Sports Engineering in Education interactive resources gone live
The Mayden Foundation is pleased to support the addition of four publications to a national on-line resource library.
Four interactive resources based around Sports Engineering in Education have been published in the National STEM Centre eLibrary. Sportscience and Engineering in Education, The Physics of Tennis, The Science of Tennis and The Physics of Spin in Sport were developed by Cooke Associates (in association with the LTA, SEP and the IoP) between 2000 and 2009. They cover the physical concepts and engineering behind various sports from KS2 right up to undergraduate level material.
The resources are:
- Sportscience and Engineering in Education looks at aspects of the national curriculum (KS2-4) in the context of today’s sports, including Formula 1 and tennis, as well as some of the underlying engineering (the design of sport shoes and swimming pool). http://stem.org.uk/rx9nv
- The Physics of Tennis focuses of how physical concepts are put into action in a game of tennis and is aimed at KS4-5. http://stem.org.uk/rx9nt
- The Science of Tennis covers the science and engineering of rackets, balls, shoes, surfaces and ball flight simulation: http://stem.org.uk/rx9nu
- The Physics of Spin in Sport provides information about the dynamics of flight for different projectiles in sport: http://stem.org.uk/rx9nw
These resources have been kindly donated by Cooke Associates and some further on-going development will be funded through the Mayden Foundation over the course of this year.
Mayden Foundation sponsors Leadership Seminar
The first Business Against Poverty seminar of the year was a departure from the usual evening format. The Mayden Foundation sponsored a seminar in Leadership by William Montgomery. Twenty five delegates descended on Hartham Park near Corsham in Wiltshire to be provided with a plethora of tools and techniques that leaders can use in business. William kindly donated his time for free and all the money raised by the delegate fees was consequently donated to the charity.
Foundation begins working with Business Against Poverty
This year the Mayden Foundation will be dedicating a significant proportion of its resources to supporting the work of Business Against Poverty. This will involve the creation of new web resources to enhance member benefits and exploring other initiatives to help raise the profile of the charity.
Bible Reflections users access a quarter of a million articles
With only three weeks to go to the end of the current business year, over 250,000 articles and sermons have been accessed by unique individuals since 1st April 2012 , setting a new record as traffic to the site continues to increase.
Daniel Kenning appointed as new FC-ES lead
After 3 years leading the Future Climate – Engineering Solutions project Alison Cooke has handed over the baton to Daniel Kenning. Daniel is a Fellow of The IMechE and has been a supporter of FC-ES for almost two years. He is also Chair of the IMechE’s Energy, Environment and Sustainability Group. Paul Jowitt has also agreed to support Daniel from within The Institution of Civil Engineers.
Foundation joins with Business Against Poverty
The Mayden Foundation is delighted to announce that Business Against Poverty will form the main focus of the Foundation’s work for the financial year 2013-14. Chris May, chair of Trustees, has been elected as the Business Director of Business Against Poverty for the year and will use the Foundation’s resources to enhance member benefits and increase membership of the Business Against Poverty network.
Future Climate website launches at COP18
The latest project by the Mayden Foundation, a website collating national energy plans required to tackle catastrophic climate change, was launched at the UN International Climate Change Conference in Doha, Qatar (COP18) earlier this week. Ten plans produced by national engineering institutes are already available on the website and so far 23 countries have agreed to submit their data. Speakers from seven countries came together at the launch, which was sponsored by Shell UK, together with representatives the UK Department of Energy & Climate Change and the British Council.
Bible Reflections Hits 50k visits
November saw Bible Reflections welcome it’s 50,000th visitor this year. Visitor numbers are slowly climbing and have just passed 8,000 per month with 20,000 pages viewed. In particular, US visitors have been growing at a steady rate and will soon pass those from the UK.
Mayden Foundation to present at COP18
The Mayden Foundation has been invited to officially launch the Future Climate website to an audience of technology negotiators at the UN International Climate Change Conference (COP18) which this year is to be held in Qatar. It is hoped the event will provide an opportunity to get more countries involved in the debate – and willing to supply data to support the aims of the website.
Foundation looks to Future Climate
Today the Mayden Foundation begins work on a new website bringing together the national energy plans of countries around the world.
Linking with experts at Cambridge University, the Institute of Mechanical Engineers and the Department of Energy and Climate Change, the Future Climate – Engineering Solutions website will allow the public to place in stark contrast the energy plans of their governments with those recommended by independent technical experts within their own borders.
Launch is expected before the end of the year.