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Experience Day Challenger Workshops

Hands-on, practical workshops for up to 90 students delivered face-to-face or virtually by EDT's education team!

Experience Day Challenger Workshops

The EDT Experience Day workshops are 1 day events for up to 90 students.

They deliver hands-on, exciting workshops including, but not limited to, programming robots, building rollercoasters and creating solar powered sustainable creations out of KNE’X.

All workshops have been created by educational professionals in partnership with industry experts to design engaging activities that develop vital skills such as: teamwork, communication skills, leadership, creativity and importantly career awareness.

Cost

The workshops cost £1945 but EDT offer fully-funded workshops for eligible schools.

Learning outcomes

  • Improve engagement, interest or enjoyment in STEM subjects

  • Develop engineering employability skills

  • Improve awareness and aspirations for STEM-related study and careers

  • Challenge stereotypes by showing the diversity of disciplines, people and skills involved in engineering

Subjects and topics

    • Chemistry
    • Computing
    • Design and Technology
    • Engineering
    • Maths
    • Physics
    • Electronics, robotics and programming
    • Energy and environment
    • General engineering
    • Structures, construction and civil engineering

Gatsby benchmarks

The Gatsby benchmarks are a framework for good careers guidance for schools across all of England and in some areas across the rest of the UK. This experience helps your school to reach the following benchmarks:

  • Learning from career and labour market information
  • Addressing the needs of each pupil
  • Linking curriculum learning to careers
  • Encounters with employers and employees

Essential skills

The essential skills every young person needs to succeed in education and their future career. Find out more at the Skills Builder Partnership. This experience builds the following skills:

  • Creativity - the use of imagination and the generation of new ideas.

  • Leadership - supporting, encouraging and motivating others to achieve a shared goal.

  • Problem solving - the ability to find a solution to a complex situation or challenge.

  • Teamwork - working cooperatively with others towards achieving a shared goal.

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