Annual Fourpartite Technology Project
Now in its nineteenth year!
Countries taking part
Background
In 1984 the three counties of Hertfordshire, Burgundy and Rhineland
Palatinate agreed to take part in an annual technology project. The
projects have been run annually since then in turn amongst the participating
countries. Denmark joined the project in 1994 and the, by then famous,
Tripartite Technology Project became then Fourpartite Technology
Project.
The 48 students (12 from each country) taking part in the project
are aged from 17 to 20 depending on the educational system of their
country. In each project the students work on one of 12 different
problems that have included Computer Science, Electronics, Automation
and many
other engineering disciplines. Students taking part in this project
are expected to have a good working knowledge of Physics, Mathematics
and/or Design & Technology plus a working knowledge of one
other language. Working in nationally mixed groups (one from each
of the
four countries) they are expected to develop and realise a solution
to the problem they have been set.
On the final day of the project the results of the students work are
presented to an invited group of experts from both education and industry.
Come back soon to find out more...
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