwin, MP for West Worcestershire, meets group of QinetiQ graduates at Malvern.
The graduates, who come from universities from across the country, have a wide variety of degrees in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths) subjects such as Physics, Electronic Engineering and Maths, as well as Business Management. They are working at QinetiQ’s Malvern site where the company’s C4ISR (Command, Control, Communications, Computers, Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance), Safety and Acquisition Services and Security businesses are based. All of the graduates are strongly encouraged to become QinetiQ STEM ambassadors to work closely with local schools in their areas to inspire the next generation of scientists and engineers.
QinetiQ’s dedication to its graduates is reflected in its leading role in the creation of The 5% Club where members are committed to making 5% of their workforce be either apprentices, graduates or sponsored students on a formal programme. All members also commit to publicly recording via their annual reports their current levels.
Harriett commented: "It is great to see so many young people choosing to follow careers in science and engineering and even better to see such impressive young people moving to Malvern. The QinetiQ site has been home to some of the most brilliant brains of the last century. I was pleased to meet the next generation of brilliant brains for Malvern. I would like to congratulate QinetiQ on its work to encourage students into science and engineering careers and also on its campaign to support the national apprenticeship drive with its 5% Club.”
Jeremy Ward, MD for C4ISR at QinetiQ, added; “We were delighted to welcome Harriett Baldwin to Malvern and particularly pleased she was able to meet some of our talented graduates at the start of National Science and Engineering Week. We are very proud of our young employees at QinetiQ and our graduates in Malvern are really helping to contribute to the town’s reputation as a leading UK hub in Cyber. QinetiQ is committed to helping our younger employees become the future leaders of tomorrow as they are ‘people who know how’ with the right skills to succeed.”
