Racecar Engineering

Engineering is cool

This year has been tough on everyone. The Covid pandemic has caused chaos across the world, but I find myself particularly annoyed by what some of the recent decisions made here in the UK mean for the generation that, in five to 10 years, will be a part of the workforce trying to fix the mistakes my generation and those before have made.

To fix those mistakes, they need a good step into their careers, which for many start with their GCSE, A Level and Highers grades, and the results fiasco over the past couple of weeks in the UK is not the start these

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