Workshop
A 1 day, zero-prep workshop where up to 96 pupils design, test & race radio-controlled cars, boosting GCSE skills and career confidence
Secondary
This experience is targeted at schools with a high proportion of students from groups who are underrepresented in the engineering profession.
RC Vision’s Hands-On RC Racing STEM Workshop turns your sports hall into a motorsport lab for a day. Up to 96 students rotate through driving, racing and learning, guided by a professional engineer so every learner meets real-world role models from the industry they could join.
Learners start at the Track Lab, logging lap times and exploring the physics of car racing. They explore gearing, electronics and aerodynamics, discovering how the engineering habits of mind inform and drive motorsport. Finally, teams work with classmates, practising communication and reflection while mapping their skills to careers of the future from renewable-energy engineer to AI ops technician.
The day is zero-prep for teachers: RC Vision supplies cars, laptops, timing kit, £10m insurance, DBS staff and a ready-to-print risk assessment. All activities are SEND-adaptable to ensure every learner can participate. Pre-workshop questionnaires let us tailor pacing; a post-session survey captures uplift in STEM interest, and learning outcomes.
Cost: Standard cost for a full day workshop is £850. It is available UK-wide, with additional travel expenses charged for Scotland and Northern Ireland.
Bursaries: Thanks to corporate partners in the rail & automotive sectors, RC Vision can fully fund a limited number of workshops each term. Schools located within the London Paddington, Oxford or Bristol travel-to-work areas are especially encouraged to enquire — just email [email protected] or mention “Bursary Request” when booking and they will confirm availability.
Improve engagement, interest or enjoyment in STEM subjects
Improve attainment and progress 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
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:
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:
Planning - Setting goals and designing routes to achieve them
Creativity - Using imagination and generating new ideas
Listening - Receiving, retaining and processing information
Problem solving - Finding solutions to challenges
Speaking - Transmitting information or ideas
Teamwork - Working cooperatively with others to achieve a shared goal
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