To help address the shortage of STEM skilled workers in the Hunter, RDA Hunter, through its STEM Workforce Initiatives, continues to provide activities that introduce students aged eight to 18 to the career opportunities studying STEM can kickstart. See the NBN Television news story http://www.nbnnews.com.au/2018/04/05/drone-piloting-inspires-hunter-girls/ In a female focused activity, students from Tomaree High, St Philips…

200 Hunter high school students recently visited the Hunter’s defence industries at Williamtown to experience, first-hand, the ‘real’ jobs that are undertaken at the facilities and the career opportunities that defence delivers in the region. See the NBN Television story http://www.nbnnews.com.au/2018/04/06/careers-in-aerospace-industry-growing/ ME Program students from schools across the region participated in a two-day careers program that…

RDA Hunter’s ME Program recently hosted a ‘teachers only’ tour of Boeing Australia at its Williamtown RAAF Base facility. 17 teachers from ME Program partner high schools across the region were invited to tour Boeing Williamtown’s software lab, Wedgetail aircraft and flight simulator recently. The tour was designed to familiarise teachers with the company’s facilities…

The ME Program and Tribotix have organised teacher development sessions for the Robotis Bioloid Premium Kits received through the STEM Grants Initiatives in 2017 and 2018. DATES Monday 26 March 2018 and Tuesday 10 April 2018 TIMES 9:00 AM – 3:00 PM (TBC) LOCATION St Philip’s Christian College – Port Stephens 182 Salamander Way, Salamander…

ME Program is hosting two sheflies Drone Camps at two Hunter locations in April. Female students from West Wallsend, Toronto HS, Hunter School of Performing Arts, Merewether HS, Tomaree HS, St Philips Christian College Port Stephens and Medowie Christian School will attend ‘camps’ to help them learn drone piloting. The camps will teach girls: –…

RDA Hunter is proud of its support from Australia’s Department of Defence to implement the ME Program. The Program works to STEM-skill Hunter students in preparation for the jobs of the future – particularly in the Hunter’s defence industry sector. Australia’s Department of Defence as part of its Workforce Behind the Defence Force campaign is…

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The ME Program and Boeing Defence Australia – Williamtown have an exciting opportunity for teachers from the Hunter region to attend a “teacher only” tour of their facilities at Williamtown RAAF base. The aim of the event is to promote Boeing Defence Australia personnel engagement with teachers which will flow on to students studying iSTEM…

Want to develop your students’ ICT skills? You are invited to a free Teacher Development Session presented by the ME Program and Lake Macquarie High School. The CISCO Networking Academy Teacher Development Session will be held on Wednesday 28th February. Topics for discussion include CyberSecurity, Internet of Everything and Entrepreneurship. Wednesday 28th February 2018 4pm…

Technology is disrupting the way we live, work, study and do business. It’s made us globally interdependent and encouraged us to engage with new markets. It’s also forced us to compete at an international level which means harnessing our competitive strengths, seizing opportunities and being vigilant to the next big international trends. So, when it…