His Royal Highness Prince Andrew, Duke of York, attended the 2012 Engineering and Technology Careers Fair, opening the event that had been organised by ECS-Electronics and Computer Science for the Faculty of Physical and Applied Sciences at the University of Southampton.
The Duke of York then proceeded to take a full tour of the fair, speaking with a range of the companies who were present to discover how they worked with ECS and the university. Specifically he was interested to find out what skills they looked for in graduates applying for IT jobs after leaving university.
He was also particularly keen to try out a number of the technologies on display, which included a flight simulation display.
He commented “It is a great pleasure to join you at the University of Southampton, which is globally renowned and a university of which the United Kingdom is extremely proud.
“The fact that the Careers Fair has grown to the size it is today – and is actually bursting at the seams – is a sign of how important this University is and how keen businesses are to come here and attract students to work for them.”