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RS Components launches go-kart design competition to promote STEM skills through motorsport
RS Components (RS) has announced its PDC go-kart design competition – an opportunity for students to design the bodywork (livery) of PDC Racing’s new go-kart for the 2021/22 season, and win a STEM day at their school. The competition is open to children in the UK and Ireland, aged 7–16
years, and challenges them to create an eye-catching design for the go-kart. The kart will be developed and tested by the PDC Juniors teams, aged 9–14 years, who will compete in various championships across the UK throughout 2021/22. The PDC Racing team, sponsored by RS, was formed in 2016 and
competes in the UK and Europe. They currently race seven cars in multiple club and national championships and have laid claim to four national championship titles in the last three years, with over 40 race wins. Motorsport is an ideal arena to learn and practise STEM skills and
knowledge: from the science behind the vehicle design and performance, to the mathematics required to devise the perfect racing line around a circuit. “We are committed to inspiring the next generation of engineers in
addressing the global skills shortage,” said Laura Giddings, STEM Education Manager, Northern Europe at RS. “Karting is the first step on the motorsport ladder for young people and is a fantastic way to acquire and use STEM skills. The chance to learn more about motorsport will be the impetus for some very creative kart design entries.” “STEM education is one of the team’s main areas of focus, so we’re
delighted to be partnering with RS on this design competition for schools,” said Gavin Johnson, Racing Driver/STEM Ambassador, PDC Racing Team. “Our ongoing commitment is to provide an inclusive and welcoming environment, focused on STEM, where young people can learn, develop skills
New multi-academy trust offers broadest range of secondary and sixth form options in Cambridgeshire
and build confidence. Today, young people can design a go-kart, tomorrow that could be a Formula 1 car. Anything is possible.” First prize is a school visit from RS’ mobile innovation centre Titan II and the
PDC race team, during which the go-kart bearing the winning design will be unveiled. The winner will also be given a mini merchandise kit and tickets for a race or test day for the go-kart. Four runners-up will have their designs displayed on the RS STEM hub alongside the winning design, and receive a Future Motorsports engineer kit, tickets for a race or test day, and a mini merchandise kit. The closing date is Saturday 7 November 2020.
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https://www.rs-online.com/designspark/pdc-go-kart-design-competition
A new multi-academy trust, The Learning Alliance (TLA), has been officially launched with the merger of two existing successful trusts – Cambridgeshire Educational Trust (CET) and Morris Education Trust (MET). CET (which included Chesterton Community College and Downham Market Academy) and MET (which included Impington Village College,
Impington International College and Witchford Village College) each had strong track records for academic excellence and innovation. Together, they now offer the widest range of subject and qualification options of any non-selective secondary school or sixth form in Cambridgeshire. These include GCSEs, A Levels, the International Baccalaureate (IB) Middle Years Programme, Diploma Programme and Career-related Programme, and BTECs. Heading the new trust's leadership team are Lucy Scott, of Chesterton Community College, which consistenly achieves in the top 1% of schools in the
country for exam performance and is rated outstanding by Ofsted, and Ryan Kelsall, previously Principal of Impington Village College, which was selected as State School of the Year in East Anglia in the Sunday Times Parent Power list 2020. Lucy Scott, CEO of TLA, said: “Our new Trust is a small purposeful family of schools, each with its own distinct identity which, combined, offer more
choice than any other group of schools, enabling every student to pursue their dreams and passions. As our Trust grows, each school will retain that identity but share the same values and standards of academic rigour, excellent extra-curricular opportunities and exceptional arts and performing arts. “What makes TLA so very different is that it is born out of an alliance between two existing trusts, not out of a need for one school to grow. Our joint
commitment is to being proudly international and internationally minded, serving a diverse community of families from Cambridge, across the UK and overseas, facilitated by our host family network, with a broad, specialist and inclusive provision. “Our existing schools have long track records for supporting students in achieving their full potential in a happy, respectful and nurturing
environment. They also have reputations for providing excellent professional development opportunities for teachers and staff and, through our merger, we are combining all of this knowledge, experience and insight.”
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www.education-today.co.uk October 2020
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