STEM News
Celebrating engineering icons with a new themed tube map
In honour of National Engineering Day, Transport for London (TFL) has teamed up with the Royal Academy of Engineering to introduce a specially themed tube map that places the spotlight on the illustrious achievements of renowned engineering icons.
Amazon awards over £1M to women to increase diversity in STEM
On National Engineering Day, Amazon announces the expansion of its Amazon Future Engineer Bursary Programme, providing financial support to 30 women from low-income households studying engineering and computer science degrees in the UK.
New support for teachers powered by artificial intelligence
Every teacher in England is set to benefit from new resources powered by artificial intelligence (AI), supporting them to plan lessons and build classroom quizzes, and helping to reduce workloads.
Pope Francis encourages more children to code
A global project spearheaded by Polish tech entrepreneur, Miron Mironiuk, has recently received the endorsement of Pope Francis.
Metro Bank creates Tech Academy for Junior Whizz Kids
Primary school children aged between 8—11 have been recruited from the most deprived parts of London to take part in Tech Zone – a series of tech workshops created and organised by community bank, Metro Bank.
DigiKey to feature sought-after products at Maker Faire Rome 2023
DigiKey will be demonstrating exciting, new products in the maker and educational spaces in its booth, #A15 in Pavilion 3, at Maker Faire Rome, October 20-22, 2023.
RFID-enabled ‘smart’ pebbles track climate change impacts
Primary and second-level students are placing 300 specially adapted RFID-enabled pebbles at Killiney Beach (Dublin) and Raghly Beach (Sligo) in a project to track coastal erosion.
Royal Academy of Engineering teams up with Deborah Meaden
The public is being asked to release their ‘inner engineer’ by submitting ideas and creations that aim to make daily life more sustainable in the ‘Everyday Engineering’ competition.
Celebrating the achievements of women in technology
The annual Bupa everywoman in Technology Awards, celebrating the most inspirational women working in STEM, has extended its nomination deadline.
IET young women engineers set to inspire more girls to join the industry
To celebrate Ada Lovelace Day, six young women engineers have been announced as finalists for the Institution of Engineering and Technology’s (IET) Young Woman Engineer of the Year Awards 2023.