The Royal Institution Christmas Lectures are well-established in the UK Calendar and this year two Technocamps University partners were able to stream the filming of the show ‘live’ to an audience of excited young people and their families. The Technocamps team worked in collabora- tion with Swansea University’s Oriel Science Project and the National Waterfront Museum for one of the … Read More
Working with the DVLA and its annual Coding Challenge
We are proud and privileged to continue our long-term relationship with Swansea’s DVLA and once again sponsored their annual ‘Code Challenge’ competition. The competition is open to both primary and secondary schools who work in teams to rise to the challenge of using coding to produce apps, games, webpages, etc. This year’s challenges included designing a game to keep children … Read More
Technocamps Joins in the Fun at Swansea Science Festival
Kicking off the half-term holidays in Wales, the Swansea Science Festival is an annual treat for both children and grown-ups, offering hands-on exhibits, live experiments and techie workshops keeping visitors entertained for the entire weekend. Organized by Swansea University, Technocamps was once again privileged to have been asked to participate at this exceptional, family-focused event. It was an opportunity to showcase the … Read More
Curriculum for Success?
It was an amazing day for educational professionals throughout Wales as Technocamps hosted an unprecedented day of learning, designed to inspire and motivate anyone and everyone who is working within the educational sector – from primary to post-graduate level. The day began with Stakeholders’ Conferences held simultaneously at both the Liberty Stadium in Swansea, and at Bangor University. Around 100 teachers and stakeholders … Read More
Swansea University Celebrates the Success of the First Degree Apprenticeship Graduates in Wales
Fourteen students make up the first-ever cohort of Degree Apprentices in Wales, all of whom will graduate this year with a BSc (Hons) degree in Applied Software Engineering from the Department of Computer Science. The Degree Apprenticeship Programme combines traditional academic learning in a University environment with work-based projects which allow the students to apply their newly acquired academic knowledge … Read More
GiST Cymru Summer School
Technocamps was extremely proud to lead on an innovative new programme designed to encourage young women towards STEM careers. The official launch of GiST Cymru at the University of South Wales was held in July 2019. Over 130 girls from schools across South East Wales and the Valleys attended to gain insight and understanding into the opportunities open to them … Read More
STEM Enrichment Summer School with Yellowsands Foundation
Last week was the end of our three week Summer School Programme with the students from Ysgol Bae Baglan who have participated in a 5-week IRONMAN Programme created by Yellowsands Foundation. During their time with us, the Technocamps Delivery Officers taught the students STEM-based activities such as coding, maths, how to build spaghetti bridges, Scratch modelling, creating parachutes, building rockets … Read More
2019 National Eisteddfod in Llanrwst
Technocamps were proud to participate in this year’s National Eisteddfod in Llanrwst. Our stand on the Maes hosted a variety of activities during the week for all ages such as programming the robots, coding and visiting virtual reality. The Technocamps team from Bangor University brought along their VR headsets which were very popular with both children and adults. We were … Read More
Smashing the stereotypes as GiST Cymru launches in the Valleys
Technocamps was extremely proud to lead on an innovative new programme, designed to encourage young women towards STEM careers. Last week saw the official launch of GiST Cymru at the University of South Wales with over 130 girls from schools across South East Wales and the Valleys attending, to gain insight and understanding of the opportunities open to them in the field … Read More
2019 Robotics Competition
Our annual Technocamps Robotics Competition was held on 17 July 2019 in the University of South Wales, Cardiff. The theme of this year’s competition was ‘Disaster Droids’ and we challenged pupils from across Wales to answer the question: “Can robots provide relief where humans cannot?” 30 teams signed up across Wales with 8 teams competing in the final. The challenge … Read More