{"id":349,"date":"2024-10-01T13:04:02","date_gmt":"2024-10-01T12:04:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/as\/lovelearninginservice\/?page_id=349"},"modified":"2024-10-10T09:52:14","modified_gmt":"2024-10-10T08:52:14","slug":"techfest","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/as\/lovelearninginservice\/techfest\/","title":{"rendered":"TechFest"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-484\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/as\/public\/lovelearninginservice\/uploads\/sites\/5257\/2024\/10\/10094633\/TechFest-logo-with-sc-no-300x109.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"109\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/as\/public\/lovelearninginservice\/uploads\/sites\/5257\/2024\/10\/10094633\/TechFest-logo-with-sc-no-300x109.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/as\/public\/lovelearninginservice\/uploads\/sites\/5257\/2024\/10\/10094633\/TechFest-logo-with-sc-no-1024x372.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/as\/public\/lovelearninginservice\/uploads\/sites\/5257\/2024\/10\/10094633\/TechFest-logo-with-sc-no-768x279.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/as\/public\/lovelearninginservice\/uploads\/sites\/5257\/2024\/10\/10094633\/TechFest-logo-with-sc-no-800x291.jpg 800w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/as\/public\/lovelearninginservice\/uploads\/sites\/5257\/2024\/10\/10094633\/TechFest-logo-with-sc-no.jpg 1260w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>TechFest is a charity based in Aberdeen that aims to provide STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) learning opportunities for people of all ages, abilities, and interests. Through a variety of events, educational programmes, and community outreach, TechFest emphasises the importance of STEM education for improving job prospects, fostering innovation, understanding the world, and tackling global challenges. Their programmes cater to everyone, from early years to secondary school, and beyond.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-483 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/as\/public\/lovelearninginservice\/uploads\/sites\/5257\/2024\/10\/10094452\/wendy-findlay-techfest.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"204\" height=\"238\" \/>Wendy Findlay is the National Programme Manager for TechFest. She is a Chartered Mechanical Engineer but is passionate about inspiring the next generation of scientists and engineers.\u00a0 Wendy has spent the last 7 years supporting stakeholders around Scotland to create Regional Partnerships to help and deliver STEM programmes and activities which inform young people about the career opportunities in their local area. Wendy has also helped to deliver some national programmes such as Big Bang Near Me and <em>FIRST\u00ae<\/em> LEGO\u00ae League.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"elementtoproof\"><span style=\"font-size: 11.0pt\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-482 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/as\/public\/lovelearninginservice\/uploads\/sites\/5257\/2024\/10\/10094357\/julia-chew.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"166\" height=\"199\" \/>Julia Chew is an Outreach Coordinator for TechFest. Julia studied Sociology at the University of Aberdeen and joined TechFest straight after graduation.\u00a0 Julia returned to TechFest two years ago and has a passion for working with students throughout their STEM journey. Julia has tremendous experience in delivering a myriad of curriculum aligned programmes to pupils of all ages.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>TechFest is a charity based in Aberdeen that aims to provide STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) learning opportunities for people of all ages, abilities, and interests. Through a variety of events, educational programmes, and community outreach, TechFest emphasises the importance of STEM education for improving job prospects, fostering innovation, understanding the world, and tackling global challenges. Their programmes cater to everyone, from early years to secondary school, and beyond.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/as\/lovelearninginservice\/techfest\/\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2907,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-349","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/as\/lovelearninginservice\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/349","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/as\/lovelearninginservice\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/as\/lovelearninginservice\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/as\/lovelearninginservice\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2907"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/as\/lovelearninginservice\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=349"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/as\/lovelearninginservice\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/349\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":490,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/as\/lovelearninginservice\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/349\/revisions\/490"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/as\/lovelearninginservice\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=349"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}