{"id":16147,"date":"2025-07-16T15:56:27","date_gmt":"2025-07-16T14:56:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.uwe.ac.uk\/engineering\/?p=16147"},"modified":"2025-09-17T08:42:12","modified_gmt":"2025-09-17T07:42:12","slug":"engineering-family-fun-day-a-celebration-of-curiosity-creativity-and-community","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.uwe.ac.uk\/engineering\/engineering-family-fun-day-a-celebration-of-curiosity-creativity-and-community\/","title":{"rendered":"Engineering Family Fun Day \u2013 A Celebration of Curiosity, Creativity, and Community"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cIt was great to see so many young people being interested in STEM. It was also a good day for parents who are not in the STEM field as well, to see them ask questions and inspire their children was amazing!\u201d<br>\u2013 <em>Sally Sin, Student Ambassador<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">UWE Engineering did it again! Our Family Fun Day welcomed a lively crowd of over 800 parents, children, students, and staff, all brought together by the magic of science, technology, and imagination.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The day was packed with hands-on activities that sparked curiosity across all ages. From making <strong>wind turbines<\/strong>, where every design seemed more creative than the last, attending the planetarium, to taking part in immersive <strong>simulations<\/strong> like car racing and flying, there was something to delight everyone.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Younger children dived into <strong>arts and crafts<\/strong>, decorating a beautiful wind turbine nature park. Meanwhile, our ever-popular <strong>Minecraft zone<\/strong> remained a crowd favourite, drawing in families for a digital STEM adventure.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For teens, the <strong>Degree Apprenticeship Talks <\/strong>offered valuable insights into future pathways in engineering, while those curious about sustainability took part in a fun \u2018<strong>Find the Sustainable Job<\/strong>\u2019 trail. The team championed for children to join the activity, and they enthusiastically did! As they explored the building, spotting posters and collecting stickers, their faces lit up with pride. And when their faces shone, so did their parents<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Throughout the day, our enthusiastic staff and student ambassadors were on hand to guide visitors, answer questions, and make sure no one missed a thing. With plenty of food (yes, there were hotdogs!) and good vibes all around, the event kept everyone fuelled and smiling.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The whole team agreed, the day was exciting, curiosity was sparked, and the time flew by! We learned, we shared, we laughed. We\u2019re already looking forward to hopefully hosting it again in summer 2026. See you then!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-vimeo wp-block-embed-vimeo\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Family Fun Day 2025\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/1104499015?dnt=1&amp;app_id=122963\" width=\"563\" height=\"1000\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen; picture-in-picture; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cIt was great to see so many young people being interested in STEM. It was also a good day for parents who are not in the STEM field as well, to see them ask questions and inspire their children was amazing!\u201d\u2013 Sally Sin, Student Ambassador UWE Engineering did it again! Our Family Fun Day welcomed &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.uwe.ac.uk\/engineering\/engineering-family-fun-day-a-celebration-of-curiosity-creativity-and-community\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Engineering Family Fun Day \u2013 A Celebration of Curiosity, Creativity, and Community&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":30,"featured_media":16148,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"wds_primary_category":15,"footnotes":""},"categories":[150,15,24,1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16147","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-engineering-and-society","category-events","category-outreach","category-uncategorised"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uwe.ac.uk\/engineering\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16147","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uwe.ac.uk\/engineering\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uwe.ac.uk\/engineering\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uwe.ac.uk\/engineering\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/30"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uwe.ac.uk\/engineering\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16147"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uwe.ac.uk\/engineering\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16147\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16245,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uwe.ac.uk\/engineering\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16147\/revisions\/16245"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uwe.ac.uk\/engineering\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/16148"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uwe.ac.uk\/engineering\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16147"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uwe.ac.uk\/engineering\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16147"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uwe.ac.uk\/engineering\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16147"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}