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WORKFORCE BEHIND THE DEFENCE FORCE

RDA Hunter’s ME Program is pleased to help promote the Department of Defence’s Workforce Behind the Defence Force campaign. According to the campaign, over the next decade and beyond, the demand will increase for Australian workers with trade, technical and science and technology skills to build and maintain fleets of new ships, submarines, armoured vehicles,…
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SUCCESS FOR HUNTER SCHOOLS AT F1 STATE FINALS

Held at the University of Western Sydney’s Penrith Campus, ME Program schools were well represented at the State Finals of the F1 in Schools Competition held from 5th to 7th November.  Eight out of a total of 39 top teams in the state were from the Hunter. The two top teams in the Senior Professional…
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SQNLDR NATHAN DRAPER: I PAINT A PICTURE OF MY EXPERIENCE

F-35A Air Vehicle Sustainment Manager SQNDLR Nathan Draper, of the Air Combat Systems Program Office, is playing an important role promoting Air Force careers in the Hunter region of NSW, where the majority of Air Force’s JSF aircraft will be based at Williamtown. SQNLDR Draper works with RDA Hunter to help inspire students to pursue…
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CALL FOR STUDENT PROJECTS: STEM DEFENCE + INNOVATION

RDA Hunter and The Business Centre Newcastle invite students to enter their iSTEM projects for the ME Program’s 2019 commercialisation mentoring program, STEM Defence + Innovation. To be eligible, students must have completed a Year 10 iSTEM project in 2018. RDA Hunter will provide grant to project teams to further develop and prototype their ideas.…
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SCHOOL DATA COLLECTION PROGRAM – VOLUNTEERS NEEDED

The ME Program is looking for 5 volunteers to undertake collection and analysis of its partner schools’ census data. The project will be two to three weeks duration and include system and device testing as well as collecting an analysing data. For more information or to register your interest contact Peter Wall at peter.wall@stemquip.com.au
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NEWCASTLE GRAMMAR SCHOOL WINS MARS ROVER CHALLENGE

The StarLAB team and RDA Hunter last week staged the 2018 Mars Rover Challenge which was an opportunity for ME Program schools to come together and test their Python prowess. The Challenge which was held at The Forum, the University of Newcastle over two days, was also live-streamed on YouTube. The first day saw students…
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ME PROGRAM SPONSORS 10 STUDENTS AT WOMEN IN AVIATION CONFERENCE

The ME Program was delighted to sponsor 10 Hunter students to attend the WAI Australia National Conference, which was held at the Mercure Hunter Valley Gardens Resort on Friday 28th – Sunday 30th of September 2018. Girls from Hunter River High School, Callaghan Wallsend Campus, West Wallsend High School, St Mary’s Catholic College and St…
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ME PROGRAM AND NEWIE VENTURES COLLABORATE ON IOT CHALLENGE

The ME Program has partnered with Newie Ventures to run an Internet of Things Challenge for 3 Hunter High schools: Newcastle Grammar School, Belmont High School and St Catherine’s Catholic College. Consisting of an IoT Workshop, IoT Challenge Coaching Session and Challenge Event, the course is a hands-on introduction to the technology and skills involved…
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RDA HUNTER WELCOMES SCHOOLS PATHWAYS PROGRAMME FUNDING

Australian Minister for Defence Industry recently announced Schools Pathway Programme grant funding to continue RDA Hunter’s STEM and workforce development initiative, the ME Program. RDA Hunter welcomes Minister for Defence Industry, The Hon Steven Ciobo MP’s announcement of continued funding for the ME Program through a Federal Government Schools Pathway Programme Grant. View the media…
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