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Xinabox has launched IoT and SD card based data logging capabilities to a community of over 4 million learners on the BBC micro:bit. Heavily utilised in STEM and natural science programmes across primary, secondary and third level educational institutions. Xinabox’s interface brings the functionality to connect micro:bit via Wi-Fi for IoT applications, sensor data gathering and cloud control of devices. ...

Imagination Technologies has announced an update to its course on mobile graphics for undergraduate teaching as part of its university programme. EW reporter Alex McCarthy spoke with Robert Owen, director of Imagination’s worldwide university programme and Darren McKie, lecturer and fellow of the higher education academy, department of computer science and technology at the University of Hull, who helped develop ...

A joint promotion between Raspberry Pi’s Code Club programme and Aardman Animations challenged primary school students across the globe to show off their coding skills with an animation based on the Shaun the Sheep films. The contest was open for seven weeks and any registered Code Club was eligible to enter. It closed with 683 entries from 35 countries, and ...

Engineers Without Borders UK has launched the 2020 cycle of the Engineering for People design challenge, in partnership with the organisation’s South Africa and USA chapters. The competition calls on first and second-year university students to consider the social, economic and environmental impact of their engineering and tasks them to propose a solution that could be applied to a “real-life ...

Climate change will be the biggest challenge facing the engineers of tomorrow, according to recipients of the Arkwright Engineering Scholarship surveyed at a recent ceremony. Nearly half of the teenagers, who are taking their first steps in an engineering career, think climate change is the biggest challenge facing UK scientists and engineers over the next five years. The poll was ...

Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) has announced that its digital skills programme, IT Futures, has engaged 570,000 students, across the UK, registering a sharp increase in participation by young girls. TCS’ IT Futures Programme focuses on young people in schools, colleges and universities, as well as their influencers – teachers, parents, and peers. It’s administered by 200 volunteers from TCS, with ...

Job site Monster and Stemettes are touring an event called Monster Confidence which aims to show the next generation “girls do STEM too,” and give them the tools and confidence needed to secure a job. Since launching the events in 2016, over 2,000 young women have attended to receive encouragement and guidance from industry experts on how to pursue careers ...

After launching its gender balance in computing (GBIC) programme this April and running trials within a small group of schools around England, Raspberry Pi has announced it’s opening general recruitment for the project. This means that all primary and secondary schools in England can take part in upcoming trials for the programme. Young women are severely underrepresented in STEM subjects ...

Axiom Manufacturing Services has donated over £5000 worth of technology kits to primary schools in South Wales to launch its Education through Industry initiative. The manufacturer has provided seven schools with Kitronik inventor’s kits, a set of resources for the BBC micro:bit enabling students to carry out 10 experiments with LEDs, motors, LDRs and capacitors. The kit is designed to ...

Two apprentices at AWS Electronics Group, Holly Platt and Connor Ecclestone, have recently received excellent academic results. Holly was awarded a distinction in her BTEC level 3 diploma in advanced manufacturing engineering (development technical knowledge). In the 11 units she undertook, Holly received nine distinctions, one merit and one pass. Her results come at the end of the third year ...