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Panasonic Trust
Welcome to a very special edition
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of the Panasonic Trust News. This
year the Trust celebrates its 20th
anniversary. I doubt very few
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people realised on 2 November
1984 when HRH the Prince Philip,
Duke of Edinburgh accepted the
original deeds to the Trust, what it
would achieve, the diversity of
activities it undertakes or the
continuing importance of the work
it does 20 years on. Indeed there
were some who saw the Trust as a
short-term venture. However
through careful investment and the
deft judgement of the Trustees, the
Panasonic Trust has gone from
strength to strength and is
extremely proud of its track record
of supporting UK engineers with
their professional development and
its impact on the UK industrial
sector as a whole.
The work done by the Trust officialsis of course only half the story.
Without the support of ourcolleagues in academia andindustry, the Trust could not fulfil itsobjectives. We therefore thankeveryone who has contributed orbeen involved in our activities overthe last 20 years.
To celebrate our anniversary, anumber of new initiatives will beannounced throughout the year.
This will include a new scheme anda major addition to the prestigiousPanasonic Trust Fellowships. Fulldetails will be available from ourwebpage so don’t forget tobookmark it now.
Here’s to the next
20 years!
January 2004
THAT WAS THE YEAR THAT WAS!
rust News
So what has happened over the last 20 years? Here we
Nelson Mandela becomes the first black leader of South Africa take a look back at key milestones for the Trust with
some reminders of other events that were happening
at the same time.
HRH Prince Philip The Duke of Edinburgh receives the deeds to a £500,000 trust fund at the event to celebrate 10 years of successful manufacturing in the UK becomes the Trust’s 500th awardee.
by Matsushita UK Ltd. The fund becomes constituted as Daley Thompson, Seb Coe and Tessa Sanderson win 1985 The Trust supports its first student, Andrew Kitely,
to study a short course in Electronics Systems Design at the then Cranfield Institute of Technology. In total 12 engineers are supported by the Trust in its first year of 1997 The Trust fund is boosted during the year when a further
CD-ROMs make their first appearance in the UK donation of £500,000 is made by Panasonic UK Ltd and its Japanese A certain soap based in the East End of London airs its first episode parent company Matsushita Electric Industrial Company Ltd. The presentation is made in October at a banquet to celebrate the 25th Interest in the Panasonic Trust rises sharply as it supports 68 anniversary of Panasonic UK Ltd. Panasonic Trust News is published for engineers to study modules on the Open University Scientific and Diana, Princess of Wales, dies in a car accident in Paris The world’s worst nuclear disaster occurs in Northern Ukraine inthe little known town of Chernobyl.
Dolly the Sheep, the first cloned mammal, is born The phrase ‘Road Rage’ is coined for the first time Diego Maradona with the ‘hand of god’ scores a goal which knocks The Panasonic Trust Fellowships are launched to support the full-time study of Masters’ courses related to the environment and Part-time Masters courses make their first appearance amongst the Trust’s list of awardees’ courses of study. The manufacturing courses at Kingston and Hatfield Polytechnics are the most popular.
Posh and Becks become an item much to the delight of their A fire at London’s Kings Cross Underground Station kills 27 people Van Gogh’s ‘Sunflowers’ sells at Christie’s Auction House for £24m 18 year old Michael Owen becomes the youngest footballer to playfor England Michael Fish reassures the public during an evening weatherforecast that there is no risk of a hurricane hitting the country.
1999 The Sir Angus Paton Bursary, up till now a stand alone award of
Later that night across the South of England………………………….
The Royal Academy of Engineering, is awarded by the Panasonic Trust for the first time, thus adding water engineering to its growing At the five-year mark, the Trust has supported 256 engineers portfolio of engineering disciplines.
There is a total eclipse of the sun over Britain The Berlin Wall falls ending 28 years of division between East and West Satellite television network Sky is launched The Millennium Wheel becomes London’s newest landmark The Chinese Army turn on students protesting in Tiananmen Square 2000 The new millennium starts off well for the Trust with another
The Trust supports 77 engineers during the year, a number that first as all 65 engineers supported by the Panasonic Trust Awards scheme are financially co-sponsored by their employers.
Nelson Mandela is freed after 27 years in prison French and English tunnellers meet in the middle of the Channel Steve Redgrave sets a world record by winning a fifth consecutive endurance gold medal in consecutive Olympic Games Anti Poll Tax demonstrations end in rioting in The Queen Mother celebrates her 100th birthday 2001 Women engineers reign supreme by scooping four of the five
The Trust supports its first tranche of engineers on a part-time Panasonic Trust Fellowships awarded during the year.
modular Masters’ course by awarding £40,000 to eight engineers tostudy the course in Project Engineering at Lancaster University.
Bungee jumping becomes the ‘in thing’ Ellen MacArthur becomes the youngest person to sail aroundthe world The Church of England begins to ordain woman priests 1993 The success of the pilot programme at Lancaster University is
instrumental in the Trust changing its sponsorship policy. From now 2003 David Graham becomes the
on funds are directed at those wishing to study for part-time modular Masters’ courses at UK higher education institutions.
The EEC becomes the EU as the Maastricht Treaty comes into effect US Scientists successfully clone human embryos for the first time American John Bobbit achieves world notoriety after his wife 1994 The Trust reaches its 10th anniversary and publishes ‘The
Panasonic Trust – The First Ten Years’ in celebration. The total number TRUST CELEBRATES SUPPORTING ITS
1000TH ENGINEER
In June 2003 the Trust celebrated supporting its 1000th engineer to
study a part-time course through its Panasonic Trust awards scheme.
The engineer to achieve this unique honour was 32-year old
David Graham, who works for Timsons Ltd in Kettering.
David is currently developing his career as manufacturing
engineer by studying the Masters’ course in Advanced
Manufacturing Systems at Brunel University.
Many of those who had made significant contributionsto the work of the Trust over the years were present inthe audience to see Mr Cyril Wood, the ManagingDirector of Panasonic UK Ltd, present David with aPanasonic Trust bronze medal and cheque for £500.
Also honoured on this occasion was 2001 Panasonic Fellow Darren Furse, who was presented with his Fellowship certificate. Darren recently completed the MSc course in IT for Product Realisation at Cranfield David Graham receives his Panasonic Trust medal from Cyril Wood on achieving themilestone of supporting1000 engineers. VIP guests included Philip Hall and Frank Shaw (right) of theSir Henry Royce Memorial Foundation.’ Darren Furse is presented with his Fellowship certificate by CyrilWood with Robin Bond FREng, Chairman of Trustees (right). Robin Bond FREng, Chairman ofTrustees, responds, thanking everyonepresent for their support of and workwith the Trust Trustee Terry Lazenby FREng with Graeme Brock (centre) andJim Morris (right) of Gerrard Ltd.’ Robin Bond FREng withtwo of his predecessors:Dr Cecil French FREng(Chairman 1988-1991)(centre) and Mr JackEvans OBE JP FREng(Chairman 1991-1995)(right). January 2004
CONGRATULATIONS
To the following Trust awardees who have recently
completed part-time courses and successfully
graduated:
MSc in AdvancedManufacturing Systems from Microelectronics forIndustrialists from the Manufacturing from theUniversity of Bristol MSc in GeotechnicalEngineering Design & Manufacturing from theUniversity of Bristol MSc in TransportationEngineering from Napier Management from theUniversity of Strathclyde MSc in Computer AidedEngineering Design from the MSc in Automotive Designfrom Coventry University MSc in Radio FrequencyCommunications from theUniversity of Hull THE PANASONIC TRUST FELLOWSHIPS
These prestigious awards are currently tenable on the following full-time Masters’ courses:
Multimedia Technology at the University of Bath Renewable Energy & the Environment at the Manufacturing Systems Engineering at the Cranfield Manufacturing Masters’ Courses at Energy Systems & the Environment at the Environmental Sustainability at the University of Edinburgh Geotechnical Engineering at Heriot-Watt University Water & Environmental Engineering at the University of Surrey Environmental Diagnosis at Imperial College Corrosion Science & Engineering at UMIST Renewable Energy Systems Technology atLoughborough University Water & Environmental Management at the Virtual Manufacturing in Construction & Engineering at the DO YOU RUN A TECHNOLOGY UPDATING COURSE?
The Panasonic Trust is always keen to expand the number of courses it supports through its Panasonic Trust Awards scheme.
Suitable courses are part-time and should cover any aspect of new technology. Applicants need not be graduates but should
have a recognised qualification in engineering or a closely allied subject.
Contact us now for further information on funding opportunities.
APPLICATION INFORMATION
All enquiries about the Panasonic Trust and its activities should be made to:
Ian BowbrickThe Panasonic TrustThe Royal Academy of Engineering29 Great Peter Street, London SW1P 3LW Telephone: 020 7227 0500Fax: 020 7233 0054e-mail: [email protected]: www.raeng.org.uk/education/professional/panasonic

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