Close to 350 primary school students from 18 schools across Newcastle competed in the miniME Challenge at The Forum on Wednesday 28th Nov as part of RDA Hunter’s miniME robotics and coding focused STEM activities. Part of a Regional Development Australia (RDA) Hunter, City of Newcastle and Obelisk Systems partnership, the Challenge is the culmination [...]
RDA Hunter and TAFE NSW are partnering to deliver Hunter high school students a pathway to a Certificate II in Aeroskills in 2019. Students will have the chance to undertake an EVET Pathway in years 11 and 12 as part of their HSC studies. Aeroskills teaches young people the skills to perform, repair and overhaul [...]
Varley Group, EDC Consultants and Cummins South Pacific are among 16 Hunter industry partners to this week host participants of the 2018 STEMship Program for the work placement module of the 17 week initiative. Participants, who are undertaking work experience in STEM and defence sectors in roles as diverse as shipwright, electrician, diesel mechanic and [...]
More young people are now employed in apprenticeships and technical traineeships across the Hunter region following the completion of the 2018 STEMship program. An initiative of Regional Development Australia (RDA) Hunter and supported by the State Government through Defence NSW, Training Services and TAFE NSW, STEMship is a vocational education and training (VET) pre-employment program [...]
RDA Hunter’s STEM Workforce Manager, Rick Evans recently attended the World Federation of Colleges and Polytechnics (WFCP) World Congress in Melbourne. Hosted by Australian TAFEs, the Congress brought together over 800 delegates from community colleges and polytechnics from around the world and experts in professional and vocational education and training. It explored new challenges in [...]
On August 9th, teachers from 18 schools in the Newcastle LGA received StarLAB Mars Rover Kits and training as part of their participation in RDA Hunter’s miniME Project. Built in the Hunter by miniME technology partner, Obelisk Systems, StarLAB Mars Rovers form the basis of the program which introduces primary school students in the Newcastle [...]
180 students in years 5 and 6 from primary schools across Newcastle LGA learnt coding and programming skills at the event which was held at The Forum on 12th September. Staged as part of RDA Hunter’s miniME program that is being undertaken in partnership with Newcastle City Council’s Smart Moves project*, the Hackathon aimed to [...]
RDA Hunter is inviting Principals and STEM teachers from schools across Newcastle to attend the 2018 miniME Challenge to see the achievements of Phase One of the Program. The event is the culmination of Phase One of the 2018/19 miniME Program which has been undertaken with the support of the City of Newcastle’s Smart Moves [...]
