The latest electronics news related to STEM education in all its forms.
The third annual #BeMedigitalinclusion Sustainable Tech Careers event will take place in London on 10 October. Organised by Academy Achievers, the event is designed to encourage young women and girls to pursue technology-based careers. This year, there will be the first #BeMe Introductory AI Chip & Semiconductor course. “You can’t meet national growth and productivity targets without fully engaging young ...
The New Model Institute for Technology and Engineering (NMITE) is partnering with Octopus Energy to fund a new bursary for aspiring women engineers. The Octopus Energy Bursary aims to provide more opportunities for women in engineering education. They are currently under-represented in the field, amid a shortage of engineers. Financial barriers “We believe the next generation of innovators will play ...
The UK Electronics Skills Foundation (UKESF) has been honoured with the prestigious Princess Royal Training Award 2025, for its Scholarship Scheme to build the UK electronics industry. Princess Royal Training Award “To be honoured for a second time with a Princess Royal Training Award is amazing,” said Stewart Edmondson, CEO of the non-profit organisation (right). “It is wonderful recognition ...
Arduino has created a Renesas RA4M1 microcontroller board in its Nano form-factor. Called Nano R4, it follows the Uno R4, the first Arduino to use the RA4M1. “Whether you’re working on a connected device, a smart home application, or a space-constrained automation solution, the Nano R4 is designed to fit right in,” according to the company. “Nano R4 without headers ...
Student engineers from the University of Bath have won the 2025 UAS Challenge, where 32 universities teams brought self-constructed autonomous drones to Lincolnshire. Team Bath Drones beat reigning champions Beihang University, and Politecnico di Milano came third. “The team have worked incredibly hard this year to make our drone even better in terms of how it flies and how it’s ...
A school space club, Astrogazers, has taken a step closer reaching orbit with the help of engineers from the University of Bath. The school – Croydon High School – successfully completed the final stage of live testing their CubeSat satellite for Mission Pegasus. The initiative, encouraging STEM participation, involves the all-girl Astrogazers club. And their prototype CubeSat satellite was carried ...
AmbaSat has unveiled its first populated and functioning AmbaSat 3U CubeSat at the Space North East England Conference in Durham. The space education specialist designs and manufacture Low Earth Orbit (LEO) space satellite kits containing the components needed to launch experiments. And AmbaSat described the event as “a major milestone in our journey”, bringing together work across technology, regulatory and ...
BAE Systems is working with NMITE (the New Model Institute for Technology and Engineering) to help bridge the UK’s engineering skills gap. The Hereford-based institute has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with BAE Systems’ Digital Intelligence division. It is the latest of ten new partners for the NMITE within the last year. Industry-ready An industry partner for NMITE means “actively ...
DigiKey is providing a free, on-demand Zephyr RTOS online workshop and video series. Aimed at students and engineers, you learn how to write a Zephyr device driver. Zephyr is real-time operating system (RTOS) and development framework, an open source project at the Linux Foundation. DigiKey identifies a steep learning curve, but says Zephyr is a key system for engineers and ...
A UK government initiative worth £4.75 million, sees the UK Electronics Skills Foundation (UKESF) launching the Semiconductor STEP programme (Skills, Talent and Education Programme). With demand for semiconductor skills vastly outstripping supply, the goal is to help tackle the skills shortage in the UK’s semiconductor sector. STEP Partners Effectively, building a pipeline of skills and enabling more young people to ...
