North West Aerospace Alliance honours Lancashire apprentices

The ceremony, held at the prestigious Imperial War Museum North, Manchester, saw apprentices, employers, training provider’s and mentors from across the North West Aerospace industry battling the elements to hear speeches from the 2015 winner of the Best North West Aerospace & Defence Apprentice award Aiva MeIngaile, Safran Nacelles and Dr Priyanka Dhopade, senior research associate at the Oxford Thermofluids Institute and recently chosen by the Women’s Engineering Society as one of 2017’s Top 50 Women in Engineering under 35.

Salima Bana from BAE Systems carried off the “One to Watch” trophy, while Themis, Burnley College scooped the Employer & Training Provider prize.

11 teams of young people from North West universities, colleges and aerospace businesses competed for the title at Burnley College in January. During the ceremony Safran Nacelles were revealed as the winning team and presented with £1,500 prize money by Royal Aeronautical Society and a trophy sponsored by Wincanton.