Budding Brunels is a three day immersive employer-led course, aimed at engaging students in years 12 and 13 who are interested in finding out more about professional careers in the construction and built environment sector.

Already this term, we have partnered with TFL, Argent and Canary Wharf Contractors to give our Budding Brunels an insight into the industry and we are looking forward to partnering with Sir Robert McAlpine and Lendlease later this month.

The Budding Brunels course is interactive. As well as learning about the industry on-the-ground through live site tours,...

Samina is one of our Budding Brunels alumni and now works as an Assistant Site Manager for Galliard Homes.

Affectionately known as 'The Rotteweiler' onsite, Samina is currently the youngest and only female site manager out of a team of 7 site managers.

We caught up with her to see how her Budding Brunels experience had helped her get to where she is now and find out more about why she has decided to return to the Trust as one of our industry volunteers.

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There's no better way for young people to really understand and get to grips with an industry career than being able to try it on for size themselves.

Throughout the year we help place young people on work experience placements with our industry partners so they can explore the many different careers available in construction and the built environment. The placements typically last a week with an industry professional (or professionals!) mentoring our young people, inviting them into their daily work life and giving them first hand exposure to the complex and exciting world of...

Over the past two years we’ve been delighted to partner with Scape to work together to inspire young people about the incredible breadth of professional careers within construction and the built environment.

Thanks to Scape’s generosity we have been able to run 6 Budding Brunels courses, the last of which was hosted by Wates Group and focused on the Nottingham College new City Hub campus project. Budding Brunels offers an immersive insight into professional construction careers. Following an inspirational visit to the new Nottingham College City Hub site the students formed...

Last month, St James, part of the Berkeley Group, joined forces with Construction Youth Trust and Hammersmith & Fulham Council to deliver a three day ‘Budding Brunels’ career advice and guidance workshop at White City Living for two local schools: Hammersmith Academy and Fulham Enterprise Studios. White City Living is part of the £8 billion regeneration of the White City Opportunity Area.

Created by Construction Youth Trust, the Budding Brunels programme, funded by Hammersmith & Fulham Council, targets a diverse demographic of young people to help introduce them...

This month, the Trust was happy to hear from a recent Budding Brunels student, Aesha, who gave us the news that she has been accepted onto a Degree Apprenticeship in the field of Civil Engineering.

We first met Aesha last year, as she attended a Budding Brunels course we ran in conjunction with Network Rail. On the course, Aesha took part in a number of activities including a bridge building practical, a speed networking event with industry professionals, and a site visit to the Intercity Express Programme works site at Paddington Station.

Throughout the course, Aesha...

This month, the Trust partnered with the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea and Skanska to deliver another Budding Brunels course. The aim of this course was to inspire the Borough’s talented sixth formers to consider becoming tomorrow’s architects, engineers, surveyors, and project managers.

Over the three-day course, the 18 students from Chelsea Academy, Kensington Aldridge Academy, Kensington & Chelsea College, and Cardinal Vaughan Memorial were given insights in to the modern methods of construction and given a behind-the-scenes tour of the K1 project in...

Recently, a student named Maria* attended our Budding Brunels course in partnership with Canary Wharf Contractors. Following the course, she was offered a work placement at Aros Architects. Below you can read Maria's blog about how the experience helped her not only improve her employability skills but also build up her confidence:

"I first heard about Construction Youth Trust when they delivered an assembly at my school regarding the range of career opportunities available within the construction industry. I decided to attend their 3-day Budding Brunels workshop as I thought it...