A team of Trinity Academy students has returned from the UK final of the Bright Ideas Challenge with their heads held high – the local team of five S3 students won through to the grand final of the nationwide competition and picked up a prize of a further £1000 for their school. Continue reading Utopia: Trinity’s Bright Idea rewarded in national competiton
A team of five S3 students from Trinity Academy in Edinburgh has fought off tough competition from hundreds of schools across Great Britain to win the Scotland prize in Shell’s national schools’ competition, The Bright Ideas Challenge. Continue reading Trinity students win Scotland title in national schools science competition
Lord Provost, Frank Ross has paid tribute to Skyrora as one of the leading lights of the city’s business world during a visit to space firm’s offices.
He visited the Princes Street offices of the rocket developer to meet its team and learn more about its future launch plans. Continue reading The sky’s the limit for City space firm
The importance of science, technology, engineering and maths (STEM) subjects in the early years of Scottish education is to be explored by the Scottish Parliament’s Education and Skills Committee. Continue reading Putting down roots: the importance of STEM subjects to be explored
James Munro wins funding to put towards further STEM activities
An Edinburgh Napier science technician has come out on top in a UK-wide online competition in which school students vote for their favourite scientist. Continue reading Edinburgh Napier technician wins ‘I’m a Scientist, Get me out of here!’ competition
Calling all budding Steven Spielbergs, Kathryn Bigelows or Peter Jacksons, Netflix fans, and promising BBC Data Scientists! A national competition to design a film or tv series based on data has been launched at DATAFEST 2019 – the UK’s first ever two-week festival of data innovation in Scotland. Continue reading Lights, camera, DATA!
Two scientists from Edinburgh will be presenting their engineering research in Parliament to a range of politicians and a panel of expert judges as part of STEM for BRITAIN on Wednesday 13thMarch. Continue reading Edinburgh scientists takes their research to Westminster
The 2019 FDM everywoman in Technology Awards showcase the brightest talent in tech, from the UK and beyond
The finalists for the ninth annual FDM everywoman in Technology Awards, in association with The Tech She Can Charter, have just been announced. Taking place to celebrate International Women’s Day, the awards are a timely reminder that only 15% of people working in STEM roles in the UK are female and just 5% of leadership positions in the tech industry are held by women.*
Two women from Edinburgh are among the finalists: Marianne Lillian Breen-Hart, Senior Manager at Accenture and Sharon Moore MBE, CTO for Travel and Transportation at IBM. Continue reading Achieve, Elevate and Inspire: Edinburgh women lead the way in national technology awards
The Smallpeice Trust has partnered with world leading engineering companies to create a series of engineering experience courses at four locations in the UK. Continue reading Searching for Scotland’s young engineers
Santa’s little helper Marty was on hand to deliver early Christmas prizes to a team of pupils from St Augustine’s RC High School, who were crowned winners of a battle of robots competition – Marty’s Coding Party 2018. Continue reading Christmas comes early to St. Augustine’s
