OAS apprentices engineer solutions to meet the Emma Wiggs Challenge

Posted on 13 Jun 2023 by The Manufacturer

Design concepts to help people with disabilities, developed by apprentices at leading engineering training centre Oxfordshire Advanced Skills, have been revealed at the final of the Emma Wiggs Challenge.

Double paralympic champion Emma Wiggs MBE, who launched the competition earlier this year, was one of the judges who assessed the entries which aimed to show how design engineering can be used to improve life for people with disabilities. Since a mystery virus impaired mobility in her legs at age 18, Emma has dedicated herself…

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