A delegation of staff from the University of Wolverhampton recently visited Rīga Stradiņš University (RSU) in Latvia to share their expertise on the use of capture technology. The Panopto system uses technology such as video feeds, audio, Powerpoint slides and screen capture to enhance learning and teaching, making it easy for staff to record, edit and share video materials with colleagues and students.

PA has launched its fifth annual Raspberry Pi challenge to inspire the innovators of the future. This year PA is asking pupils from schools and colleges to invent under the theme of ‘Innovation for All’, using a Raspberry Pi. The aim of this year’s competition is to produce innovations that will improve the lives of people who have conditions that limit their ability to do the tasks that some people take for granted. Inventions could range from technology that helps athletes win a medal in the 2018 Winter Paralympics, aids visual impairment, or inventions which use music therapy to target mental health.

The University of Wolverhampton recently hosted girls from local schools to help inspire them to positively engage in science based subjects. Over 50 10 and 11 year old girls from Newfield Park Primary School in Halesowen, Olive Hill Primary School in Dudley and Cradley Heath Church of England Primary School visited the University for a ‘Girls 4 Science’ event that focused on engaging them in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths) subjects through interactive workshops and activities.

Waitrose is recruiting over 5,000 people for temporary roles across the country this Christmas to help with increased demand over the busy festive period. New recruits will make up around 2,500 of these roles and they will be filled throughout October, November and December. The remaining roles will be filled by those who have worked for the retailer previously with many being university students home for the Christmas holidays.

Sir Lenny Henry was a major attraction in Birmingham as he visited Shenley Academy to launch the National Theatre’s On Demand in Schools Primary, the second phase of the National Theatre’s digital initiative offering acclaimed curriculum-linked productions free of charge, to schools across the country. At the Academy, in Weoley Castle, in the south of the city, he facilitated workshops for the students, providing rudimentary pointers, before opening up to questions, the multi-award winning star of stage and screen imparted some of the knowledge he accrued, as a stand-up comedian and theatrical actor, to an auditorium of students who were keen to take-in his every passing word. 

The latest plans by the University of Wolverhampton to transform a derelict brewery into a £100m education hub for construction and the built environment have been given the green light. The University submitted planning applications for the next phase of redevelopment at the former Springfield Brewery site in Wolverhampton during the summer, which included the creation of a new School of Architecture and Built Environment at the site alongside the hub for the Elite Centre for Manufacturing Skills.