Engineering UK - Robotics Challenge

Challenge:

The Robotics Challenge has been running since 2015, growing from 25 schools to over 600 schools taking part nationally. The curriculum-linked programme sees student teams from across the country learn how to build, programme and control robots to compete in a series of short, exciting missions, culminating in a regional competition day. With the growth of the challenge, the management and delivery of the programme needed to be restructured. A delivery partner was therefore needed to take over school communication and competition planning across England.

Solution:

Our solution involved working closely with Engineering UK on the project to ensure consistency for schools, venues and other stakeholders who had been involved in the programme over the previous years.

This included:-

• Marketing of the programme

• Registration of new schools

• Comms plan

• Celebration event planning and management

• Judging and volunteer recruitment

• Social media and video creation to embed brand into schools

Legacy:

The Robotics Challenge has now been running in schools for nearly 8 years. It’s become an embedded challenge within STEM clubs across England with schools returning year on year to take part.

Participants in the Robotics Challenge report higher levels of knowledge of careers in STEM, are more positive about STEM subjects and rate STEM careers as more desirable compared with the general population of 11- to 14-year-olds.