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Local STEM/STEAM Workshops and Events
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Curiosity Hub

Afterschool and Holiday Clubs

Winner of Workshop Provider of the Year at SPARK Festival 2015

 

Pioneering out-of-school STEM/STEAM enrichment for children, integrating the use of educational technology including Lego WeDo and Mindstorms robotics, Minecraft EDU, Stop-motion Animation and Squishy Circuits for ages 5-14.

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Spring Forward Festival

Mother & Daughter Creative Tech Workshops

​A unique annual event created for the festival celebrating Women in Digital Culture.

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Girls and their mothers (or female adult mentors) take part in creative technology workshops including Minecraft EDU, Lego Robotics and Stop-motion Animation.

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Brighton Science Festival

Festival Workshops

Multiple sold-out workshops featuring Lego robotics and Minecraft every year at this local science festival.

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Curiosity Hub

School and Homeschool Workshops

Original and engaging in-school STEM/STEAM workshops and regular homeschool classes, integrating Lego  robotics and other educational technologies, linking to the curriculum for Key Stages 1-5 (ages 5-18).

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International Women in Engineering Day

Girls Imagineer the Future

Held at the University of Brighton, girls were invited to attend a day of workshops featuring robotics, computer game development, digital music, animation and engineering challenges.

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Brighton Summit

Code Your Own Robot

A bespoke workshop delivered during the 'Time Well Spent Hour' at Brighton Summit, a conference held by Brighton Chamber of Commerce.

 

After an introduction to robotics and a short talk on diversity in STEM, over 40 adult participants worked in teams to build, code and test Lego Mindstorms robots.

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Brighton Digital Festival

Let's Create Together

Winner of the Digital Education Award at Brighton Digital Festival.

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A full-day event encouraging young people to bring along a parent, grandparent or other adult caregiver and explore the world of creative technology together.

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Booth Museum of Natural History

Minecraft at the Museum

Enabling young people's participation in a virtual palaeontology dig, these workshops held at the Booth Museum of Natural History in Brighton integrated the handling of artefacts from the museum's fossil collection.

Community Outreach for Businesses and Charities
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Royal Institution

Engineering Masterclass

Based on my unique experiences in the aerospace engineering industry, this workshop and talk for Year 9 students involved space exploration Lego robotics challenges, alongside advice on potential education and career paths. Delivered multiple times in London and Sussex.

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Make the Future Live

Eco-Car Design

Development of a 'hands-on' workshop based around discovering ultra-efficient car design through reverse engineering.

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Delivery of multiple sessions to primary and secondary school groups during multi-day festivals at London's Olympic Park.

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Curiosity Sussex

Brighton WonderFest

A brand new festival bringing together local scientists, STEM businesses and organisations to create a free, full-day public event which attracted over 1200 visitors.

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E.On

Creative Conductors

Incorporating MakeyMakey and Scratch, this workshop asked young people to design and build handheld controllers for users with specific needs, and showcased careers at a national energy company.

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A successful pilot scheme saw delivery in 15 primary schools before roll-out across the UK.

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American Express

Girls Get Digital

A whole-day event celebrating Ada Lovelace Day, showcasing STEAM careers and opportunities at the global technology company.

 

Girls were invited to attend workshops featuring robotics, computer game development, animation and website creation.

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Lighthouse Arts

Young Animators Studio

Afterschool course run over 8 weeks at a local digital arts organisation, culminating in a movie screening event for students' friends and families.

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Soroptimist International

Rocket Girls

Talks and workshops based current and future uses of robotics, plus advice on STEM/STEAM education and career paths.

 

Activities included space exploration challenges using Lego Mindstorms robotics kits, exploring computer programming and using the engineering cycle, showcasing students’ own creativity and problem-solving skills.

Professional Development Courses and Team Building Events
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American Express

Agile Robotics

A bespoke series of robotics and programming workshops for a global technology company, integrating concepts from Agile software development methodology.

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The professional development course was tailored for staff at beginner, intermediate and advanced experience levels.

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American Express

Project Management in Technology

A 10-hour course delivered for students on work experience at a global technology company, comprising robotics challenges with a project management competition.

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The course culminated with students' presentations of their solutions to the Vice President of the company.

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NESTA

Play | Create | Invent

Creative and fun workshops to celebrate Ada Lovelace Day at a national innovation foundation.

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Participants were invited to re-discover their childhood curiosity while building and inventing with Lego robotics.

Workshop Collaborations with local Artists and Scientists
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British Science Week

Chocolate Laboratory

Winner of the Community Award from the British Science Association.

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Designed alongside Brighton chocolatiers CocoaMonkey, children learned about the chemistry of chocolate production while creating their own confections.

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British Science Week

Chemistry in a Cup

This workshop focused on the chemistry behind ceramics, firing and glazing with potter Hazel Stephenson. 

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Students explored material science concepts while creating their own clay cups.

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Brighton Digital Festival

Music Makers

Winner of the Grassroots Award at Brighton Digital Festival.

 

Developed with music technologist Rosa Fox, these workshops provided young people with an introduction to Sonic Pi and digital music composition.

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The resulting tracks were entered as part of students' national Arts Awards.

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International DNA Day

Discover DNA

Developed alongside cancer biologist Dr Katy Petherick, these workshops were aimed at students interested in biotechnology and biomedical engineering careers.

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Students performed DNA extraction from fruit and learned about genetics, DNA structure and gel electrophoresis.

Content Creation and Research
Space Satellite

STEM Careers

CPD Development

Research and development of digital resources for educator CPD, focusing on the diversity of roles in the UK space sector and the benefits of inclusivity in STEM.

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Science & Engineering

Outreach Materials

Blog posts and other public outreach materials for a global engineering firm, envisioning Mars in 2050.

Diving in the Reef

Science & Engineering

Educational Resources

Educational materials and research reports for a future underwater habitat project.

Ocean

Science & Engineering

Research Reports

Research reports detailing links to the UK National Curriculum for a future oceanography mission.

Minecraft Farm

Engineering & Technology

Books

Copywriting and images for an educational book about learning to code in Minecraft.

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