MEET the Foundation’s latest award winners and ask them the burning questions about life at university, what excites them about engineering and their career hopes.
 Andrew Messenger & Richard McCormack
REACT Foundation Bursary Award: 2 Awards of £3,145.00 September 2009
Andrew from Keswick School and Richard from Wyndham School in Egremont shared the Award in 2009. Both were awared £3,145.00.
Both are currently studying Mechanical Engineering at Durham University.
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(L to R) Andrew, Pete Woolaghan (chairman) & Richard
Year 11 Award Winners 2009
The charity made three Year 11 Awards to Catherine Anthony of Whitehaven School, Ryan Johnstone of Solway School (now studying at NelsonThomlinson) and Laura Hind of Keswick School.
Each student won £200.
picture (l to r) Catherine, Pete Woolaghan (Chairman of The REACT Foundation), Ryan, Sue Donnelly (Aimhigher Cumbria) and Laura Hind.
 James Walker
REACT Foundation Bursary Award: £1,000 September 2007
Currently at Manchester University studying Civil & Structural Engineering. The competition asked students to focus their presentation on Climate Change and how engineering could offer workable solutions.
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Martin Bell
REACT Foundation Bursary Award: £1,000
August, 2006
Currently at Manchester University studying Civil Engineering
The 200th anniversary of the birth of Isambard Kingdom Brunel who’s work included bridges, railways, ships and tunnels led the trustees to ask applicants to highlight a number of specific technical advances he brought to engineering and explain where his legacy may still impact upon engineering design and society today.
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Matthew Harrison
REACT Foundation Bursary Award: £1,000
August, 2005
Studied Mechanical Engineering at Manchester University
To coincide with Whitehaven’s Maritime Festival and the 200th anniversary of the Battle of Trafalgar, he was asked to explain the engineering involved in navigation and how this developed throughout history culminating in modern day navigation techniques and the engineering associated with these and also how this has influenced society and how it may develop in the future.
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Gareth Hunt
REACT Foundation Bursary Award: £1,000
August, 2004
Studied Engineering at Leeds University
Explained the engineering involved in sending a text message from one mobile telephone to another in another continent and the effect that mobile telephones have had upon society and how this may develop in the future.
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Tommy Hodgeson
REACT Foundation iPod Award
August, 2007
Formerly of Keswick School
Robert Hagan
REACT Foundation iPod Award
August, 2007
Formerly of St Benedicts School
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Matthew McGarry
REACT Foundation iPod Award
August, 2006
Formerly of St Benedicts School
Awarded an iPod by The REACT Foundation when he reached the final of the national competition - Young Apprentice of the Year. Matthew went on to win the
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