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STEM Workshops in Belfast

Hands-on STEM workshops delivered directly to your school. From £697/day ex VAT.

STEM Workshops for Schools in Belfast

Hyett Education delivers hands-on STEM workshops to primary and secondary schools across Belfast and Northern Ireland, inspiring the next generation of engineers, scientists and technologists in one of the UK's fastest-growing tech hubs.

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STEM Workshops Available in Belfast

Every workshop is curriculum-aligned, delivered by DBS-checked educators, with all equipment provided.

Instructor and child playing with LEGO Duplo trains during an Early Engineers Express workshop
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Early Engineers Express

A play-based EYFS and KS1 engineering workshop using LEGO Duplo trains. Children design, build, and test train tracks, bridges, and stations through hands-on construction challenges.

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Students building LEGO robotics during a Beginner STEMbotics workshop
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Beginner STEMbotics: Robotics & Coding

Inclusive robotics and coding workshop for KS1 and KS2 using LEGO Spike Essentials and LEGO WeDo 2.0. Children code with icon blocks or word blocks, and no reading ability is required.

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Students programming intermediate robots during a STEMbotics workshop
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Intermediate STEMbotics: Robotics & Coding

Intermediate robotics workshop for KS2 to KS4. Block-based programming with LEGO Spike Prime and EV3, advanced robot builds, sensors, and challenge mats.

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Secondary students writing Python code to control robots
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Advanced STEMbotics: Python Robotics

Advanced text-based Python robotics for KS3 to KS5 using LEGO Spike Prime. Real-world engineering applications with up to 30 students per session.

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Students programming drones during a Hyett Education workshop
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Drone Coding Workshop

Code flight paths and explore aerospace engineering through hands-on drone programming. Up to 30 students per session with safety eyewear provided for everyone. A 10-minute reset is required between sessions.

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Students learning about artificial intelligence in a workshop
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AI & Machine Learning Workshop

Explore artificial intelligence and machine learning concepts with practical robotics applications.

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Students using 3D design software and 3D printers
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3D Design & CAD Printing Workshop

CAD design and 3D printing workshops combining digital creativity with physical manufacturing.

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Students learning cybersecurity and cryptography
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Cybersecurity & Cryptography Workshop

Cryptography, codebreaking, and online safety through engaging, hands-on challenges.

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Students building circuits during an Electricity & Circuits workshop
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Electricity & Circuits Workshop

Hands-on experiments exploring electricity, circuits, conductors and insulators for KS2. Heavily mapped to Year 2, Year 4 and Year 6 science units. In-depth format includes eBook creation.

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Students creating stop-motion animations with LEGO
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Stop-Motion Animation Workshop

Create LEGO stop-motion animations using professional techniques. Perfect for KS1 and KS2 creative computing.

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STEM in Belfast: Why It Matters for Your Students

A History of Innovation

Belfast's industrial heritage is defined by the shipbuilding prowess of Harland & Wolff, whose Queen's Island yards constructed the RMS Titanic and hundreds of other vessels from the mid-nineteenth century onwards. The city's linen mills, ropewalks and engineering foundries made it one of the most productive industrial centres in the British Isles during the Victorian era. Aircraft manufacturing took root during the Second World War at Short Brothers, establishing an aerospace tradition that continues to shape the local economy today.

Inspiring STEM Role Models

Lord Kelvin, born William Thomson in Belfast in 1824, revolutionised thermodynamics and laid the theoretical groundwork for transatlantic telegraph cables. Jocelyn Bell Burnell, raised in Lurgan, County Armagh, discovered pulsars as a postgraduate researcher at the University of Cambridge, transforming our understanding of stellar physics. John Stewart Bell, the quantum physicist from Belfast, formulated Bell's theorem, one of the most profound results in the foundations of quantum mechanics.

Belfast’s STEM Economy Today

Belfast has emerged as a leading cybersecurity cluster in Europe, with firms establishing operations alongside homegrown companies nurtured by Catalyst Inc at its Titanic Quarter innovation centre. Spirit AeroSystems and Thales maintain major aerospace and defence facilities in the city, manufacturing aircraft fuselage structures and missile systems respectively. The Belfast Region City Deal is channelling over one billion pounds into digital innovation, advanced manufacturing and clean energy research.

STEM Career Pathways for Young People

Young people in Belfast can pursue careers in cybersecurity, software engineering and data analytics within a tech ecosystem that employs over 15,000 people. The aerospace sector offers pathways into composite manufacturing, systems integration and avionics through employers such as Spirit AeroSystems and Collins Aerospace. Queen's University Belfast and Ulster University provide degree programmes in artificial intelligence, biomedical engineering and renewable energy.

Investing in STEM Education in Belfast

Belfast's cybersecurity cluster contributes hundreds of millions to the Northern Ireland economy and is growing faster than almost any comparable hub in Europe. Spirit AeroSystems builds aircraft structures here. Thales manufactures missile systems. The Belfast Region City Deal is investing over one billion pounds in digital innovation. The transition from traditional heavy industry to a knowledge-driven economy is creating high-value employment at scale. Schools that prioritise STEM enrichment ensure the talent pipeline that underpins this transformation continues to flow.

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Our instructors deliver workshops across Northern Ireland and beyond, including:

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