The social good coming out of Aspire Ryde continues to grow. A new social enterprise hub launches next week to help young people turn their passions and ideas into live thriving projects.
The Tuesday evening workshops offer budding inventors and engineers the opportunity to build planes, rockets, parachutes and helicopters as well as battling robots to destruction.
The brief for the 2018 Young Designers Award will be released next month and the award will see an overall winner selected by public vote from the winning entries from each category.
Body loathing is something that affects many people - body image activist, Taryn Brumfitt explores the serious issue of body image with this "relevant, relatable, highly engaging – but above all life changing documentary".
Isle of Wight MP, Bob Seely, recently met pupils at Christ the King College to discuss their campaign to help educate children in the developing world.
The expedition was an “adventure with a purpose”, combining scientific field work, such as water sampling and ornithology studies, with media tasks, such as photography, videography, writing, presenting and sketching.
Young people experiencing mental health issues are encouraged to reach out on World Mental Health Day and seek help from the Isle of Wight Youth Trust.
The aim of the Cyber Ambassador scheme is to enable skilled-up, informed pupils to educate and offer advice and support to their peers so they can make the most of the internet and stay safe.
‘Mad’ scientists ‘Wonderstruck’ are guests at the Noel Turner Physics Festival being held at Cowes Enterprise College later this month. Parts of the event are open to the public.
Figures released today show that 38 out of 40 Isle of Wight schools will be facing cuts to funding up to 2020. OnTheWight has the per-school breakdown.