Schools' Competition: Mon 25 June 2018, Marconi Building, Anglia Ruskin University

We are very pleased to announce that this year's CSES Schools' Engineering and Technology Competition is open for entries.

A reminder of the dates (both events at Anglia Ruskin University):

• The competition will take place on Monday 25 June 2018
• The awards evening will take place on Wednesday 11 July 2018

Please click here for full details and to enter the competition.

The deadline for entries will be Monday 18 June 2016, although please don’t wait for your project to be finished before entering. Spaces are available on a first-come-first-served basis.

If you have any questions, please contact us. We are happy to come into school and discuss or present if this would help.

We look forward to seeing you in June.

Read more: The Schools' Competition 2018 is now open

Engineering Advanced Prosthetics: Wed 28 Mar 2018, 19:30, Anglia Ruskin University

Tour of Lord Rayleigh's laboratory: Wed 11 Apr 2018, 14:00, Terling Place

We have been able to arrange a very rare opportunity to visit Terling Place and see Lord Rayleigh's original laboratory as he left it!

There will only be space for 23 visitors so please register using the link below. We will operate a waiting list so please do register your interest even if the quota is full. Further details will be provided to successful applicants.

Due to the limited capacity, this opportunity will only be open to CSES members and their guests, at least initially.

Click here to sign up if you're not yet a member.

We are also pleased to advise that a talk on Engineering Advanced Prosthetics has been added to our programme, courtesy of our partners the IMechE.

Nanotechnology: Why is small different, and useful? Thu 15 Mar 2018, Anglia Ruskin University

President's Dinner: Thu 19 Apr 2018, The Warren Golf and Country Club

We are pleased to advise that we are now taking bookings for our annual President's Dinner, to be held as usual in April. We do hope to see as many members as possible at this prestigious and enjoyable event.

We have also added a nanotechnology talk to our 2017/2018 programme: please add this to your diaries! Our thanks to our partners the Institute of Physics (IOP) for this.

As you may be aware, we offer videos of our talks and some other events to members via the website.

Unfortunately, we have a huge backlog of videos from past events still to be published as we (the Committee) currently don't have sufficient capacity to work through them!

We are looking for a video editor (or team of editors) who would enjoy:

• Creating standard title and closing graphics (idents).
• Editing videos as required and preparing them for upload.
• Bringing creative ideas to the process such as incorporation of speakers' slides where available.
• Anything else that you can think of, such as filming events in the future.

Read more: CSES seeks video editor

Thu 22 Feb 2018, 19:00, Balti King, Moulsham Street

Members are invited to join us for our now somewhat traditional New Year's Curry of 2018.

This is slightly later than usual as we have been working throughout January on a social programme for the whole year: please watch this space.

Please come along for an excellent meal with a 50% discount on all food!

We look forward to seeing you there.

Wed 16 May 2018, 09:00 departure from Civic Theatre

We are pleased to announce a social event organised by Chelmsford Civic Society, who will be taking a coach trip to Bletchley Park to see:

• The mansion
• The codebreaking huts
• Colossus, the world's first digital computer
• The National Museum of Computing
• The National Radio Centre

Smashing Physics: Thu 8 Feb 2018, Anglia Ruskin University

We have added a lecture to our 2017/2018 programme: please add this to your diaries! Our thanks to our partners the Institute of Physics (IOP) for this.

Our partners, Essex County Council, are once again running the UK Youth Rocketry Challenge (UKRoC) in our region, with the final to be held in March at Stow Maries Aerodrome.

Many local schools have signed up are now seeking mentors who can assist them with the design and build of their rocket(s). Rocket science expertise is not required!

The anticipated time commitment would be perhaps a 1-2 hour meeting every month, although this can be varied according to the needs of the team and the mentor's availability. You would also be welcome to attend the final, which is normally at a weekend.

Read more: Mentors sought for Rocketry Challenge 2018