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Team from McLaren hope to encourage budding engineers

Event planned to coincide with National Apprenticeship Week

A team from supercar manufacturer McLaren are to visit University College Isle of Man this evening (5 February).

They'll be delivering a talk to young people about engineering careers in the automotive industry.

Robert Yates, Ella Podmore MBE and Beth Elliot will be visiting UCM tonight from 5:30pm, to coincide with National Apprenticeship Week.

The team will be accompanied by a McLaren Artura which will be available to walkaround, as well as the opportunity to meet with local industry experts. 

The Artura is McLaren’s first-ever series-production High-Performance Hybrid supercar. 

Anyone aged 14+ who is currently in education has the opportunity to attend the event.

There is a limit of 40 free tickets for this event, on a first-come-first basis.

To register for the event visit: www.ucm.ac.im/mclaren

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