Free resources on our website NOW! Researching equitable practices and social justice in makerspaces for young people. Team @IOE_London, funder @LR_Foundation.
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We are now on Blue Sky and LinkedIn! Hope to see you over there.
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#makerspace #equity #youngpeople #Inclusion
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We're back at @SODAmcr soon for DMLab NW!
Disabled or Non-Disabled musician, technologist or hacker? Join us for more accessible music-making. No booking required.
⏰ 6pm
📆 Tues 19 November
📌 School of Digital Arts, SODA, Man Met Uni, 14 Higher Chatham St, Manchester, M15 6ED
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🎶 Paid opportunity for Disabled musicians! Co-design an accessible instrument w/ Hugh Aynsley.
💸 £168/workshop + travel.
♿️ Wheelchair accessible space, visual support + quiet room provided.
📅 Apply by Nov 15: shorturl.at/czswu
Questions? [email protected]
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Our half-term digital adventures continue with Save the World with Minecraft!
Over 40 families have signed up for our beginner-friendly workshops, where kids build essential skills while having a blast.
Watch this space for more digital fun!
#DigiKnow #Digitober #Stockport
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✨Delighted to welcome students to @IOE_London on 9th January for our annual #ALevel #Sociology conference.
📢Speakers include Professor Louise Archer, Professor Stephen Ball, Professor @CarolineJOliver Dr Ozan Aksoy and Dr. Dylan Kneale.
⏰Register now!
eventbrite.co.uk/e/a-level-s…
Exciting event from @Drake_Music for Disabled and Non-Disabled musicians, technologists, hackers and makers to come together to explore new methods of accessible music-creation. Sign up below 👇
🧿 Join Lou Barnell, Chris Ball and Calina de la Mare at our November DMLab London session: New Perspectives.
📅 Monday 25 November
⏰ 6pm - 8.30pm
📌 Rich Mix, 35-47 Bethnal Green Rd, LND, E1 6LA OR live stream
📎 FREE tickets: shorturl.at/toGvU
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Sign up to see our team researcher Dr Meghna Nag Chowdhuri @meghnanc keynote on the Science Capital Teaching Approach!
Really looking forward to @meghnanc @_ScienceCapital keynote on Science Capital - a teaching approach at our ECT Science conference on 11th Dec @glebefarmschool for Primary and Secondary ECTs and RQTs
20% off all bookings made before half term
bit.ly/ECTconference
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Our current small grants scheme is still open, offering #funding up to £10,000 GBP for organisations interested in advancing our mission of engineering a safer world. This round of small grants applications will close on November 25th. Find out more: loom.ly/slw4CBs
Free half term STEM activities delivered by our partners @madlabuk in Stockport - places going fast! Be sure to sign up soon and not miss out 🤖 #makerspace #STEM
Keep the ‘I’m bored’ moments at bay this #halfterm at our FREE children's workshops.
Learn how to code on @microbit_edu, save the world in @Minecraft and build your own robot 🤖
📅 23-25 October
📍Stockport Museum
🔗Book here: tinyurl.com/MLhalfterm
#DigiKnow #Digitober
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📣 @m4kingspaces has recently announced winners of its inaugural Making Good prize! This celebrates young people’s innovation in makerspaces and aims to encourage diverse youth engagement with #STEM and community engagement. Explore the winning programmes: loom.ly/eHwgoHs
🏆In the last year, we launched the 'Making Good Prize' to celebrate #young people’s #innovation in #makerspaces and encourage diverse youth engagement with #STEM.
Find out more:
ucl.ac.uk/ioe/news/2024/oct/…
And explore all the winners in our digital gallery: m4kingspaces.org/making-good…
ALT Photograph of prize winner, Selem Arasa receiving her award from Professor Louise Archer and Dr Tim Slingsby.
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We have two exciting free opportunities for young people under 17 during October half-term! 💫
🔗 tinyurl.com/radical-creators
🔗 tinyurl.com/caring-ai
Photo credits: Ibi Feher
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How can we increase diversity in computing❓
Infographic poster by Dr Qian Liu (2024 Early Career Impact Fellow) and Prof Louise Archer based on roundtable discussions explores this:
discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprin…
@IOE_EarlyCareer @Doraliu1229
#STEM #computing #youngpeople #diversity
Interesting blog in @BERANews about the possibilities of STEAM education.
As many makerspaces mobilise STEM education through the arts/ making and vis-versa, they can be interesting sites to explore this relationship and the benefits of cross-disciplinary learning.
📝 NEW BLOG POST
The possibilities of STEAM education
By @JoTrowsdale, Rory McDonald, Amanda McCrory
Read here: bera.ac.uk/blog/the-possibil…
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I wrote a blog to help teachers and educators think about equity in maths! You can listen to the full podcast here: soundcloud.com/user-55826515…
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🚨New paper alert! 🚨
@ASPIRESscience project members @helensclegel and Louise Archer explore 'the role of capital in the development and mediation of mathematics identity and degree trajectories'
Read now 👇
link.springer.com/article/10…
On June 18th 2024, we launched new resources for the makerspace and informal STEM education sectors.
Find out more by watching our event video below!
mediacentral.ucl.ac.uk/Play/…
#makerspaces #resources #launch #STEMeducation
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We’ve loved seeing Maci take off in our Soundwave programme 🤩
Who’s next? There are just a few spots remaining for 2024-25! We also offer several other FREE after-school activities for young people (ages 10-17) living in BS4, BS3 5, BS13 & BS14…
tinyurl.com/ypp2025
Wow over 400 total downloads of our guidebook since we launched just over 2 months ago! 🫶
discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprin…
❤️What's your favourite part so far? ❤️
Let us know in the comments or send us a DM!
#makerspaces #STEM #youth #youngpeople
