STEM News

Rikers Island, one of the most notorious prisons in America, is to become a renewable energy hub.

It’s no secret that the engineering sector is experiencing a shortage of workers. In fact, research shows that the industry will need to train and employ around 200,000 people by 2024 to fill the gap.

A 12-year-old from Huddersfield has won the Institution of Engineering & Technology’s (IET) national ‘Backpack to the Future’ competition - ‘blowing away’ judges with a design that filters polluted air – helping the 8m people in the UK who suffer the often-crippling effects of asthma.

The world is facing a global skills shortage of epic proportions. It’s the most severe of the past 16 years. According to a recent survey published by workforce solutions provider ManpowerGroup, 75% of employers questioned reported difficulty filling roles. Hilit Bar-lev, VP HR of StoreDot – developers of extreme fast charging (XFC) battery technology for electric vehicles – further discusses.

Continuing its collaboration with local schools and colleges, members of Xaar visited St. Peter’s School, Huntingdon for its recent STEM day. Supported by the engineering organisation, the Smallpeice Trust, over 50 local Year 10 students attended, with the day held on 18th January deemed a great success.

The EPSRC UK Robotics and Autonomous Systems (UK-RAS) Network announces the launch of its 2023 competitions, inviting the UK’s primary schoolchildren to share their creative robot designs and imaginative stories with a panel of experts, for a chance to win some unique prizes.

The developers behind the BAFTA nominated phonics game, Teach Your Monster To Read have launched a brand-new game aiming to get kids excited about fruit and vegetables.

Teachers and students hear the term ‘21-century skills’ all the time, and computational thinking is quickly becoming a big part of the conversation.

IF 3D printing and associated digital manufacturing skills are the future then businesses and individuals are being given a golden chance to get ahead of the game - but they need to act now.

Minicoders is the first platform to offer video gaming experiences in the metaverse and educational content intended for children to have fun while also acquiring knowledge on the basics of computer programming.