Heritage Open Days in Chelmsford: 10 - 13 September

This year the Chelmsford Civic Society is co-ordinating the Heritage Open Days on behalf of the City Council. These take place between Thursday the 10^th and Sunday the 13^th of September. Nationally the Heritage Open Days is managed by the National Trust. Last year the sites that were open attracted over three million people. All events are free.

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2015 Competition results

Congratulations to everyone who won an award at the 2015 Schools' Competition, which took place on Friday 26 June 2015 at Anglia Ruskin University.

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Enter the 2015 CSES Schools' Competition

Now open for entry: The CSES Schools' Competition 2015, Friday 26 June, Anglia Ruskin University

We are very pleased to announce that the 2015 CSES Schools' Engineering and Technology Competition is open for entry. Submit your project now!

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New talk added to our programme: The Birth of the Signalling War

Monday 2 March, 19.30, Anglia Ruskin University

We are very excited to announce the addition of a talk to our programme, entitled Birth of the Signalling War: The Marconi Company's key role in WW1, by Dr Elizabeth Bruton of the University of Oxford.

Get the event details here (please note special parking arrangements).

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Essex businesses challenged to provide 500 experiences to highly-skilled youngsters

A forward-thinking initiative from Essex County Council is helping plug the gap of highly-skilled workers in the science, technology and engineering sectors in Britain today.

Damning findings from a recent Confederation of British Industry report have revealed more than half of employers fear they will not be able to recruit enough high-skilled workers.

In an attempt to address this, four years ago (2011), Essex County Council launched the Education and Industry STEM programme to directly target shortages in science, technology, engineering and mathematics.

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Addition to the lecture programme: Our Dynamic Sun

IOP/CSES lecture: Our Dynamic Sun, Wednesday 1 July, Anglia Ruskin University

We are pleased to announce the addition of another lecture to our 2014/2015 programme, organised by the Institute of Physics (IOP).

The talk, by Dr Helen Mason from the University of Cambridge, review what we have learnt about the active Sun, in particular what we know (and don't yet know!) about solar active regions and flares, and how this solar activity affects the Earth's environment.

Please see here for the full event details.

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Save the date: Schools' Competition 2015

Save the date! The annual Schools' Engineering and Technology Competition will be taking place on Friday 26 June 2015 (approximately 1000-1500), and the Awards Evening on Thursday 16 July 2015 (approximately 1900-2100), both at Anglia Ruskin University.

We will be contacting schools directly with more information in the coming weeks; in the meantime if you would like more information please contact us.

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Photos from our Raspberry Pi workshop now available

We are pleased to advise that the photos from our workshop, Build a working alarm system with a Raspberry Pi, are now available.

The event was held at the Chelmsford Ideas Hub on 2 November 2014, as part of the Ideas Festival; see here for details.

See the photos here

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