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Opportunity for students to support East Bristol campaign for better air with repair skills

The MAKERS project is giving students the opportunity to use their repair and making skills to support the Easton based Baggator Youth Group and “Residents Against Dirty Energy” (RADE) Bristol campaign for better air. The group uses sensors to measure traffic and air pollution in their area to support their campaign efforts. Air pollution data … Continue reading “Opportunity for students to support East Bristol campaign for better air with repair skills”

British Science Week Activity Packs – Free Lesson Resources including UWE Inspire Sustainability Future Transport activity

British Science Week 2024 activity packs are now available, featuring a lesson on designing future transport solutions for reaching net-zero, from the UWE Inspire Sustainability team. The activity also includes insight about and links to local future transport solutions, such as the Mi-Link Autonomous Bus Service project between Milton Park and Didcot Parkway. The … Continue reading “British Science Week Activity Packs – Free Lesson Resources including UWE Inspire Sustainability Future Transport activity”

UWE Bristol Academic Laura Fogg-Rogers discusses the university’s new Repair Café on BBC Radio Bristol

Laura Fogg-Rogers, Associate Professor for Engineering in Society, was recently featured on BBC Radio Bristol, where she talked about her work at UWE Bristol and her latest project. In the interview with host Steve Yabsley, Laura talked about how her work focusses on the relationship between people and technology, and her passion for sustainability, climate … Continue reading “UWE Bristol Academic Laura Fogg-Rogers discusses the university’s new Repair Café on BBC Radio Bristol”

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 ‘Inspire young people in Engineering’. The 20 diverse engineers were led through the “how to” of engaging & inspiring children by the science communication experts from local Bristol planetarium company, Explorer Dome. Explorer Dome have … Continue reading “Engineers meet to inspire the next generation”

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 a new Youth Climate Action Toolkit to empower young people to act on things that matter to them. The toolkit is suitable for 16-24-year-olds, and we encourage you to please download and share the kit … Continue reading “A toolkit and training for youth climate social action”

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 weeks ago. Original interview conducted by Megan Craig, MSc and published on AzoRobotics International Women’s Day; In Conversation with Dr. Virginia Ruiz Garate Please could you briefly introduce yourself and where your research is based? … Continue reading “In Conversation with Dr. Virginia Ruiz Garate”

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 School of Engineering, for a training day in Climate Communications. Passionate about addressing the climate and ecological emergency, and eager to learn and connect with likeminded people, the delegates came from across the Bristol area, … Continue reading “Youth Climate Communications: a pilot”

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 time, the team have directly engaged 6832 children and 221 teachers from 73 schools and community groups in the West of England, with an estimated 96,303 children reached altogether through dissemination efforts. Along the way, … Continue reading “DETI Inspire release Engagement Activity Report”

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 SS Great Britain last week. ‘The West in Minecraft’ is a session from the DETI Inspire team that allows the students to use the hugely popular game Minecraft to re-engineer and re-design the West’s engineering … Continue reading “Future Brunels re-design the SS Great Britain in DETI Inspire’s ‘The West in Minecraft’”

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 work? Women Like Me pairs senior women engineers with junior women engineers to undertake mentoring and engineering education outreach in the Bristol and Bath area. Engineering is a creative, socially conscious, and collaborative discipline, and … Continue reading “New round of peer mentoring and outreach project, Women Like Me, for 2022”