RDA Hunter invites Hunter region Career Advisers, Teachers and Students to register to attend the Women in Aviation Emerging Leaders – Virtual Forum on 30 October 2020. The FREE event is an opportunity for students interested in aviation and aerospace to hear from industry leaders across Australia about the multitude of opportunities for careers within…

RDA Hunter’s ME Program was thrilled to run the 2020 Hunter F1 in Schools™ Regional Final on Tuesday 25 August 2020 with the racing being filmed in the main aircraft hangar at Fighter World, Williamtown.  While COVID-19 restrictions hampered students from attending the event, teams from Mount View HS, Glendale Technology HS and St Philip’s…

Image: Behind the scenes with Jack Fraser (SPCC – Newcastle). RDA Hunter’s STEM Defence + Innovation program ended on a high with 13 incredible Year 10 and 11 students from the Hunter region pitching their inventions to a panel of esteemed judges via a live webcast. The webcast was the result of a two-month long business…

ME Program partner school, St Philip’s Christian College (Newcastle) has continued their collaboration with local Defence contractor BlueZone Group for the 2020 Subs in Schools STEM Challenge. The industry-school collaboration began in 2019 which saw St Philip’s Christian College student placing 2nd in Australia at the 2019 Australian National Finals in Adelaide. The Subs in…

The 2020 STEM Defence + Innovation Program has continued over the last couple of weeks that has seen the participating students make exciting progress on their ideas and projects.  Students from the three schools also participated in a virtual Airforce Experience session with RAAF WLM personnel on Friday 26 June 2020. Virtual Workshops: Friday 19…

The 2020 STEM Defence + Innovation Program kicked off last week with a cohort of 14 Hunter region high school students. The Program was developed by RDA Hunter and delivered in partnership with The Business Centre for Hunter students to participate in a ‘real-life’ innovation and entrepreneurship program. The 14 students from St Philips Christian…

The ME Program is taking Expressions of Interest to participate in the 2020 STEM DEFENCE + INNOVATION Program. In collaboration with The Business Centre Newcastle, the STEM DEFENCE + INNOVATION Program has 12 positions available for students of ME Program schools in participating ‘real-life’ innovation and entrepreneurship activities. The commercialisation program is targeted at students who have completed a STEM based…

The ME Program is proud to continue our support for the annual Techgirls Competition! This was previously named the Search for the Next Tech Girl Superhero competition. The competition began with 16 students in 2014, and it has grown to up to 1000 students per year. We have engaged more than 10,000 girls in our…

RDA Hunter was prepared for and really looking forward to hosting the 2020 Defence Industry Technology Expo on Wednesday 18 March 2020, but, with school excursions banned and in the best interest of everyone’s health and wellbeing, we had to postpone the event. Technology Expo Student Passport developed for the event: https://www.flipsnack.com/RDAHunter/defence-industry-technology-expo-passport-fzujw95nv.html We expected a…