If he wants to be an aeronautical engineer, another thing for him to look at is sponsorship by one of the big engineering companies. This is what I did, a few years later, and growing up in Luton, not that far from St Albans. Look at British Aerospace (as it was then), and the site in Stevenage that designed and made missiles (they sponsored me), or the one in Hatfield that made aircraft. I got employment/apprenticeship for a year, then three years of college with a job over the long vac, and a bursary each term, then a job at the end. Rolls Royce would be another place to look at, but that isn't local.
I'd agree that Imperial College would be the obvious place to apply - excellent place for engineering, and local for him. Accommodation in any London uni at the time was such that he might well end up commuting from his parents house for at least one year. I know if I'd ended up at Imperial, I'd have had accommodation provided for the first year simply because of being female, but no more than that - other less privileged students would be offered a space on a common room floor to put a sleeping bag.
Rolls Royce would be another place to look at, but that isn't local.
I'd agree that Imperial College would be the obvious place to apply - excellent place for engineering, and local for him. Accommodation in any London uni at the time was such that he might well end up commuting from his parents house for at least one year. I know if I'd ended up at Imperial, I'd have had accommodation provided for the first year simply because of being female, but no more than that - other less privileged students would be offered a space on a common room floor to put a sleeping bag.
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