Panasonic Trust

“The trust seeks to encourage the updating and retraining of qualified engineers, particularly in new engineering developments and new technologies. It does this by making grants to assist with the fees for the study of suitable courses at higher education institutions.”

The normal level of grant made by the Trust is 50% of the course fees. Whilst the IGDS in Process Automation is approved by the Trust as being a suitable course, there is no guarantee that any application to the Trust will be approved.

Anybody who is admitted to the MSc or Diploma will satisfy the academic requirements of the Trust. In addition, applicants must:

• be a UK citizen,
• have membership, at any grade, of an engineering institution, and
• be working at the professional level in engineering and have had several years experience at this level.

Employers are expected to support an application in writing, and to contribute to the funding of the course. Applicants should liaise with the Director of the IGDS who will be required by the Trust to confirm their suitability.

Further information is available from:

The Panasonic Trust
The Royal Academy of Engineering,
3 Carlton House Terrace,
London, SW1Y 5DG
Phone: 0207 766 0600
Fax: 0207 930 1549
Email: ian.bowbrick@raeng.co.uk
Web: http://www.raeng.org.uk/