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Funding received for a NEW student Repair & Maker community

A newly approved project at UWE Engineering, will bring students together with local people to work on community projects. From solving community-generated problems, to fixing broken goods, the ‘Making And Knowledge Exchange for Repair & Sustainability’ – MAKERS project – it launches this month to create a purposeful & practical space for student creativity & … Continue reading “Funding received for a NEW student Repair & Maker community”

Bristol Engineering advocate, Jared Newnham named IET’s Engineering and Technology Apprentice winner

UWE student Jared Newnham has been named the Institution of Engineering and Technology’s (IET) Apprentice winner 2022. Jared is a third year Aerospace Engineering Degree Apprentice, undertaking a placement as an Airworthiness Certification Manager at DE&S Air Domain, Ministry of Defence. He was nominated for demonstrating outstanding initiative by developing a new regulatory-compliant procedure that … Continue reading “Bristol Engineering advocate, Jared Newnham named IET’s Engineering and Technology Apprentice winner“

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 that Luca Caruso (another intern) and herself designed and developed during the course of their internship. This was the first time the Lego Mindstorms session was run – thank you so much to the old … Continue reading “Lego Robots deployed in the community”

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 to inspire local children to think creatively – like an engineer – and design a sustainable future for our planet. The “We Make Our Future” show was developed in collaboration with the science entertainment wizards … Continue reading “UWE Engineering inspires local children to redesign our world“

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 Lisa Brodie collected an Enginuity Skills Awards at a ceremony in London, seeing off competition from two shortlisted entrants in the Diversity in Engineering category. The award recognises organisations, individuals or a team that has … Continue reading “UWE Bristol professor wins prestigious engineering award”

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 multi-million pound facility on Frenchay campus has transformed engineering teaching and learning at UWE Bristol and has already been named Project of the Year at the British Construction Industry Awards where judges praised its intelligent and sustainable … Continue reading “Official opening for School of Engineering building”

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 at the Old Library Community Hub in Eastville. The first session was incredibly well attended, with around 60 children and their parents and carers getting involved in the various activities on offer. The Bristol version of Minecraft was especially … Continue reading “New Community STEM Club in Eastville launched”

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 have been exploring digitally engineering the West with local children, using the incredibly popular block-building video game Minecraft. Why Minecraft? Minecraft is the second-best selling video game of all time and extremely popular with children. Players place … Continue reading “Crafting our Future – Engineering the West in Minecraft”

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 (3-8.30pm) and welcomes all young people in the area to drop by and join in! The club was co-developed with members of the local community, with support from the STEM Ambassador hub for the West … Continue reading “New community STEM club launched in Easton”

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 Engineering Building. With a new academic year underway, we’re all very excited about the opening of the new engineering building on Frenchay campus! The first group of staff from the Faculty of Environment and Technology … Continue reading “Lottie tours new state-of-the-art Engineering Building”