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Adam Ward

School Of Thought are proud to announce the appointment of its newest Junior Ambassador – Adam Ward.

Adam is aged 14 (year 10), currently studying his GCSEs at Silverstone UTC (University Technical College) located within the famous F1 race circuit in Northamptonshire. Adam has a passion for cars and is the son of RWC Training Centre MD – Rob Ward, also an Ambassador for School Of Thought. Adam is delighted to be asked to join the initiative as a Junior Ambassador. Adam said “Combined with my school work at Silverstone, and the encouragement and knowledge I can gain through School Of Thought, I can see there are lots of opportunities in automotive for people like me, so thank you for supporting me”. As well as GCSE Maths, English and Science, Adam is also studying Motor Sport Engineering and B-Tech Sport at the career-focused Silverstone school.

Adam has recently secured a work experience placement with Pennings Accident Repair Centre, plus he has been fortunate to secure some on-the-ground work experience days with a Praga Cup racing team this year, when Adam will work alongside the race mechanics in the pit lane and also be part of the motorsport marketing team with their race day photo shoots, videos and social media activity. As we welcome and encourage our newest School of Thought Junior Ambassador, you can now track Adam’s progress, career centred activities and milestone achievements with interest via our SOT social media posts and live events.

Founders of School of Thought, Dave Reece and Julie Eley added “ We are delighted to have Adam join Chloe Harris on our Junior Ambassador Programme, following their journey is going to be inspirational for other young students who are starting to look for their career opportunities, and will keep automotive on the agenda”. “We will be checking in with Adam and Chloe and keeping everyone up to date with their progress”. “Adam is at the very beginning of what is set to be an exciting and fulfilled career in our industry, and thanks to School of Thought, we can collectively encourage more young people to get inspired by a rewarding and exciting future in automotive”

Contact us today for information on how School of Thought can support your careers events and make sure your students are made aware of the career opportunities in the Automotive Industry dave@ready4work.uk julie@ready4work.uk

www.schoolofthought.info

School of Thought, our directors and ambassadors supported this first event of its kind showing the industry that we are the leading National organisation promoting career opportunities to young people. This event brought together automotive sector employers, industry experts, training, schools and automotive colleges together with the aim of maximising employment opportunities for students who have completed their studies but also to connect the automotive industry with education and form working relationships for the future. The Talent Recharge 2022: • Enhanced the understanding of the challenges facing the automotive sector. •

Ensured we can influence students and young people to have the skill sets and knowledge to contribute to the industry’s future

• Demonstrated current and expected automotive technology and software trends that will support future investment decisions to improve your learning environment

Highlighted the rapid pace of change in the industry

Highlighted the options available to increase the number of newly qualified automotive college leavers transferring into permanent automotive employment. Any Schools or Colleges who are organising careers events or would like someone from the industry to talk to their students just contact us through www.schoolofthought.info or email dave@ready4work.uk or Julie@ready4work.uk and we will bring automotive to you.