Entries by Antonio Portas

Tales of Engineering – Our first meeting

Ready… set … engineer! Our first meeting for Tales of Engineering took place in July 2019 at Northumbria University, where a small group of engineers were generally terrified with the idea of reading to young children and becoming engineering ambassadors! We had a good look through a few available engineering story books and decided to […]

Tales of Engineering – call for volunteers

NUSTEM has been awarded a prestigious Ingenious Public Engagement Award by the Royal Academy of Engineering to support our Tales of Engineering project. The project will connect professional engineers with pre-school children and their families to share their love of Engineering. In relaxed and friendly activity sessions, engineers and families will read an engineering-related storybook […]

Sixth Form Evening Lectures: the 2018 edition

How Physics and Maths Make a Difference in the World Each year NUSTEM organises a series of Sixth Form Evening lectures for students in North East schools.  With the help of Northumbria University’s academic community and local employers we explore how physics and maths are used in the world around us.  The aim is to […]