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WOMEN IN AVIATION AUSTRALIAN CHAPTER CONFERENCE PROGRAM ANNOUNCED

The Women in Aviation Australian Chapter has announced the program for their upcoming National Conference to be held at Park Hyatt, Essendon Fields, Melbourne from the 15 – 17 November 2019. This year’s theme, Empowerment and Resilience, will see the program deliver a diverse platform that will inspire, inform and educate attendees about the various…
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2019 HUNTER REGION TECH GIRLS ARE SUPERHEROES SHOWCASE

To celebrate the success of the Hunter region in the competition, the ME Program, SISP & CASE are hosting the first ever Regional Tech Girls are Superheroes Showcase. The event which will be held at the Newcastle Museum Theatrette on Wednesday 20 November 2019 will be an opportunity for friends, family, school community and industry…
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2020 ME PROGRAM EVENTS CALENDAR

SAVE THESE DATES! The ME Program is pleased to release the calendar of events for 2020*. Further information regarding specific details for each event will be released closer to the event. Keep an eye out on upcoming STEM Workforce Newsletters for further information! *Dates are indicative only and are subject to change due to industry…
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ME PROGRAM ONLINE REQUEST FORM FOR SCHOOLS TO ENGAGE INDUSTRY

The ME Program facilitates partnerships between Hunter industry and high schools to make curriculum more workplace-relevant and build awareness of defence industry career pathways. It has a strong focus on developing science, technology, engineering and maths (STEM) skills in students from years nine to 12 in readiness for the jobs that industry requires, while ensuring…
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RDA HUNTER, OBELISK SYSTEMS AND CASE PARTNER TO DELIVER MARS ROVER WORKSHOP

A one day prep-course for the Mars Rover Challenge! The StarLAB team invite you to a Mars Rover workshop to get your students ready for our challenge in October! We’ll take you through all the basics of using the StarLAB and Rover, showing your students how to create some basic automation programs which will form…
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2019 LOCKHEED MARTIN CODEQUEST COMPETITION

The Lockheed Martin Code Quest computer programming competition returned in 2019 with teams from Newcastle Grammar School and St Philip’s Christian College – Newcastle Campus traveling to Canberra in August to participate in the competition. Code Quest is a computer programming competition where teams of 2-3 students each work together for 2.5 hours to solve…
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WOMEN IN AVIATION EMERGING LEADERS FORUM AND SCHOLARSHIP DINNER

RDA Hunter’s ME Program recently attended the Women in Aviation (WAI) inaugural Emerging Leaders Forum and Scholarship dinner with four Hunter region High School Career Advisers to hear about the multitude of opportunities for females in the aviation space. As a corporate member of WAI, RDA Hunter sponsored four Career Advisers from Hunter region High…
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2019 GREATER HUNTER F1 IN SCHOOL REGIONAL FINALS

The 2019 Greater Hunter F1 in Schools Regional Finals was held at the Maitland Federation Centre on Tuesday 27 August 2019 with 17 teams from 5 Hunter high schools in attendance and 22 industry representatives as the Judging panel. F1 in Schools is the world’s largest multi-disciplinary STEM competition which simulates the workings of a…
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STUDENT ENTREPRENEURS PITCH THEIR INNOVATIONS

SAVI (Sensory Assistant for the Visually Impaired) took out the overall award for Best Pitch at RDA Hunter’s 2019 STEM Defence + Innovation Pitch Night held last night in partnership with The Business Centre. Awarded the win by judges representing Boeing Defence Australia, RAAF and NSW Government, West Wallsend High School students Zahnee Bridge and…
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SAVE THE DATE: STEM DEFENCE + INNOVATION PITCH NIGHT

RDA Hunter invites you to SAVE THE DATE for the 2019 STEM Defence + Innovation Pitch Night. Following the success of the 2018 pilot program, a cohort of 12 high school students have participated in the 2019 STEM Defence + Innovation Program developed by Regional Development Australia (RDA) Hunter and delivered in partnership with the…
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