GiST Cymru Summer School

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

Congratulations to our 2019 VTCT Graduates!

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Technocamps is extremely proud to be able to announce and celebrate the success of our most recent graduates from the VTCT/Technoteach course.  Fifteen primary and three secondary school teachers from across Wales have completed the programme this year, and we would like to offer our sincere congratulations to all of them.  The VTCT course is delivered free of charge in … Read More

Setting up our Stall for Science and the Assembly

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The event is hosted annually in the Senedd and Pierhead Building in Cardiff Bay and offers companies and projects a showcase for their activities.  Organized by the Royal Society of Chemistry, representatives from science-related industries came together with representatives from educational establishments across Wales, all of whom had travelled to Cardiff to hear keynote speakers and to learn from each other about all … Read More

FREE Accredited CPD Opportunity for Teachers across Wales 2019!

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Technocamps is once again offering a fantastic, unique opportunity to teachers from both primary and secondary schools across Wales; training towards the accredited QCF-Level 3 Certificate in Computing for Teachers, commencing in the Autumn Term 2019. Technocamps is offering this qualification absolutely FREE to teachers and schools. This qualification provides teachers with a wealth of content and pedagogical knowledge to enable and enhance … Read More

Swansea University Launches into the CoSMOS

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CoSMOS occupies the second floor of the Margam Building on the Singleton Campus.   The space is home to five major outreach and public engagement projects.  Further Maths Support Programme Wales(FMSP) aims to increase the numbers of students studying AS/A Level Mathematics and Further Mathematics and to generate higher numbers of students from Wales applying to study higher education courses in Mathematically-rich … Read More

FLL Robotics Team Egni collect Judges Choice Award for ‘Thinking Big’ at World Festival in Detroit

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The First Lego League Festival takes place annually and is a huge celebration of all things robotic with fierce but friendly competition between the nations.  This year’s event attracted over 70.000 visitors from across the World and featured over 1300 robots going head-to-head on a range of challenges set by the organisers and marked by an esteemed panel of judges.  The team, … Read More