Paul Lynch is our new Installations Manager!  In honour of Paul’s appointment, we asked him to share his career journey:  “From a young age, I was always mechanically, and practically, minded; building things, fixing bikes and cars with friends etc so a life in engineering was always to be. After leaving school I started at […]

2020 has been the year of change. Every business up and down the country, in fact, every business around the world has felt the effects of this year and Don Valley is no different.  As a company, we’ve had to adapt to the needs of a pandemic whilst simultaneously continuing to grow as a business. […]

“Girls aged between 11 and 19 were more likely than boys to say that engineering was “dirty, greasy or messy” and were more likely than boys to report low levels of self-efficacy in the subject than boys, according to EngineeringUK’s Engineering Brand Monitor.4.57” From an early age, girls are often discouraged from engineering. Gender stereotypes […]

Ada Lovelace. Hedy Lamarr. Katharine Burr Blodgett.  The likelihood that you have heard of these women may be quite slim and yet they have had a direct impact on most of our lives. Each of them has contributed to the development of modern technology, whether that be through their ideas or inventions. Lovelace Ada Lovelace, […]