Regional Development Australia (RDA) Hunter recently welcomed 2019 recipient of Member of the Order of Australia, 2012 Young Australian of the Year, Engineer and Entrepreneur, Marita Cheng to Newcastle on Wednesday 19 June. Addressing 55 students from Merewether High School, San Clemente High School and Newcastle High School, the Year 7 – 10 girls listened [...]
Generation STEM is a 10-year investment in the development and retention of science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) skills in NSW. The initiative aims to attract more diverse and high‐potential students into NSW‐based STEM education and employment to increase the supply of a STEM-skilled workforce. To inform the design of this initiative, CSIRO is undertaking [...]
Students from 16 primary schools in the Newcastle local government area met at Callaghan College, Waratah on Thursday 6th June to compete in RDA Hunter’s miniME Mars Rover Challenge. At the Challenge, students put their coding skills into action on a purpose-built track modelled on Newcastle’s Civic Precinct. The activity saw teams program their Rovers to [...]
FUTURE CAREERS THE ONLY LIMIT IS YOUR IMAGINATION The Hunter Region needs mechanical, structural, avionics and ICT tradespeople. High-value, job ready skills are needed to create and sustain advanced technologies in the Defence Industry. Students in Year 10, 11 & 12 & post school career seekers – come along to discover your pathway into Aviation [...]
Check out the video of the 2019 Altitude Accord Scholarship qualifying competition Congratulations to our three winning teams. For more information visit: https://www.meprogram.com.au/archive/altitude-accord-scholarship-winners-announced/
Lockheed Martin Australia (LMA), Regional Development Australia (RDA) Hunter and University of Newcastle are pleased to announce the winners of the inaugural Altitude Accord Scholarship as part of its partnership to help build an industry-skilled, homegrown Hunter workforce for the region’s growing defence industry. Three teams were deemed winners of the 2019 Scholarship following the [...]
Newcastle primary schools participating in Phase Two of the miniME Program are invited to a professional learning session miniME StarLAB Rover PL Session 2 DATE: Thursday 23 May TIME: 3:30pm – 5:30pm LOCATION: Callaghan College Wallsend Campus Library, Macquarie St, Wallsend Parking available onsite Afternoon Tea provided INFORMATION • As many teachers may attend as [...]
The first cohort of RDA Hunter’s new STEMstart initiative commenced its four week training component (skill-set) this week. The group is the first to undertake the 18th month-long program developed by Lockheed Martin Australia, TAFE NSW and RDA Hunter. It offers a vocational pathway for technical training that includes critical skills in ICT, Cyber Security [...]
RDA Hunter’s STEM Workforce Initiative is pleased to welcome a significant new industry skilling partner. Pennant Australasia, a subsidiary of the UK-based Pennant International Group that provides leading-edge aviation technical training capability to the Australian Defence Force, will join RDA Hunter’s STEM Workforce Initiative to help prepare and excite Hunter students for defence industry trade [...]
According to the OECD’s Jonathan Barr, (RDA Hunter’s) STEMship provides an interesting example of how local partnerships between regional development organisations, industry, and the TAFE sector can encourage more apprenticeship training. The program provides pre-employment training for secondary school graduates to enter apprenticeships as an alternative to university, leading to a full qualification at Certificate [...]
