Career Academy Students visit MOD

As part of the Capital Experience Day, St Chad’s School, Runcorn and St John Fisher School, Dewsbury were able to visit MOD Headquarters in Whitehall. During their two hour visit the groups toured the building including the historical Henry VIII Wine Cellar, part of the old Palace of Whitehall and deep underneath the building. Over lunch students were talked to by  9 MOD staff who described their roles and careers to date which for some included tours of duty overseas in support of operations. A particular highlight of the visit was a visit to the group by Lord Astor, Under Secretary of State for Defence who sits in the House of Lords and he briefed the students on his role, the working of Parliament, and even brought the Ministerial Red Box for the students to hold.

Andy Gillman MBE – who runs the MOD Education Outreach Programme and has hosted students on the capital experience day for at least 5 years commented – it was a real pleasure to host the two student groups. For some if was their first time in London and to be able to let them meet a Defence Minister in a building opposite Downing street and just up from Parliament – locations they usually only ever see on TV, was a great treat. The students were really buzzing as they left MOD and walked the short distance to the Royal Festival Hall.

St Chad's Students Attend "Engineering Your Future Day"