TICE Surface Design Explore Mushroom Works!
After joining the work experience team, I met the students as they entered their final day of the textiles explore stage at the Design school at Northumbria University. Charlotte began the day by...
View Article#ComputerScience Insight Stage: The Secrets of Ethical Hacking!
Computer Science is back…with a new twist and a new mentor! This year we have Dani Walsh, Software Engineer at BorgWarner Inc, with heaps of experience in the information technology and services...
View ArticleTICE Music Explore Stage || Behind the Spotlight
When looking at the music industry, we only see the glamorous, external aspects – the popstars, the tours and the paparazzi parading every move an artist makes. What we don’t see is what’s hidden...
View ArticleLadders || An Introduction
Last week the newest cohort of Ladder’s students had their introductory session into the Ladders course. The course will feature four elements to it that the students will go through: the creative...
View ArticleLadders || Project Development
On the 18th April, the Ladders team reunited at Software City again after the Easter break. This session started with a more in-depth discussion of the projects the talent is expected to make. One of...
View ArticleTICE Final Show 2018 Video Reveal
So here we are, the TICE ‘Graduates’ of 2018. Wednesday just gone, (20th June) has seen 161 young people realise potential, grown in confidence and be celebrated for their achievements and commitment...
View ArticleLadders Case Studies || David Campbell
I always find it fascinating to see exactly what courses, including our current Ladders programme in collaboration with Generator, can do to influence young people’s lives in any capacity. How do they...
View ArticleIndia and the Victorians || Whitehouse Primary School
Once upon a time, not so very long ago in a primary school in deepest North Tyneside, a classroom of children took a day trip across seas and mountains to the magical land of India. For our day at...
View ArticleFashion Create Stage || Fashion Space, Futures and Sustainability
June 2018 concludes the Fashion Create Stage and what an amazing conclusion to a fabulous fashion team. 24 young people made it to the fashion create stage after individual interviews asking, ‘Why...
View ArticleCreative Writing || How to conquer your fear of the blank page
The things that struck me the most about this, the very first TICE creative writing year, is just how good at writing these students were – and how very well read. In an age of Instagram, YouTube...
View ArticleCreative Writing Explore Stage || How to Write for a Living
It isn’t often one gets to do what one wants in this world. Really, it isn’t. But this – the first ever TICE Creative Writing Explore Stage – gave me the chance to pull together two days where I could...
View ArticleGraphics Create Stage || Here’s looking at you, or me…
An excellent range of students from Hebburn Comprehensive School and John Spence Community High School made it to our Graphics create stage proving their passion and creativity by making it this far....
View ArticleComputer Science Create Stage || code it, create it, make a difference.
TICE Computer Science this year was brought together by 4 schools, Whitburn C of E Academy, Jarrow School, Boldon School and Whitley Bay High School. A very successful 25 students (from a huge starting...
View ArticlePhotography Create Stage || Stop, look and go through the motions.
Introducing the Photography Team and projects of 2018: 3 industry projects were chosen in the photography team to look into 3 current and popular areas in the industry today. The areas we focused on...
View ArticleMusic Create Stage ||“work hard, stay humble, write with soul”
From doing rhythmic patterns on our laps to performing quirky covers, 26 young musicians were chosen to take their talents to an entirely new level. We’re talking professional recording, digital...
View ArticleCreative Enterprise || Becoming a ‘Custom’ to it
Steve Jobs once said “Creativity is just connecting things” and it’s that entrepreneurial mindset of innovation and collaboration the Create Stage hoped to evoke in the 12 budding young entrepreneurs...
View ArticleTextiles Create Stage || Home is where the art is.
2017-18 has seen the launch of two new creative areas within the TICE programme with Textiles and Surface Design being one of them (Creative Writing the other). We were very excited to launch the...
View ArticleFBM Freshers || Year 7 Enterprise Experience
TICE has been working alongside Business Durham to expand the enterprise experience of young people. We believe that it is never too early to immerse yourself in the business of business. That is why...
View ArticleBonsais, Rattlin’ Bogs & Beetroot Paint || South Wellfield
We always love visiting South Wellfield First School. Without fail, the TICE team always enter a classroom full of enthusiastic, creative young people and this time was no exception. Musician, Sam Burt...
View ArticleThe Future of Apps || Marden Bridge Middle School
We were delighted to be invited back to Marden Bridge Middle School for another instalment of our Enterprise Days – a 2-hour workshop designed to introduce young people to the world of business and...
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