Cambridge launchpad’s annual Summer Gala welcomed new Industry Partners, launched an innovative resource hub and celebrated a bumper year! The event was hosted by global genomics leader, Illumina at its Granta Park offices in Cambridge. Illumina joined Cambridge LaunchPad in April this year – bringing its DNA Day Programme to UK schools for the first time. The […]
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At last night’s Cambridge Independent SciTech Awards, we were thrilled to see Cambridge LaunchPad win in the STEM Initiative of the Year category, sponsored by CityFibre The win marks a proud moment for the programme, which we’ve managed since 2016, as our offer and impact continue to evolve. The last few years haven’t been without
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300 pupils at North Cambridge Academy discovered careers in aeronautical design in two fun-packed days during Cambridge LaunchPad’s recent digital pilot Years 8 and 9 have been testing the latest in combining virtual and hands-on learning as part of the college’s Experiences Week. Design Engineers from Cambridge LaunchPad Founding Partner, Marshall Aerospace and Defence Group, worked with Form the Future to create a day that took the
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Teams from Hills Road Sixth Form competed to design the best in urban regeneration During the latest Cambridge LaunchPad digital pilot, award-winning housebuilder Hill provided the ‘UrbanPlan’ workshop in a virtual format, so that all teenagers could take part while being covid-safe. Four teams from across all A-level subjects came together at Hills Road Sixth
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Year 6 pupils from Linton Heights Junior School trained as welders with TWI, using an unusual material After over a year away from schools – it was fantastic to see Cambridge LaunchPad back in action. The main hall of Linton Heights Junior School was the setting for the pilot session of a new way of teaching welding… using chocolate!
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Cambridge LaunchPad has celebrated another year of STEM success with virtual celebrations for students and partners. Despite the Covid-19 pandemic, there was much to celebrate – in 2019/20 Cambridge LaunchPad worked with 35 partners, saw 5200 students, and was able to host 88 events before many students moved to home-based learning. The virtual STEM celebrations
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Year 5 students from Fulbourn Primary School joined TWI to become defect detectives for the day As part of a Cambridge LaunchPad project day, the students were split into small teams and challenged to programme a Lego Mindstorms robot to detect defects along a weld line. Together with volunteer ambassadors, many of them in the
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Cambridge students joined the Institute of Astronomy and the Kavli Institute of Cosmology to explore our solar system at the Madingley Observatory Year 7 students from Coleridge Community College, Soham Village College, Parkside Community College and Comberton Village College took part in the Cambridge LaunchPad project day, designed to open their eyes to the wealth
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Students from Cherry Hinton Primary School and Stapleford Community Primary School joined Amey Cespa for two project days at their Education Centre in Waterbeach, where they learned about what happens to their recycling and rubbish after they put it in the bin. For many students, throwing away waste and recycling is something they do every
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Cambridge Regional College welcomed year 5 students from Linton Heights Junior School for a day of discovering future career paths. On 31st January, as part of a Cambridge LaunchPad project day, the students took part in hands-on activities designed to inspire them and help them to consider what their future careers may look like. The
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