School visits to encourage A level Computer Science students

[sjatkn]

The Head of Computer Science at my school has just asked if I can think of places or exhibitions that he could take a group of year 11 students to visit. He wants something that will enthuse them into taking A-Level Computer Science and head them into some form of technology related job. We are about 30 minutes south of Manchester right on the M6, so something in the North West would be ideal. Does anyone have any ideas as where to go. We did think of BETT but it's not quite the right event.

[steveg]

https://www.tnmoc.org/ is the obvious one that comes to mind, but probably too far to travel from where you are

[pete]

Not NW, but https://this-museum-is-not-obsolete.com from the person behind Look Mum No Computer and the Furby Organ.

 

GCHQ do work with Manchester Digital (https://www.gchq.gov.uk/section/culture/education-and-outreach)

 

Cloud Imperium (Star Citizen) have a studio in Manchester.

[BKGarry]

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[dhicks]

We are about 30 minutes south of Manchester right on the M6

 

The University of Manchester are bound to do open days:

 

https://www.cs.manchester.ac.uk/about/history-and-heritage/

[Ditto]

You might be able to get someone to come to the school too. Reach out to STEM Learning at https://www.stem.org.uk/ and see what comes of it. You might need to register, but a request for an ambassador is worth a shot - https://www.stem.org.uk/secondary/ambassadors

[mjhardisty]

What about Sumo Digital's Academy:https://www.sumo-academy.com/

 

Or a Playstation development lab: https://www.prolificnorth.co.uk/news/sheffield-hallam-opens-worlds-largest-playstation-teaching-lab/

 

Or Maker Space: https://www.salford.ac.uk/our-facilities/maker-space