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Our Green Skills Meet-up

Last week DETI Inspire attended an Our Green Skills meet-up at the SS Great Britain. The event allowed us to ...
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Engineers meet to inspire the next generation

On Tuesday 13th September, Engineers across the West of England gathered at UWE Bristol to glean insights into how to ...
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DETI Inspire Share Outreach Methods at the Interact Conference

DETI Inspire team members Josh and Stephanie headed to Cardiff last week to share their methods of outreach to schools ...
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Free training to inspire children into engineering

Ever wish you could kick out an intriguing kick-ass answer to your nephews questions about your work? Not quite sure ...
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Our amazing interns

We had two UWE student engineers join the Inspire team as interns for eight weeks this June/July. And from independently ...
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Year 10s get an Engineering experience

Three local Year 10 pupils visited UWE Engineering in July, for a week of Engineering experiences. Starting off with a ...
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Lego Robots deployed in the community

Guest blog by Wing (Natalie) Leung, 1st year Robotics student at UWE Bristol. Natalie describes delivering the Lego Mindstorm session ...
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Local pupils share their science and LEGO creations at UWE

Teams of pupils from across the West were invited to be LEGO engineers and STEM investigators at UWE Bristol recently, ...
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UWE’s Engineering Family Fun Day a Great Success!

Families from around Bristol recently came to UWE’s brand new School of Engineering building to enjoy a range of free ...
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Emerging engineers celebrated at UWE

On Friday 24th June, UWE Engineering hosted the showcase and awards ceremony for the South West regional Leaders Award competition ...
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Shining a light on green job pathways for the next generation

Today marks the launch of a new year-long programme that aims to inspire and motivate young people in the West ...
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A toolkit and training for youth climate social action

A toolkit and training for effective youth climate comms and social action UWE Bristol’s Science Communication Unit (SCU) is launching ...
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Engaging Children in STEM Through Storytelling

After the success of this year’s scientist storytelling program in schools, the DETI Inspire team alongside the West of England ...
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Metro Mayor meets the people behind the West of England’s green tech

Metro Mayor Dan Norris met the bright young minds behind some of the West of England's leading green tech initiatives, ...
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Local Schools Take on Sustainable Transport Challenge

School children from across the West of England came to UWE Bristol recently to share their sustainable transport designs with ...
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Family Fun day at UWE’s Engineering!

Tickets are going fast for UWE's family fun day - taking place on Saturday 25th June in the brand new ...
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Exploring our work-life balance: Women Like Me

The latest group of women to join UWE Bristol's engineering mentoring programme, Women Like Me, took part in an online ...
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Book tickets to the Engineering Professors Council congress this June at UWE

The Engineering Professors’ Council (EPC) is the voice of engineering academics, and are holding their face-to-face annual congress at UWE ...
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UWE Bristol School of Engineering wins two Royal Institute of British Architects Regional Awards

The School of Engineering building on UWE Bristol's Frenchay campus was recently awarded both the RIBA South West Award 2022 ...
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UWE Engineering inspires local children to redesign our world

The Engineering Outreach team at UWE Bristol are sending engaging role models, alongside a fully immersive planetarium show, into schools ...
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UWE staff & students win prizes at ethnic minority engineering conference

The Association for Black and Minority Ethnic Engineers - AFBE live - held their first annual conference in April, sending ...
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Engineering trail featured at Bristol’s annual walking festival

Bristol's hugely popular, annual walking festival – Bristol Walk Fest is back! The month-long celebration of all things walking throughout ...
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Local school pupils digitally re-engineer Brunel’s famous designs, before exploring the real thing!

Over 150 children and counting from schools across the West have enjoyed a long-overdue trip to the School of Engineering ...
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Local Engineers wowed by children’s inventions

Yesterday, a range of Engineers from across the South West scurried out of the rain and into UWE's outreach classroom ...
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Free Big Data course

Alongside other DETI partner companies, UWE Bristol have organised a free virtual skills and training CPD course focused on upskilling ...
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In Conversation with Dr. Virginia Ruiz Garate

Read the special interview conducted with UWE's very own - Virginia Ruiz Garate - and published on AZoRobotics a few ...
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UWE Bristol professor wins prestigious engineering award

UWE Bristol’s Head of Engineering Design and Mathematics has been recognised for her work to increase diversity in engineering. Professor ...
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Youth Climate Communications: a pilot

Author Sophie Laggan. On 24th February, 12 young people, aged 15-24, headed to UWE’s Prototype and Play Lab, in the ...
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UWE’s Steve Wright is a voice of balanced enthusiasm on aerospace innovation

Steve Wright is a senior research fellow in avionics and aircraft systems at UWE, and he's often approached by the ...
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DETI Inspire release Engagement Activity Report

From September 2020 to December 2021, DETI Inspire has delivered an impressive array of outputs and engagement activities. In that ...
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Detecting defects to improve the sustainability of composite manufacture

Gary Atkinson, Associate Professor in Engineering at UWE Bristol and part of Lyndon Smith’s team in the Centre for Machine ...
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Upcoming Event: Empowering Women in Engineering

This event forms part of our celebrations for Women's History Month, and will explore the historical and future role of ...
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Future Brunels re-design the SS Great Britain in DETI Inspire’s ‘The West in Minecraft’

Some of the West’s talented young engineers who are part of the Future Brunels programme, were able to redesign the ...
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Science through stories

Last week, UWE's storytelling extraordinaire -Jane Carter - trained up 31 local scientists to make their selected STEM stereotype-busting books ...
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Head of Engineering shortlisted for diversity award

As Head of Engineering, Lisa Brodie has spent the last few years redesigning the curriculum and imagining a space (realised ...
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Volunteers wanted for a careers panel discussion with a twist!

The STEM Ambassador hub for the West of England have partnered with the Institution of Engineering and Technology to host a series of online ...
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Be inspired by children’s innovations

On Wednesday 6th April - pop along to the Prototype and Play lab in UWE's School of Engineering for an ...
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Elm Park Primary think up solutions to climate change

UWE Bristol's DETI Inspire team have taken their solutions focused climate change activity into schools for the first time last ...
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New round of peer mentoring and outreach project, Women Like Me, for 2022

Women Like Me is a peer mentoring and outreach project, aimed at boosting female representation in engineering. How does it ...
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How to make engineering for everyone

The Engineering workforce in the UK is made up of only 12% Women and 7% of people from black, Asian ...
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WeCount Schools resources featured in official British Science Week activity pack

British Science Week is a ten-day celebration of science, technology, engineering and maths that will take place between 11-20 March ...
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DETI Innovate delivers on Big Data CPD course

There's a huge digital engineering skills shortfall and employment gap in the UK's engineering workforce. To help address that shortfall, ...
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UWE works alongside children in Easton to monitor local air quality

Photographer Anya Agulova Academics and students from a number of UWE Bristol departments are collaborating with the local community in ...
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University Scrapheap Challenge – Lego-style

Last week, many of our student engineers here at UWE Bristol, got involved in fun, team-working challenges. And foundation students ...
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Student engineers tackle real-world problems

Last week (22 - 26th November) was Project week 1 for student engineers at UWE Bristol. Project weeks are time ...
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Prototype and Play lab open for school bookings

The Prototype and Play lab, a purpose-built classroom in UWE Bristol's new School of Engineering building, is now open and ...
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Official opening for School of Engineering building

UWE Bristol's state-of-the-art School of Engineering building was officially opened at an event on Thursday 18 November. Completed in 2020, the striking ...
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Youth discuss waste reduction for Net Zero 2030

During the three day Youth Engineering for Environmental Sustainability Summit (YEESS), 11-13 October 2021, young people across the West of ...
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Big Data CPD Course

In line with fulfilling the needs of the Digital Skills requirement in the Engineering sector, UWE Bristol's DETI Skills programme ...
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Youth discuss reducing the carbon cost of heating for Net Zero 2030

During the three day Youth Engineering for Environmental Sustainability Summit (YEESS), 11-13 October 2021, young people across the West of ...
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Getting kids into engineering through creative problem solving

Primary Engineer have partnered with UWE Bristol to ask pupils between the ages of 3 to 19 years one question, ...
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New sustainability solutions show for schools heads to COP26!

A new immersive experience developed by Explorer Dome in collaboration with the DETI Inspire team at UWE is being featured ...
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New jobs for a green transition

Net Zero 2030 isn't going to happen by itself - it will require a lot of work, with lots of ...
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Skills for a green transition

DETI partner GKN Aerospace launched their new ‘Global Technology Centre’ on 18th October with a conference titled - Shaping a ...
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Youth discuss traffic reduction for Net Zero 2030

During the three day Youth Engineering for Environmental Sustainability Summit (YEESS), 11-13 October 2021, young people across the West of ...
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UWE Bristol awarded prestigious British Construction Industry Award for School of Engineering building

UWE Bristol has won Social Infrastructure Project of the Year at the 2021 British Construction Industry Awards. The well-deserving winners ...
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Is green flight possible?

Steve Wright, Senior Research Fellow in Aerospace Engineering at UWE Bristol, shared his thoughts on the electrification of flight, at ...
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Bristol children re-engineer their neighbourhoods

This autumn, the Digital Engineering Technology Innovation (DETI) Inspire team at UWE Bristol have been in schools challenging local children ...
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Young engineers think educating the public is key for Climate Action

This week young people across the West of England discussed carbon-emission cutting solutions with experts, before quizzing local politicians on ...
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Gaming bot joins the outreach hub at UWE Engineering

UWE Bristol Alumni, Silas Adekunle, recently dropped into the School of Engineering's education outreach hub, to donate a smartphone-controlled robot ...
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Young people discuss how to reduce carbon emissions with West of England policymakers

How can we take 40% of traffic off our roads, heat our homes without fossil fuels and reduce our waste ...
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Sustainability solutions show from UWE Bristol chosen to take part in COP26

A new planetarium show designed with the Engineering department at UWE Bristol has been chosen to showcase sustainability solutions as ...
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New Community STEM Club in Eastville launched

A new Community STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering & Maths) Club run by UWE Bristol academics and local volunteers has launched ...
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UWE Launches Climate Action Hub

The #ZeroCarbonTour made a stop at UWE Bristol earlier this month, on its way through the UK to COP26 in Glasgow this ...
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Say YEESS to climate action!

DETI Inspire at UWE Bristol have partnered with I'm an Engineer to host an online sustainability and engineering youth summit ...
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Empowering WECA pupils with data for sustainable school streets

Speeding cars, traffic jams, air pollution… these are but a few of the grievances the average city dweller contends with ...
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DETI announces key research results

DETI has announced key research highlights and results from the partners collaborating on the programme, developed to help UK manufacturers ...
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New Digital Trailblazers App Launched for West of England

The University of the West of England’s Department of Engineering Design and Mathematics have today launched their new mobile app, ...
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UWE Bristol EDM Department – Innovation Enablers

INNOVATE™ BRISTOL & BATH, the latest edition from Global Village Publishing, is a 380-page premium coffee-table book complete with augmented ...
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Formula Student – Our Best Year Yet!

Formula student is the world’s largest Engineering design competition, organised by the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, with the challenge of ...
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IET Prize awarded to UWE student engineer!

UWE student engineer Oliver Németh has been recognised for his hard work by the Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET). ...
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How to deliver effective engineering work experience virtually: a West of England Knowledge Share

Last month the DETI Inspire team at UWE Bristol held an online webinar with local engineers from organisations throughout the ...
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Families get a sneak peak of our new sustainability show this Engineering Open House Day, July 23rd

Engineering Open House Day is all about highlighting the important roles that engineers play in everyday life, with participating venues ...
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Success at The Engineers for People Design Competition Grand Final!

Our Product Design and Development Engineering Degree Apprentices from Renishaw Engineering, representing Gloucestershire College and UWE Bristol, made it through ...
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Crafting our Future – Engineering the West in Minecraft

If you could completely re-design your city, your street, your home, what would you do differently? DETI Inspire at UWE ...
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Bristol families say hello to Pepper the Robot and friends!

Bristol Robofest is an annual city wide initiative taking place in June to celebrate the UK Festival of Robotics and ...
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New community STEM club launched in Easton

STEM @ Baggator is a community STEM club for young people in Easton that takes place after school on Mondays ...
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School of Engineering building awarded “Excellent” BREEAM rating for sustainability

This news piece was written by Pilar Garcia from the UWE Bristol Estates and Facilities team. UWE Bristol's new School of ...
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Women Like Me engineers inspire Bristol primary school students

Based in the Science Communication Unit and Department of Engineering Design and Mathematics at UWE Bristol and organised by Dr ...
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A digital future is coming. Let’s make it an inclusive one.

Are you an engineer or someone who works in, or is interested in, digital engineering and technology sectors in the West of England, ...
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What have we learned from a year of online careers engagement?

The DETI Inspire team at UWE Bristol will be hosting an online knowledge sharing session for local engineering employers and ...
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A month of live chats with I’m an Engineer

We teamed up with I'm an Engineer to connect local school students with engineers in live text based chats that ...
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Dr Appolinaire Etoundi presents at ASE talk

UWE Senior Lecturer and Researcher in Mechatronics, Dr Appolinaire Etoundi, recently delivered a fantastic talk for the Association for Science ...
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A Mathematical Model of a Zombie Apocalypse

Suppose there was a Zombie outbreak? How confident would you be to predict what would happen? Well lucky for us, ...
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Creating a buzz with Primary Engineer

The DETI Inspire programme recently teamed up with Primary Engineer to provide online teacher CPD sessions for 10 primary schools ...
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UWE student engineers bring children’s designs to life!

"If you were an Engineer, what would you do?" This is the question asked to over 49,000 children throughout the ...
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Providing space for social communication in a STEM engagement project

Neurodiversity Week celebrates our unique strengths and differences, while recognising that the many talents of people with ADHD, autism, dyslexia, ...
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A Big Success for the Big Beam In

DETI Inspire hosted a series of online engineering engagement events last week as part of British Science Week celebrations, and ...
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How do you teach a class of pupils amidst lockdowns and school closures?

British Science Week is a ten-day celebration of science, technology, engineering and maths (STEM) taking place this year between 5-14th ...
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Making or Baking – there are many routes into STEM!

Over 200 Year 9 and 10 pupils from across the country tuned in to an online webinar this week, to ...
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The Big Beam In for British Science Week

DETI Inspire at UWE Bristol are running a series of engineering engagement events with local schools during British Science Week ...
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UWE Graduate Engineer featured in Prospects case study

Laura studied for a degree in mechanical engineering at the University of the West of England (UWE) before joining the ...
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Women Like Me supports another 30 women in engineering

Based in the Science Communication Unit and Department of Engineering Design and Mathematics at UWE Bristol and organised by Dr ...
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Connecting local students and engineers with I’m an Engineer, Get me out of here!

I’m an Engineer is an online STEM engagement and enrichment project that connects students with real engineers online. And this year, ...
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Engineering Curiosity – a new resource for West of England Schools

Engineering Curiosity is a new engineering themed resource developed for KS2&3 pupils by the DETI Inspire programme at UWE Bristol, ...
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Digital Engineering Workshop: Aligning Skills Requirements

Digital Engineering Workshops: Aligning Skills Requirements - 22nd to 29th of January The DETI Innovate programme led by the Engineering, ...
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EDM Senior Research Fellow Steve Wright features in new documentary series: Engineering the Future

An engineering revolution is underway. Driven by dedicated individuals who are building extraordinary machines that will change our lives. Dr ...
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UWE supports Aerospace Bristol return to flight

Aerospace Bristol, which is run by a charity, is a museum in its infancy, having only been open a few ...
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Project Week Success with Newicon Innovation Toolkit

348 of our first year student engineers have completed Project Week with great success! Project Week plays a central role ...
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UWE Bristol teams up with Primary Engineer to inspire schools and pupils in the West of England.

UWE Bristol have partnered with Primary Engineer supporting their ‘If You Were An Engineer, What Would You Do?®’ competition for ...
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Dock-to-Dock project wins government funding

In an effort to build back better from COVID-19 and support innovative new enterprises, the government has announced funding to ...
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Engineering Solutions to Real World Problems – UWE Project Week 2020

It's Project Week here at UWE Bristol and 348 first-year student engineers are taking part in an Engineering for People ...
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Women Like Me relaunches for 2020-21

Women Like Me is a peer mentoring and outreach project, aimed at boosting female representation in engineering. The project was ...
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Bloodhound Is Back

Following a seven-month period of hibernation while the pandemic caused global uncertainty, the Bloodhound Land Speed Record project is back ...
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EDM becomes a WISE Ten Steps Signatory

The Department of Engineering Design & Mathematics (EDM) at UWE Bristol have signed up to the Women in Science and ...
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Lottie tours new state-of-the-art Engineering Building

As we approach the end of Tomorrow's Engineers Week, Lottie shares her tour of the new UWE Bristol School of ...
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EDM signs up to the Tomorrow’s Engineers Code

The Engineering Design and Mathematics (EDM) department at UWE Bristol have been taking part in Tomorrow's Engineers Week, an annual ...
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EDM department joins Bristol Technology Festival online for 2020

We'd like to thank This is Engineering for use of images from their public image library that aims to better ...
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Explore your Engineering Future – a new engineering outreach activity for West of England schools.

The Engineering Design and Mathematics (EDM) department at UWE Bristol have partnered with My Future My Choice, to create a ...
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EDM department partners with the Association For Black and Minority Ethnic Engineers

The Engineering Design and Mathematics (EDM) department at UWE Bristol are delighted to announce their new membership with the Association ...
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Bath Digital Festival 2020

The same great festival, just a little bit different Bath Digital Festival is happening! Get yourself ready for one of ...
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EDM partners with Like To Be to offer online career events

Careers fairs are traditionally a face-to-face experience, where students can explore the many different stalls of local employers, have a ...
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Future Quest launch #IAmFirstGen campaign

Were you the first in your family to go to university? If so, Future Quest would like you to share ...
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Building to Break Barriers – a different view of engineering

Building to Break Barriers is a new outreach project that aims to engage children from under-represented groups with engineering, using ...
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DETI Inspire launch new Diversity Demonstrator

Exciting work is underway within the EDM department at UWE Bristol, as we begin establishing the Diversity Demonstrator as part ...
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UWE Bristol’s Engineering, Design and Mathematics (EDM) department continues to rise up through the university league tables

Following the recent news that UWE Bristol has climbed to 21st place in the UK in the latest annual Guardian university league ...
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Students – sign up to the Black British mentoring scheme!

Black British Professionals in STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) are an amazing non-profit organisation that aim to encourage, enable, ...
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Celebrate a PhD – control of vortices on delta wing aircraft

With all the fantastically fascinating research going on in Engineering, Design and Mathematics, PhD student successes are a regular occurrence ...
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Get students engaged with research this autumn

I’m a Scientist: Students chatting from class (Credit: I’m a Scientist) Researchers and technicians are invited to take part in ...
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Engineering and a fear of failure

A fear of failure can put people off iterative trial-and-error disciplines, such as engineering. In the past year, a team ...
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UWE leads on inspiring future digital engineers

The West of England is a hub for innovative Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) industries, but as with the ...
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Launch of West of England Digital Engineering Technology initiative

UWE Bristol is proud to announce the official launch of the region's new Digital Engineering Technology & Innovation (DETI) initiative! ...
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DETI – Digital Engineering Technology & Innovation

Transforming engineering for the future The global engineering landscape is shifting. Shorter product development times, faster routes to market and ...
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An alternative route into engineering

UWE engineering students, alumni and staff have recorded home-videos to inspire children into engineering. This is the third post sharing ...
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More inspiration into engineering!

UWE engineering students, alumni and staff have recorded home-videos to inspire children into engineering. This is the second post sharing ...
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Inspired into Engineering!

UWE engineering students, alumni and staff have recorded home-videos to inspire children into engineering. We'll be sharing some of these ...
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International Women In Engineering Day

International Women in Engineering Day (INWED) is tomorrow - 23rd July - and is an opportunity to raise the profile ...
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Sign up to mentor girls into STEM – online!

Cajigo is a mobile learning platform that empowers girls and women to reach their full potential through focused mentoring and ...
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Sharing the faces of women in STEM

We're joining Women in Science and Engineering (WISE) to celebrate the recently reached milestone – 1 million women working in ...
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Sign up to inspire or be inspired at an online career showcase

The closure of schools, colleges & universities combined with self-isolation, cancellation of career fairs and face to face employer engagements ...
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Students tackle real-world problems

Motivated by UWE's 2020 strategy to educate for sustainable development, for the past three years EDM has partnered with Engineers ...
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Celebrating Women in STEM!

Women in Science and Engineering (WISE) have worked hard over the years to transform the face of the workforce, and ...
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EDM, a “nurturing familial environment”

Picture features (L-R) April Coombes (UWE), Professor Melvyn Smith (UWE), Dr Gytis Bernotas (UWE), Dr Mark Hansen (UWE), Geraint Jones ...
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Manufacturing visors for the NHS

Technicians from EDM have been manufacturing protective visors for NHS workers during the coronavirus pandemic. Alongside his colleagues, Gareth Griffiths ...
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Making mud-powered robots for schools

In October, FET awarded the team at the Bioenergy Centre a public engagement and outreach award. The Centre are using ...
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Student wins STEM innovation award

UWE's very own fourth year Mechanical Engineering student, Henry James, won this year's Telegraph STEM Awards. The Telegraph STEM Awards ...
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UWE partner with Newicon to innovate Engineering teaching

The news that UWE Engineering are embedding a design-thinking Innovation Kit into their 2020/21 engineering programmes, featured on the cover ...
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Help children grasp what engineering is all about

With schools closed, scientists have moved online to engage with children on all the wonderfully intricate and mind-boggling secrets of ...
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Co-producing an arboretum-meadow with local eco-warriors

Helen Hoyle, senior lecturer in Healthy Built Environments, was awarded FET public engagement funds, for her project to "Future-proof Luton" ...
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Celebrate a PhD – fuel blends to reduce emissions

With all the fantastically fascinating research going on in Engineering, Design and Mathematics, PhD student successes are a regular occurrence ...
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EDM culture supports family life

Senior lecturer and head of EDM’s Equity Diversity and Inclusivity committee, Laura Fogg-Rogers is passionate about communicating engineering to new ...
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Engineers hit local schools during British Science Week

It seems a long time since schools were last open, but at the start of March British Science week went ...
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UWE grad publishes inspiring engineering book for kids

Katherine Terris graduated in Mechanical Engineering from UWE in 2017 and joined the graduate scheme at Babcock. To encourage children ...
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Kids with specific learning difficulties visit the BRL

Katie Sparkes from the Lightyear Foundation thanks Severin Lemaignan and his team for enabling the special educational needs (SEN) trip ...
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Steve Wright in the news

UWE Aerospace's Steve Wright has been popular in the news this month, most recently reassuring local Bristol businesses, Rolls Royce ...
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Alumni listed on 2020 Future List by Northern Power Women

Krystina Pearson-Rampeearee graduated in 2010 from the MEng Aerospace Engineering programme and now works as a Flight Systems Engineer at ...
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Eco-Bricks in City Hall and Whitehall School

Back in October, Sara Williams was awarded FET Public Engagement and Outreach funding for her Eco-Brick outreach project - since then ...
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EDM’s Lisa Brodie inspires at Women in Engineering Conference

Head of EDM, Lisa Brodie was guest of honour at the 2020 South West's Women in Engineering conference. held at ...
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Aerospace students visit Airbus Factory in Bremen

Programme leader, Jerzy Bakunowicz, reports on the recent trip to Germany... On January 20th, a group of 29 Aerospace and Aerospace ...
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Sign up to be amazed by kid’s inventions

Thousands of children across the South West are busy thinking up inventions to answer the question posed by the Leaders ...
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EDM set to lead skills development in new £10 million digital engineering centre

UWE Bristol will play a central role in a new £10 million digital engineering centre for the region. The Centre ...
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WISE Webinar: Accommodating working parents in the tech sector

“Why restrict our talent pool and drive away our most experienced people? Through this talk, I want to share our ...
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Students visit VW factory

Rohitha Weerasinghe reports on a recent student trip. 54 students and 5 staff members went to Bratislava to visit the ...
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Machine Vision Impacts Farming

Technology from the Centre for Machine Vision (CMV) has been making moves to improve animal welfare and maximize crop harvesting ...
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Robots. What could possibly go wrong?

Originally posted on September 17th, 2019 by Alan Winfield on his blog. Imagine that your elderly mother, or grandmother, has ...
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Casting a new light on maths – UWE attends a careers fair

The Boxed team alongside student ambassadors took their new "Maths in the Real World" box into Hardenhuish School, Chippenham, for a ...
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“Being different is a strength in engineering”

Maryam Lamere In recognition of the department’s equity, diversity and inclusion, Engineering, Design and Mathematics (EDM) was recently re-awarded the ...
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Women in Research – want a mentor?

The 2020/21 Women Researchers Mentoring Scheme (WRMS) is now open for applications for both mentees and mentors. The WRMS scheme aims ...
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Prof becomes Honorary Fellow for the Royal Aeronautical Society

The Royal Aeronautical Society’s 2019 Honours, Medals and Awards were announced at a ceremony held at the Society’s headquarters on ...
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Developing industrial insight amongst diverse engineering students’

Udonna Okeke, leader of EDM's Equality, Diversity and Inclusivity Programme, together with the Student Experience Team, partnered with the Royal ...
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Making children’s inventions a reality

UWE Bristol partners with the Leaders Award, an annual children's engineering competition, to help run the competitions' masterclass, grading days ...
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UWE students challenge kids with engineering activities

Last week engineering and teaching students teamed up to bring engineering challenges to children across schools in Bristol. The 35 ...
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UWE Taster Day for Year 12s

33 local Year 12 students spent a day in the Engineering Design and Mathematics (EDM) Department, getting a taste for ...
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What kind of engineer could you become?

Engineering UK have released a short, fun careers quiz and whether you're just starting out, or ready to think about ...
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Find out more about the importance of diversity in engineering

Why is diversity important in engineering? According to, the Royal Academy of Engineering, addressing diversity and inclusion not only helps ...
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Students aim to house the homeless

UWE's department of Engineering, Design and Maths (EDM) ran a project week for students, with a focus on finding novel ...
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UWE draw a crowd at Bristol Tech Fest

Bristol’s Tech Fair was held on Saturday 9th November, to celebrate local tech, engineering and science. UWE joined in with ...
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Lottie looks in on changing perceptions and teaching of engineering

The face of engineering is changing, and the #Lottietour - where a Lottie doll tours the varied world of engineering ...
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Bristol Technology Showcase this Friday!

The one day conference and expo coming to Aerospace Bristol this Friday (8th November), focuses on how new and emerging ...
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There’s not just one way to succeed in engineering

Lisa Brodie is head of the Engineering, Design and Mathematics (EDM)department at UWE Bristol, and so is responsible for all ...
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UWE Engineering awarded Athena Swan Bronze

UWE Bristol's Engineering, Design and Mathematics (EDM) department has recently been awarded Athena SWAN Bronze for gender equality. The Athena ...
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Access for everyone

Here lies the results of the final student challenge set in the Engineering in the Community module. Robert Fleming, Joseph ...
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Bristol’s very own Tech Fair

Bristol's Tech Fair, celebrating local tech, engineering and science, is coming to Colston Hall on Saturday 9th November, 10am - ...
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Women Like Me relaunches for 2019-20

Only 12% of engineers in the UK are women. Is this enough? No, it's really not – we have an ...
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UWE introduce teenagers to robots and programming

Senior Research fellow from the Bristol Robotics Laboratory, Severin Lemaignan, took a team of students and plenty of robots to Bristol's ...
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Cosy Compost

Students taking the Engineering Competence Postgraduate Diploma have the option to take the community challenge module - Engineering in the ...
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Sustainable Outdoor Space

Another chapter in our series, highlighting the real-world community challenges undertaken by students on the Postgraduate Diploma in Engineering Competence ...
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Identifying Healthier Workshop Heating Solutions

In this blog series, we're showcasing the Engineering Competence Postgraduate Diploma students' community challenges, completed as part of the Engineering ...
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Clean Van Heating Solutions

Students from our Postgraduate Diploma in Engineering competence have presented results from real-world community challenges set in the Engineering in ...
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Milestone reached in construction of UWE Bristol’s multi-million pound engineering building

UWE Bristol's new multi-million pound engineering building has moved a step closer to completion - construction has reached the top ...
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Free engineering consultancy for local community organisations

The Department of Engineering Design and Mathematics at UWE, Bristol are seeking to partner with local community organisations with project ...
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The successes of Women Like Me 2018-2019

In 2018, Women Like Me launched at UWE as a tiered mentoring project for women in engineering. Delivered by Dr ...
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UWE BEng graduate Gemma Christian featured by Institute of Mechanical Engineers

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Engineering in the Community poster event 19th September 2-4 pm

UWE Bristol staff and students are warmly invited to the final poster celebration of our Engineering in the Community event ...
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Primary Engineer launches the 2019 Leaders Award competition to inspire students interested in engineering

The official launch event for the 2019 edition of the “If you were an engineer, what would you do?” Leaders ...
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UWE Formula SAE success

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See the new Engineering building construction from the air

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Winning Leaders Award prototype unveiled at exhibition at UWE Bristol

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UWE Bristol Engineering student featured in The Guardian

The UWE Bristol MEng Aerospace Engineering course, and student Prisilla Johnson who has also gained a private licence with a ...
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Children inspired engineers at the South West Leaders Award exhibition held at UWE Bristol

The winners of the 2019 Leaders Award gathered at UWE Bristol for the South West awards ceremony on Friday 14th ...
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UWE student team semi-finalists in EWB-UK Design Challenge

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Wheels up the Ben

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Bristol Tech Fair taking place in November 2019

Saturday 9th November 2019 10:00-16:00 Colston Hall, Bristol Bristol Tech Fair is a celebration of technology, engineering and science for ...
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BAME Girls in Engineering great success at Bristol Brunel Academy

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Women in Nuclear Workshop: Making the Most of Our Individuality

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First UK study into driverless cars for older people draws to a close

On Tuesday 21st May an autonomous vehicle was used by older people around the St Monica Trust's Cote Lane retirement ...
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Opportunities still available at the Great Science Share

18th June, 10 am – 2 pm UWE Bristol at the ECC, Frenchay Campus The Great Science Share is ...
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EDM staff attend WISE conference

On 14th May, Lecturer in Engineering Management Dr Udonna Okeke and Research Fellow and Women Like Me coordinator Dr Laura ...
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Developing Responsible Robots for the Digital Economy

Professor Alan Winfield will be starting a new five year EPSRC funded project with Professor Marina Jirotka (University of Oxford), ...
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Leaders Award judging takes place at UWE Bristol

Engineers from UWE Bristol took part in grading entries to the Leaders Award competition, which challenges children with the question “If ...
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Robotics Workshop for Businesses

Engineers from the Robotics Innovation Facility (RIFBristol) recently delivered two workshops for businesses interested in exploring the potential benefits of robotics and ...
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More media attention for Bristol Robotics Lab

After being interviewed last month, Dr Appolinaire Etoundi, Senior Lecturer in Mechatronics from Bristol Robotics Laboratory has been featured on a ...
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Free Public STEM Open Day at UWE Bristol

Saturday 15th June 2019 10:00 – 15:00 UWE Bristol’s Exhibition and Conference Centre, Frenchay Campus Come and spot which inventions ...
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Women Like Me featured by Bristol Women’s Voice

Bristol Women's Voice have featured our Women Like Me project, run by Dr Laura Fogg-Rogers and Dr Laura Hobbs, on ...
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Inspire future scientists and engineers at the Great Science Share

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Work up to running 5 km with the Pepper Robot!

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UWE Bristol student engineers improving compost heap thermal insulation

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Thousands of children from across the South West take part in Leaders Award

Thousands of children from across the South West have taken part in the Leaders Award competition, answering the question “If ...
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Leaders Award grading days to take place at UWE

UWE Bristol is pleased to be supporting the Leaders Award, a competition which asks children the question "If you were ...
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Emerging tech researchers: Are you losing funding opportunities by not engaging in interdisciplinary research?

The development of technology is accelerating in many fields and affecting multiple aspects of our day-to-day lives. Meanwhile, both AI ...
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Celebrating Da Vinci and his pioneering inventions

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Call out for Engineers: Bristol Open Doors

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Exploring the concept of Emotional Intelligence with Women Like Me

In our public event at Bristol and Bath Science Park today, as part of Women Like Me's closing event for ...
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WES-UWE Wikithon underway!

The joint WES-UWE Wikithon, part of the WES Centenary celebrations, is currently underway at Bristol and Bath Science Park. Volunteers ...
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UWE Bristol becomes founding member of Women in Business Charter

The first Women in Business in the UK launched on 26th March in Bristol, with UWE Bristol a founding member ...
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Don’t forget: UWE women in STEM events tomorrow

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Sarah Guppy show and women in STEM panel discussion recorded for schools

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UWE student engineers consider challenges within society

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Universities Minister tours enterprise zone and robotics lab on visit to UWE Bristol

On 22nd March , Chris Skidmore MP, Minister of State for Universities, Science, Research and Innovation, toured Bristol Robotics Laboratory ...
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Future Impact webinar – ‘Should we fear the robots?’

12:00 - 13:00 Tuesday 2 April 2019 Online Webinar Join Dr Jo Michell, Associate Professor in Economics, Professor Alan Winfield, ...
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ESRI publishes working paper on understanding gender differences in STEM

ESRI have recently published a new working paper, "It's not just for boys! Understanding gender differences in STEM". The report, ...
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Women Like Me engineer takes part in I’m an Engineer, Get me out of here

Our Women Like Me participant and Atkins engineer Charlene Chung took part in the I'm an Engineer, Get me out ...
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Engine Ears viewed over 300,000 times

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Steve Wright on Boeing 737 Max safety concerns

Dr Steve Wright, Associate Professor in Aerospace Engineering in UWE's Department of Engineering Design and Mathemetics, has been featured in ...
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Free event: The issue of connectivity in the home

The issues of connectivity for monitoring in the home Thursday 4 April 2019, 6:00 - 8:30pmUniversity Enterprise Zone, North Gate, ...
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Free posters celebrating female STEM role models

A Mighty Girl have collated a set of free downloadable posters of women role models in STEM, created by the ...
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Why is Emotional Intelligence and the development of Human Skills so important for Engineers and other STEM professionals now?

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Co-founder Stella Warren on new alta mentoring scheme

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How’s my pig? Using facial recognition technology to improve animal wellbeing

The work of Professor Melvyn Smith and Professor Lyndon Smith of the Centre for Machine Vision, Bristol Robotics Laboratory has ...
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Mentoring platform launched for women in aerospace and aviation to help reduce gender inequality in the industry

Featured researcher: Professor Sue Durbin A new online mentoring platform could help professional women working in the aerospace and aviation ...
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Three UWE EDM women featured as Bristol’s brilliant women in STEM

On Thursday 7th March 2019, Bristol 24/7 published an article on "Nine of Bristol's brilliant women in STEM". We are ...
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IWD2019 – FARSCOPE blog on being a woman in STEM

Laura Gemmell, a student on the joint UWE Bristol and University of Bristol doctoral programme FARSCOPE, has written a blog ...
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Join us for a Wikithon celebrating women in engineering

On Wednesday 3rd April 2019, alongside our Women Like Me celebration, UWE Bristol will be linking up with the Women's ...
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BAME Girls in Engineering celebrates International Women’s Day with Rolls Royce

On Friday 8th March 2019, UWE Bristol project BAME Girls in Engineering celebrated International Women's Day with a visit to ...
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Crane arriving on site of new Engineering building

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Don’t forget to sign up to the Tech3Shed careers event!

The Women’s Tech Hub~Bristol are hosting a careers fair in March, aimed at increasing diversity in the tech industry in ...
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Leaders Award online Engineering Extravaganza for British Science Week 2019

The Leaders Awards are celebrating British Science Week 2019 by holding an Engineering Extravaganza in which they will hold two ...
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Women Like Me engineer Rachel Kirkwood engages another 1161 pupils for Leaders Award

Following a very successful online presentation for the Leaders Award in January by Rachel Kirkwood, graduate engineer at Peter Brett Associates and participant in our Women ...
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Read reflections on RAEng This Is Engineering Engagement event

A recent event at our Women Like Me funder, the Royal Academy of Engineering, explored "the benefits and challenges of ...
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Community grants available from UWE Bristol Fund

Applications for grants of up to £3,000 for projects which enhance student learning (inside or outside of the curriculum) through ...
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FREE event: Women Like Me – Boosting mentoring for women in STEM in the West of England

As our Royal Academy of Engineering funded project, Women Like Me, draws to a close for this year, we are ...
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Join UWE Bristol as a Senior Lecturer in Machine Vision

UWE Bristol are advertising an exciting new post for a Senior Lecturer in Machine Vision, with the first three years ...
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Sign your Pupils up to the Great Science Share

Children from Years 4 to 8 from across the region are invited to share their own science investigations at the ...
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Women Like Me engineer Rachel Kirkwood to return to Leaders Award

Back in January, Rachel Kirkwood, graduate engineer at Peter Brett Associates and participant in our Women Like Me programme, delivered ...
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Final Call to Enter Free Engineering Competition

The Leaders Award is a free competition for children in which you can challenge your pupils to come up with engineering solutions ...
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Free Solar Circuits Curriculum Activity

Practical Action have a new STEM Challenge for children aged 8-14 years.The Solar Challenge is a free resource that covers ...
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UWE International Women’s Day 2019 Celebration – Balance for Better

To celebrate International Women's Day 2019, UWE Bristol will be hosting a series of talks and workshops around the theme ...
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See Sarah Guppy and more for International Women’s Day

UWE Bristol are supporting Show of Strength's production 'Sarah Guppy: The Bridge, The Bed, The Truth', all about the pioneering, ...
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UWE student engineers visit Leaders Award winner’s school

A team of engineers from UWE Bristol is bringing to life one of the winning designs from last year’s Leaders ...
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Open Bionics named sixth most innovative company in Europe

Open Bionics, a start-up that developed in Bristol Robotics Laboratory (BRL), has been named in a prestigious annual list of ...
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Royal Academy of Engineering student competition – Global Grand Challenges Summit Competition 2019

The Royal Academy of Engineering is inviting university teams to participate in the Global Grand Challenges Summit Competition 2019, a ...
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Calling mothers in academia at UWE Bristol

Are you a female academic professional with children, working at UWE Bristol? Second year Business and Human Resource Management students ...
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Hinkley C new drilling kit is named after SARAH GUPPY!

Along with three tunnel boring machines named after inspirational women, new drilling kit which will be used at the new ...
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Construction News’ Inspire Me Bristol Workshop – 28th February 2019

Construction News' campaign, "Inspire Me" promotes the role of women as leaders in the construction industry. See below and the ...
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Leaders Award prototype team ready to visit designer’s school

Our team of engineers, including our Women Like Me engineer Katy, are busy building one of the winning designs from ...
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Come and join UWE as a Research Associate in Responsible Robotics

UWE Bristol are currently advertising for the role of Research Associate in Responsible Robotics, based in the Bristol Robotics Laboratory ...
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Measuring emissions on the no. 72

A partnership between First Bus in Bristol, the Centre for Transport and Society and the Engineering Modelling and Simulation group ...
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New funding from EPSRC for FARSCOPE Centre for Doctoral Training

Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council funding has been secured for 5 more intakes of PhD students in the FARSCOPE ...
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UWE Formula Student car goes on display at MOD

At the end of 2018, team members from UWE Formula Student, in collaboration with the Institute of Mechanical Engineers, displayed ...
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First prototype complete in Leaders Award design build

A team of engineers from UWE Bristol is bringing to life one of the winning designs from last year's Leaders ...
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Apply now for Royal Academy of Engineering Symposium: Inclusivity and Wellbeing in the First 2000 Days of Life

The Royal Academy of Engineering (funders of our Curiosity Connections - Women Like Me project) are to host their third ...
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“The UK education system cannot produce enough engineers to support the economy”

Apprenticeship Levy limitations and technical teacher shortages threaten economic growth, according to a report led by the Royal Academy of ...
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Could you be UWE Bristol’s new Lecturer in Engineering Design and Dynamics?

UWE Bristol is currently advertising a post for a Lecturer in Engineering Design and Dynamics, based in the Department of ...
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UWE Bristol sends 15 engineers to work on five Engineering in the Community projects

The Department of Engineering Design and Mathematics at UWE Bristol has launched a new module called Engineering in the Community. This Group ...
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Tech3Shed careers fair – increasing diversity in SW tech

The Women's Tech Hub~Bristol are hosting a careers fair in March, aimed at increasing diversity in the tech industry in ...
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Women Like Me engineer Eleanor Davies reaches another 1000 pupils for the Leaders Award

Back in November, our Women Like Me participant Eleanor Davies presented to over 1300 children in on online 'Meet an ...
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Connected by Curiosity

Our Curiosity Connections Conference took place at UWE Bristol on Saturday 2nd February 2019. We've already updated on our Women Like Me engineering outreach ...
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Your one-stop-shop for Space Education

The European Space Education Resource Office is the place to go for everything space education! There’s a bunch of fabulous ...
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Interested in engineering but don’t know where to start?

If your children or those you teach are interested in getting into engineering but don't know where to start, have ...
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Robotics and automation support for West of England SMEs

Businesses and entrepreneurs across the West of England will be able to trial, adopt and develop robotics and smart automation ...
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Female engineers come together for outreach surgery at Curiosity Connections 2019

Curiosity Connections - Women Like Me is a Royal Academy of Engineering Ingenious funded project. Curiosity Connections is a Bristol-based ...
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UWE student engineers promote Leaders Award at Curiosity Connections 2019

Our Curiosity Connections Conference, bringing together teachers and science communicators to discuss and progress the future of primary STEM, took ...
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Female engineers engaged in women’s networks invited to participate in new research

Dr Vanda Papafilippou, lecturer in Human Resource Management at UWE Bristol, is undertaking new research into engagement of female engineers ...
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“You can do better than giving me these dreary designs”

Prof. Praminda Caleb-Solly, Professor of Assistive Robotics and Intelligent Health Technologies at the Bristol Robotics Laboratory, UWE Bristol and Head of ...
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Women in Conversation 2019

For the first time at Bristol University, Women in Leadership, Law, Finance, Technology, Engineering and STEM are collaborating for a ...
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UWE engineering students visit Hannah More Primary School

Yesterday, our team of student engineers who are turning one of the winning 2018 Leaders Award designs into reality, Miriam ...
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UWE Bristol develops new technology for rail engineers

UWE Bristol is involved in the development of new technology which will predict when part of a train track, signalling ...
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ESERO-UK CPD to take place at UWE Bristol

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“An amazing opportunity for me to share my route into engineering”

Women Like Me participant and graduate engineer at Peter Brett Associates Rachel Kirkwood tells us about her very successful online ...
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DE&S releases video showcasing Leaders Award support

Defence Equipment and Support (DE&S - Ministry of Defence), are supporting the Leaders Award, run by Primary Engineer, alongside UWE ...
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WISE and Women Like Me’s Sarah Behenna on the My Skills My Life launch

WISE Associate, WISE Bristol Hub founder and Women Like Me consultant Sarah Behenna has recently been involved in the development ...
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Engineering our Future blog reaches 100 posts

Since our launch in June, we've now published 100 posts on our blog, covering support and development of engineering in ...
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WISE launches new digital platform for 11-19 year old girls

Our Women Like Me partner WISE has launched a new digital platform today, aimed at engaging 11-19 year old girls ...
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UWE Robotics student Miriam Cristofoletti presents for Leaders Award for second time

Miriam Cristofoletti made such an impression when she inspired 1600 children in her Leaders Award presentation in December that she ...
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UWE Bristol joins MoD and Leaders Award to inspire future engineers

On 18th January, UWE Bristol and the Leaders Awards joined Defence Equipment and Support (DE&S - Ministry of Defence) in ...
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Women Like Me engineer Rachel Kirkwood engages 1778 children for Leaders Awards

Rachel Kirkwood, graduate engineer at Peter Brett, reached 1778 primary school pupils today in her online presentation for the Leaders ...
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Bristol Robotics Lab seeks new Professor of Robotics at UWE Bristol

The Bristol Robotics Laboratory is currently advertising the post of Professor of Robotics: : Provably Safe Human-Robot Interaction, to be ...
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Turf cutting ceremony marks construction of new engineering building

As work on the new Engineering building at UWE Bristol begins, a turf cutting ceremony involving Construction Director Neil Dorrington and ...
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Lisa Brodie appointed to Aerospace Bristol board

Dr Lisa Brodie, Head of the Department of Engineering Mathematics and Design, was appointed to the Board of Trustees of ...
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Women Like Me presented at the 2019 Association for Science Education conference

UWE's Women Like Me project, run by Dr Laura Fogg Rogers and Dr Laura Hobbs, was featured in a presentation ...
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Women Like presented at Association for Science Education conference

UWE's Women Like Me project, run by Dr Laura Fogg Rogers and Dr Laura Hobbs, was featured in a presentation ...
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Bristol Robotics Laboratory supported startup Open Bionics raises £4.6 million

A startup developing bionic limbs in the style of superheroes for children and adults has successfully raised $5.9m (£4.6m) million ...
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BAME girls in engineering launches with great success

Following the initiation of his new project, BAME girls in engineering, Dr Udonna Okeke tells us about the success of ...
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Lottie Visits Jaguar Land Rover (and sees it all!)

UWE's Lottie is back, reporting (with a little help from Laura Maybury) on her engineering #lottietour adventures, this time at Jaguar Land Rover, ...
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Looking for Engineering lesson ideas?

Now that 2018, the Year of Engineering, has come to an end, how can we keep embedding the E in ...
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Women Like Me featured in Science in Public conference presentation

UWE's Women Like Me project, run by Dr Laura Fogg Rogers and Dr Laura Hobbs, was featured in a presentation ...
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Engineers from UWE’s Women in Science and Engineering Society excited to be building Leaders Award winning design

A team of UWE Bristol engineering students: Miriam Cristofoletti (Robotics) Katy O’Hara Nash (Electronics) Olesya Klyuchenkova (Aerospace) Georgina Packham (Mechanical) have now picked one ...
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UWE Bristol’s Speak Up campaign hosts successful panel event for International Day to end violence against women

On 26th November 2018, a panel discussion was held as part of UWE Bristol's SpeakUp campaign, which aims to create an inclusive ...
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Bristol Robotics Laboratory professor in Westminster to advise on AI and automated vehicles

Professor Alan Winfield of the Bristol Robotics Laboratory has provided his expertise to two all-party parliamentary groups in Westminster. Alan Winfield, ...
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Miriam Cristofoletti reaches 1600 pupils in Leaders Award presentation

Miriam Cristofoletti from the Department of Engineering Design and Mathematics at UWE Bristol took up the challenge of presenting to over 1000 ...
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Promoting electronics careers: #TurnOnToElectronics

A new national campaign has been launched by the UK Electronic Skills Foundation, to promote electronics careers to young people ...
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New robotics Turing machine to be presented in Japan

In this guest post, Genaro Martinez, of the Unconventional Computing Centre at UWE Bristol, tells us about a new robotics Turing ...
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You are your password: Professor Lyndon Smith featured in CNN article

Professor Lyndon Smith of the Bristol Robotics Laboratory features in this CNN video "You are your password: The world of biometrics" ...
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Women Like Me engineer Jess Henson on her role and women in engineering

Our Women Like Me engineer Jess Henson, a Development Engineer at Renishaw's Neurological Products Division, has been featured recently in ...
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UWE’s day of engineering!

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Applications for community projects to access Engineering in the Community support

Would you like a nature or rain garden area for your school? Do you need technology ideas for citizen groups? ...
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UWE Bristol team to build winning Leaders Award design

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Coming soon: exciting workshops aiming to connect qualitative and quantitative researchers interested in the future of technology!

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