Education

The University of Portsmouth and the John Egging Trust have devised and delivered three STEM-based activity days on campus with three local schools, as part of the trust’s Blue Skies Programme. Taking inspiration from the Joint Universities Programme for In-Orbit Training, Education and Research, a total of 45 young people from the schools were tasked with designing a model … [Read more...] about Overcoming learning barriers as pupils take on space rocket design mission

Research by EngineeringUK and the Royal Society, published during National Careers Week (3–8 March), has found that young people with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) have a higher interest in technology careers than non-SEND pupils. The new analysis comes from the Science Education Tracker, a survey of 7,200 young people in years 7–13 of their experiences … [Read more...] about New research highlights higher interest in tech careers among SEND students

Nearly 2,000 pupils will have the opportunity to get a taste of vocational learning thanks to the expansion of the STEM Engagement Fund in the Black Country and Birmingham. The new financial backing is the brainchild of Michael Orlik and his sons, Anthony and Phillip, who have gifted £25,000 to the Training Manufacturing Group (TMG)’s charitable fund in memory of their wife … [Read more...] about Donation set to inspire more than 2,000 pupils to consider a career in STEM

A researcher at Delft University of Technology in the Netherlands has created an app aimed at making computational design more accessible to students through the use of augmented reality (AR). Wearing an AR headset, associate professor Alejandro M Aragón demonstrates how simple and intuitive the app is to use. With a few simple hand gestures, the design of a bridge appears … [Read more...] about A new dimension to design education with augmented reality

Registration has opened for the Institution of Mechanical Engineers’ Apprentice Automation Challenge 2025. Organised by the institution’s Manufacturing Industries Division’s Young Members Committee, this annual engineering competition tasks teams of up to eight apprentices to design and manufacture a device to automate an everyday product. This could be a smart mirror, a … [Read more...] about Registration opens for Apprentice Automation Challenge 2025