Omani
students studying at the University of Central Lancashire (UCLan) yesterday
attended an Insight Day at BAE Systems’ Military Air facility at Warton in the
North West of England.
Insight
Days are a unique opportunity for students to visit BAE Systems to explore and
learn how international organisations operate, in order to broaden their
commercial understanding.
The
twelve students, who are studying Engineering, Computing, Business and Law at
UCLan, were given the opportunity to spend the day with senior executives from
BAE Systems to explore the world of work, whilst learning about the company and
its history in Oman.
Focused
talks from BAE Systems’ executives on engineering, law and aircrew equipment
were accompanied by visits to the Eurofighter Typhoon final assembly line and
the simulator.
Sir
Simon Bryant KCB, CBE, Vice President (Oman), BAE Systems, commented: “We are
delighted to have hosted the Omani students at Warton, the home of Eurofighter Typhoon. We were keen to give them an insight into the
way we work but, more importantly, relate it back to their learning.
“BAE
Systems relationship with Oman goes back many years and with both Hawk and Eurofighter
Typhoon coming into service in Oman before the end of the decade, we look
forward to strengthening our ties even further, providing both education and
training for young Omanis to support that programme.”
Shadhan
Hamood Ali Al-Rashdi, studying Mechanical Engineering, was delighted with the
visit: “The Insight Day at BAE Systems gave us an excellent opportunity to
learn more about how an organisation works, particularly from an engineering
and legal point of view, both of which are studied by my colleagues and
me. As an engineering student, I found the
assembly line for Eurofighter Typhoon, which will be in Oman in the not too
distant future, particularly was extremely interesting and we were amazed to
think those aircraft will fly across the jebels of Oman.”
In
December 2012 Oman purchased 12 Typhoon and eight Hawk Advanced Jet Trainers
from BAE Systems. The first Hawk
aircraft will be delivered to Oman in 2017.
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