Helping the next generation achieve their full potential doesn’t just take commitment from their parents or carers, or from professionals like teachers. It takes, as the saying goes, a village. In Derby, nuclear engineer Katie Jarman has assembled the equivalent of a village full of volunteer maths tutors, all recruited from her employer Rolls-Royce, to help local school children achieve their academic and career goals.

Working with local schools, Katie and more than a hundred Rolls-Royce volunteers dedicate an hour a week of their time, over six weeks, to support and encourage children as they prepare for their maths GCSEs. These end-of-school exams can be vital to progressing on to further and higher education, and to careers in engineering and elsewhere.

In this episode, part of our series on Engineering Matters Awards Gold Champions, Katie tells us how she set the programme up, and why it is helping Rolls-Royce strengthen its business. As she explains, this is a programme that is ready for emulation by engineering businesses around the world. 

Guest

Katie Jarman, assistant chief engineer, Rolls-Royce Novel Nuclear