Brighton Firm Paxton Opens Doors to Sussex Students

Paxton has welcomed students to their state-of-the-art technology centre to showcase what’s on offer from the 2019 Paxton Scholarship programme.

Over 140 enthusiastic students attended the scholarship open day, where they discussed Paxton’s latest products with the firm’s technology experts in engineering, research and product design.

The students enjoyed hands-on product demonstrations and discovered their potential career opportunities with the company.

Samson Mwita, student at University of Sussex, said: “I think it’s great that Paxton are offering students this opportunity and guidance with their studying. It seems like a fun exciting company to work for and hearing about the company’s journey directly from the CEO was really inspiring.”

Paxton, which designs and manufactures security systems, launched the Paxton Scholarship in 2017. They now offer students studying engineering and product design related courses, the opportunity to win one of four scholarship places each worth £10,000, plus a three-month paid work placement from July 2019.

As part of the scholarship, the will participate in current technology research projects at Paxton, that will form the final year project of their degree course.