{"id":5920,"date":"2021-10-01T11:48:59","date_gmt":"2021-10-01T10:48:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.uwe.ac.uk\/engineering\/?p=5920"},"modified":"2021-10-01T11:49:02","modified_gmt":"2021-10-01T10:49:02","slug":"new-community-stem-club-in-eastville-launched","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.uwe.ac.uk\/engineering\/new-community-stem-club-in-eastville-launched\/","title":{"rendered":"New Community STEM Club in Eastville launched"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A new Community STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering &amp; Maths) Club run by UWE Bristol academics and local volunteers has launched at the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/theoldlibrary.org.uk\/\">Old Library Community Hub<\/a>\u00a0in Eastville.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The first session was incredibly well attended, with around 60 children and their parents and carers getting involved in the various activities on offer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/info.uwe.ac.uk\/news\/uwenews\/news.aspx?id=4165\">Bristol version of Minecraft<\/a>&nbsp;was especially popular at the club. Developed by the DETI Inspire team, local design and engineering consultancy&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.atkinsglobal.com\/\">Atkins<\/a>, and&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.uwe.ac.uk\/research\/centres-and-groups\/scu\/projects\/science-hunters\">Science Hunters<\/a>, it gives children the opportunity to digitally explore, build, re-design and re-engineer their city and the surrounding area.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thymio.org\/\">Thymio robots<\/a>\u00a0were also very well received during the session. The small androids are designed to introduce children to programming and coding through interactive play. There were also a range of \u201canalogue\u201d STEM themed activities available, including construction sets, games, craft and books.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The sessions take place every Thursday 3.30-6pm and are free of charge. They are run on a drop-in basis with no prior booking required. The activities vary from week to week, depending on volunteer and equipment availability.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.uwe.ac.uk\/engineering\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2021\/10\/Thymio-Robots-1024x576-1.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5921\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.uwe.ac.uk\/engineering\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2021\/10\/Thymio-Robots-1024x576-1.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.uwe.ac.uk\/engineering\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2021\/10\/Thymio-Robots-1024x576-1-300x169.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.uwe.ac.uk\/engineering\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2021\/10\/Thymio-Robots-1024x576-1-768x432.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The club is co-developed by Old Library volunteers and the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.uwe.ac.uk\/about\/values-vision-strategy\/partnerships\/department-partnerships\/engineering-design-and-mathematics\/deti\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">DETI Inspire Team at UWE<\/a>. It receives further support from the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.graphicscience.co.uk\/stem-support\/\">STEM Ambassador Hub<\/a>\u00a0for the West of England. For more information on how to get involved or how to support the club, please get in touch with <a href=\"mailto:hello@theoldlibrary.org.uk\">hello@theoldlibrary.org.uk<\/a> or <a href=\"mailto:deti@uwe.ac.uk\">deti@uwe.ac.uk<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A new Community STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering &amp; Maths) Club run by UWE Bristol academics and local volunteers has launched at the\u00a0Old Library Community Hub\u00a0in 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&nbsp;Bristol version of Minecraft&nbsp;was especially &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.uwe.ac.uk\/engineering\/new-community-stem-club-in-eastville-launched\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;New Community STEM Club in Eastville launched&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":54,"featured_media":5922,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"wds_primary_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[175,24],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5920","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-deti","category-outreach"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uwe.ac.uk\/engineering\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5920","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\/54"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uwe.ac.uk\/engineering\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5920"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uwe.ac.uk\/engineering\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5920\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5926,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uwe.ac.uk\/engineering\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5920\/revisions\/5926"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uwe.ac.uk\/engineering\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5922"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uwe.ac.uk\/engineering\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5920"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uwe.ac.uk\/engineering\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5920"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uwe.ac.uk\/engineering\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5920"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}