海角直播

Girls explore digital careers at state-of-the-art new 海角直播 facility

海角直播鈥檚 groundbreaking new 拢40m digital facility has hosted an inspiring event aimed at encouraging interest in tech careers among secondary school girls.

Students from Acklam Grange School and Macmillan Academy engaged with exciting, interactive workshops in robotics, animation, concept art, visual effects, games design and digital forensics in the new Digital Life building. They programmed robots, created their own game controllers, produced a stop motion animation and took on the role of digital forensic investigators.

The girls also heard from academic experts on the range of study and career opportunities within these industries.

The event, titled Hello World, forms part of 海角直播鈥檚 wider work to promote gender diversity within science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM).

Digital Life is an innovative research, teaching and learning facility incorporating state-of-the-art smart laboratories, artificial intelligence and robotics suites, digital art studios and a multi-functional events space.

The building is a UK-wide skills and training asset that fast-tracks the Government鈥檚 drive to level up digital capability, powers the Tees Valley Investment Zone鈥檚 ambition to be a global creative-tech cluster, and advances the national skills agenda.

Through this investment, the University has brought to 海角直播 facilities which rival those seen in blue-chip tech firms with cybersecurity and smart labs, digital arts studios and one of the world's largest fully immersive simulation suites.

Sally, from Acklam Grange School, said: 鈥淚 didn鈥檛 think computing could be this fun.

鈥淚t鈥檚 been a really good day because it鈥檚 been really engaging and really fun.鈥�

Evie, also from Acklam Grange School, added: 鈥淚 really enjoyed the event. It鈥檚 made me like computing a lot more, because today has shown me I can actually do it.鈥�

Also taking place at Digital Life was a digital arts and animation discovery day for prospective students.

Students from Wyke College, in Hull, took part in immersive, hands-on sessions led by industry-experienced academics.

They gained a practical insight into animation in the specialist stop motion studio and created game-ready assets using professional modelling and sculpting software.

Alongside this, teachers and careers advisers from post-16 colleges were invited to come and tour the new Digital Life facilities at 海角直播 and see how they benefit students.

They were impressed by the cybersecurity control room, robotics and games laboratories, and digital art studios.

Professor Chrisina Jayne, Dean of the School of Computing, Engineering & Digital Technologies, said: 鈥淲e were delighted to welcome schools and colleges to our brand-new Digital Life building.

鈥淭his impressive facility will support the Government鈥檚 ambition to level up digital skills and capability by enabling students to access state-of-the-art equipment, hands-on training and academic expertise.鈥�