16 Students had the wonderful opportunity to visit Shure Ltd at their Head Office in London. After meeting at Chelmsford train station, students were tasked with purchasing their own tickets and working out which platform we needed to depart from.

A short Journey later we arrived at London Liverpool street and then made our way on foot to Monument and the Shure Ltd Head Office. 

Matt Boddy, Engineer Senior Development & Training, and his colleagues gave us a very warm welcome and ensured we were settled in nicely.

The morning session focused on a history of the company the mechanics of sound. Students explored and investigated concepts such as amplitude, frequency, wavelength and how a microphone actually works.

Peter James, VP Global Business Development, delivered an inspiring careers presentation that really captured the interest and imagination of our students. Not only was the presentation engaging but it also offered some sage words of wisdom that I hope our students will remember for the rest of their lives.

After a pause for lunch, students were led through a session on radio waves and microwaves, including how these are used in audio visual equipment.

To finish up the day students were taken on a tour of the premises and had the opportunity to speak to other colleagues as they were working, seeing the workplace in real life was an extremely rare opportunity so we are extremely privileged to have been extended this chance.

A special thank you to Peter James for the inspiring careers presentation and to Matt Boddy for another exciting and engaging day at Shure Ltd. The experience will add great value when our students connect the what they learn in the classroom to the real world contexts.

We will look forwards to the next opportunity and continuing to build relationships with industry leaders for our STEM curriculum at Great Baddow High School.

Mr Davis & Mr Herbert