{"id":348,"date":"2018-11-01T17:41:32","date_gmt":"2018-11-01T17:41:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.uwe.ac.uk\/engineering\/?p=348"},"modified":"2018-11-01T17:41:32","modified_gmt":"2018-11-01T17:41:32","slug":"children-as-engineers-highly-commended-at-stem-inspiration-awards","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.uwe.ac.uk\/engineering\/children-as-engineers-highly-commended-at-stem-inspiration-awards\/","title":{"rendered":"Children as Engineers highly commended at STEM Inspiration Awards"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A UWE team have been at the House of Lords in London today, after they were <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.uwe.ac.uk\/engineering\/children-as-engineers-shortlisted-for-stem-inspiration-awards\/\">shortlisted<\/a> for\u00a0an <strong>Inspirational STEM Engagement Project Award<\/strong> in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.stem.org.uk\/news-and-views\/news\/congratulations-shortlisted-nominees-stem-inspiration-awards\">2018 STEM Inspiration Awards<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www1.uwe.ac.uk\/research\/sciencecommunicationunit\/scumembers\/researchstaff\/laurafoggrogers.aspx\">Laura Fogg-Rogers<\/a>\u00a0ran <a href=\"https:\/\/www1.uwe.ac.uk\/research\/sciencecommunicationunit\/projects\/childrenasengineers.aspx\">Children as Engineers<\/a>, a collaboration between the UWE Bristol <a href=\"https:\/\/www1.uwe.ac.uk\/cahe\/edu.aspx\">Department of Education and Childhood<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www1.uwe.ac.uk\/et\/edm.aspx\">Department of Engineering, Design and Mathematics<\/a>, with <a href=\"https:\/\/people.uwe.ac.uk\/Person\/JulietEdmonds\">Juliet Edmonds<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/people.uwe.ac.uk\/Person\/faylewis\">Dr Fay Lewis<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-350 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.uwe.ac.uk\/engineering\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2018\/11\/Dq7X8eyXcAA0aHQ-169x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"169\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.uwe.ac.uk\/engineering\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2018\/11\/Dq7X8eyXcAA0aHQ-169x300.jpg 169w, https:\/\/blogs.uwe.ac.uk\/engineering\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2018\/11\/Dq7X8eyXcAA0aHQ-576x1024.jpg 576w, https:\/\/blogs.uwe.ac.uk\/engineering\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2018\/11\/Dq7X8eyXcAA0aHQ.jpg 675w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 169px) 85vw, 169px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The team attended the awards ceremony and were <strong>highly commended<\/strong> for the project, which paired student engineers and pre-service teachers to undertake engineering design challenges in primary schools; a well deserved recognition of their hard work and dedication.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A UWE team have been at the House of Lords in London today, after they were shortlisted for\u00a0an Inspirational STEM Engagement Project Award in the 2018 STEM Inspiration Awards. 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