Privileged to be be the Master of Ceremonies this evening at the House of Lords – celebrating all the ~3200 engineers that have benefitted from Sir Joseph Whitworth’s great legacy.
This is the day that 70 Whitworth Scholars will convene in the capital for our dinner at the House of Lords this evening, co-hosted by Whitworth Society president Kevin U. and vice president Rachael Hoyle. hashtag#WhSch
The dinner will commemorate visionary engineer Sir Joseph Whitworth, who wrote to then prime minister Benjamin Disraeli on 18th March 1868 which, along with his generous bursary, founded the hashtag#WhitworthScholarships that have supported the development of around 3200 engineers since then.
To learn more about how Whitworth Scholarships can provide substantial financial support and mentoring to undergraduate and postgraduate engineering students of all disciplines please visit:
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