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PA Consulting challenges young innovators to use their ingenuity to transform travel in its seventh annual Raspberry Pi competition
PA Consulting has launched its seventh annual Raspberry Pi competition to inspire the innovators of the future. The innovation and transformation consultancy is challenging pupils from schools and colleges to use their ingenuity to invent something that will transform travel and transport using a
Raspberry Pi, the credit-card-size highly capable computer. With this year’s theme of transforming travel and transport, students
have the opportunity to create solutions to tackle security issues, create a better experience for people with physical mobility challenges, or create the perfect yet least environmentally damaging journey. The competition is open to the following categories: • PA’s primary school award: academic years 4-6 • PA’s secondary school award: academic years 7-11 • PA’s sixth form and college award: academic years 12-13 The winning team in each category will receive £1,000 prize money.
The first 100 teams to enter will receive a free Pi 3 starter kit. Some winners from previous years have used their prize money to invest in new innovations and gone on to achieve commercial success. A recent winning team developed an eye-tracking system to control a computer, aimed at helping people with mobility issues. The team used their prize money to develop a project aimed at medical rehabilitation: a muscle monitoring system combined with a robotic exoskeleton, controlled by a Raspberry Pi computer.
uwww.paconsulting.com/events/raspberry-pi-competition/
Cambridge University Press searches for next YouTube stars
Cambridge University Press has launched a global competition to find four presenters for its new YouTube channel. The channel – ‘Learn English with Cambridge’- will support English
language learners by teaching them how to use English in the real world. Rupert Daniels, Global Marketing Director at Cambridge University Press,
said: “From new words and popular phrases, to how to prepare for an interview, or how to order something in a restaurant, we want our channel to offer fun, informative and practical language advice to show how people can use English in the real world. “Using their knowledge of English and Language Teaching, our presenters
will need to create video content driven by the topics that our followers want to learn about.” To enter, simply send in a video submission by Wednesday, 31 October
2018. A panel of English Language Teaching experts at Cambridge will review all of the entries and shortlist ten, which will be put to a public vote in November. The four winners will be awarded a one-year contract with the Press to publish videos for Learn English with Cambridge. They will also receive: • the use of a computer and editing software, camera and lighting equipment to record and edit their productions
• guidance and training on contemporary video production techniques • a monthly fee for their production and presentation services.
uwww.cambridge.org/learnenglish
£40m Collaborative Teaching Laboratory welcomes first students
The University of Birmingham’s flagship £40 million Collaborative Teaching Laboratory (CTL) has welcomed its first students for the new academic year. Built by Morgan Sindall Construction &
Infrastructure, and designed by architect Sheppard Robson, the state-of-the-art facility is set to transform the delivery of science, technology, engineering and maths (STEM) education at the leading Russell group university. The completion of the 72,120 sq ft building is a
key milestone in the university’s plan to invest almost £500 million in its Edgbaston campus. The CTL’s layout marks a move away from
discipline-specific labs, with the aim of supporting a convergence of science and engineering-based subjects, and fostering co-innovation.
Set over three storeys, the high-specification
facilities include a dry lab, e-lab and wet lab, allowing students to experience the environments they’re likely to encounter in industry. They will also be able to access the latest in
virtual reality technology to support their learning. A large event space on the lower ground floor,
the Discovery Zone, has been designed to provide a visually-stimulating and interactive environment in which to showcase STEM subjects to a wider audience. It will also be used to host business
engagement activities, open days, and continuing professional development courses. Trevor Payne, University of Birmingham
Director of Estates, said: “We are very proud of the Collaborative Teaching Laboratory. “It really
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epitomises our commitment to providing the very best academic facilities for our students. Beyond this, however, the CTL is a space that will not only support degree-related learning, but also prepare undergraduates for their professional lives, giving them an unparalleled student experience.”
uwww.birmingham.ac.uk/university/ building/Collaborative-Teaching-
Laboratory.aspx
October 2018
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