We are pleased to announce that the Technocamps Robotics Competition is back with the final competition day to be held on the 17th of July 2019. The theme of this year’s competition is “Disaster Droids” and we are challenging pupils from across Wales to answer the question: “Can robots provide relief where humans cannot?” The challenge is to design and … Read More
Super Science Sunday comes to Swansea
The Technocamps team was privileged to have been invited to participate in Super Science Sunday, organised by Swansea University‘s Oriel Science project as part of British Science Week 2019. Visitors at the event taking place in the wonderful surroundings of the National Waterfront Museum in Swansea, were treated to a huge range of interactive science exhibits and were given the opportunity to explore current research with talks … Read More
Technocamps’ Smart Cities Coding Competition arrives at Cardiff University for the 2019 Finals
Technocamps recently headed to the capital for the national finals of its annual coding competition, this year hosted by Cardiff University. Pupils from across Wales were set the challenge to create a piece of software on the theme of Smart Cities. The judges were overwhelmed by the creativity, innovation and technical skills demonstrated by all the teams who entered, and by the exceptionally high … Read More
Technocamps celebrates International Women’s Day 2019 at our Gala Dinner
Now in its 19th year, Technocamps was once again pleased to host the ITWales International Women’s DayCelebration, which took place at the Marriott Hotel in Swansea on Friday 8th March 2019. This year’s event focused on Early Career Development and our speakers offered insight, understanding and inspiration to over 180 assembled guests who had gathered for the Gala Event. Our regular host for the evening was Mr Kevin Johns … Read More
Technocamps goes Global
The Technocamps team has recently returned from an incredible overseas adventure, taking the programme global with a trip to Hong Kong alongside our collaborative partners Theatr na nÓg. The SPARK Festival is a brand-new British Council event, which celebrates creativity across the arts, sciences and education. Technocamps was privileged to be asked to join in the festivities by providing specially designed technical workshops to complement the … Read More
ITWales International Women’s Day Dinner 2019 – Celebrating Women in Welsh IT
The annual ITWales International Women’s Day Celebration provides an insight into the diverse range of business and career opportunities for women in the 21st Century and offers a platform for sharing experiences, knowledge and best practice for women, particularly those working within science and technology. This year’s theme is “Supporting Early Career Development” and is sponsored by Technocamps at Swansea … Read More
Technocamps Game Of Codes 2019 Coding Competition – Smart Cities
Game of Codes is back as Technocamps pan-Wales National Programming Competition. The competition will enable interested pupils to develop their problem solving, communication and teamwork skills as well as improving their knowledge of computer programming in a fun and inventive way. The challenge is to create a piece of software using Smart Cities as the theme. Your software must have an original … Read More
ICT Qualifications Need Fundamental Reform, Says Regulator
ICT qualifications used in schools and further education colleges are outdated and need fundamental reform. That’s the conclusion reached by regulator Qualifications Wales, who recommend re-designing Information and Communication Technology qualifications in Wales. The review discovered that ICT qualifications have not kept pace with the fast-moving digital sector. It recommends the development of new GCSE and A level Digital Technology … Read More
Technocamps After School Coding Club Spring Term Registration is now open
The Technocamps 2018-2019 Tuesday or Thursday After School Coding Club starts January and will continue every Tuesday/Thursday afternoon during school term time in the Technocamps Delivery Room, Singleton Campus (Further specific direction to the delivery room will be provided upon slot confirmation). In the Technocamps Coding Club, a wide range of computing topics will be will be covered making use of a variety of programming languages such as Greenfoot, Logo, Python, … Read More
Hong Kong Youngsters Learn Computer Science Skills as Successful Welsh collaboration goes Overseas
The innovative school’s outreach programme Technocamps have announced that they’ll be reuniting with Theatr na nÓg for a collaborative project in Hong Kong this January as part of the SPARK Festival. Since their establishment in 2003, the Technocamps team have delivered workshops in programming, games development, robotics, coding and app development to more than 45,000 young people in Wales. January 2019 sees … Read More