Building More Than Robots

Empowering young people to explore, challenge and grow into innovators who will take on tomorrow’s challenges.

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Take part in this season’s FIRST Tech Challenge UK as teams take on FREIGHT FRENZY, a race against time to deliver essential emergency relief.

Global challenge

Supported by a mentor, young people design a robot to compete in tournaments.

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Unrivalled provision

We work with schools, SEND settings, Alternative Providers, Youth and Community Groups.

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Financial support

We provide bursaries to make STEM inclusive and accessible for all.

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Watch our season intro webinar

Watch our webinar recording as we shared how the FIRST Tech Challenge UK programme is evolving this year and our new provision.

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Awards at the highest level

All FIRST Tech Challenge UK young people can achieve Industrial Cadets Gold Award and British Science Association CREST Gold. Our e-learning platform and Engineering Notebook make this process super easy.

“How better to explain what a career in STEM may be like than to set an exacting STEM challenge. FIRST Tech Challenge UK has everything from engineering, building to coding. But above all, seeing the students work together and help each other and support each other has been a very rewarding experience. And not just the students; this challenge has helped the Computing and Design Technology departments to work together as part of a broader STEM initiative within the school.”

Sally Smart, Design & Technology Teacher, St. Philomena’s Catholic High School for Girls

Collaborators

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CREST is the British Science Association’s scheme for STEM project work that inspires young people to think and behave like scientists and engineers.

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Collins Aerospace is dedicated to redefining aerospace and redefining futures – creating a positive global impact by advancing STEM education and investing in the communities where they live and work.

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Bloomberg, the global business and financial information and news leader, gives influential decision makers a critical edge by connecting them to a dynamic network of information, people and ideas.

Accredited by

Industrial Cadets is a nationally recognised scheme connecting young people with employers to run accredited experiences across the UK.

Funded by

The Department for Education’s vision is for an education system that prepares young people for life in modern Britain, regardless of their background or where they grow up.

Stoke On Trent Opportunity Area

Inclusion partner

Arm architects the pervasive intelligence. Arm-based chips and device architectures orchestrate the performance of the technology.

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JCB machinery sculpts the modern world. From agriculture to construction, power generation and access, our machines are on site in over 150 countries around the globe.

Accessibility partner

Arconic creates breakthrough products that shape industries. The Arconic Foundation prepares tomorrow’s workforce for successful, rewarding STEM careers.

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We invent smarter ways to bring energy to the world. We empower people in a culture of inclusion and support communities to be vibrant places to live and work.

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STEM Ambassadors are volunteers from a wide range of jobs and disciplines offering their time and enthusiasm to help bring STEM subjects and careers to life.

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We are engineers, scientists and strategists. We come from diverse cultures and have unique perspectives. We focus on a single goal – invent mobile technology breakthroughs.

We build More Than Robots

We invest in the young people who will invent the future. We’re a tech charity using robots, role models and competitions to equip young people with the technical know-how and soft skills to thrive.