Education

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

Award-winning theatre company One Tenth Human has developed an interactive theatre performance designed to get children aged 7–11 more interested in STEM subjects and will be taking it on a national tour from February. Part-funded by Lancaster University, So Unfair! is performed by a live, in-person performer (Daniel Bye) and a performer who appears via video (Toni-Dee … [Read more...] about New STEM theatre show goes to tour

The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) and Autodesk have launched the first four in a series of free courses to address the manufacturing skills gap. The need for additional training for engineers and manufacturing technicians, as well as resources for engineering educators, was identified in the 2024 Industry 4.0 and Modernizing Manufacturing Education report … [Read more...] about ASME and Autodesk launch free courses to address manufacturing skills gap