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24/11/2009
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The team behind The Bloodhound Project, the land speed record attempt to build a 1000mph car, has announced that 10% of all schools in England have signed up to the Bloodhound Education Programme.
 The programme, designed to inspire young people to pursue careers in science, technology, design engineering and mathematics, has been described as attaining a 'mini Apollo effect'. In just one year, over 2,410 primary and secondary schools, along with 176 further education colleges and 33 universities are now using the Bloodhound Education resources in their lessons.
An independent study by the National Foundation for Education Research (NFER) concluded that the programme provides a genuine 'hook' to get children interested in engineering and science.
According to NFER, the University of the West of England and Swansea University, both project sponsors, have seen increases in student applications for their undergraduate engineering and computing courses of 37% and 32% respectively.
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Chris Shaw
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