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STEM Workshops in Inverness & the Highlands
Hands-on STEM workshops delivered directly to your school. From £697/day ex VAT.
STEM Workshops for Schools in Inverness & the Highlands
Hyett Education delivers hands-on STEM workshops for primary and secondary schools across Inverness and the Scottish Highlands, connecting pupils to the region's extraordinary engineering heritage and its leading role in renewable energy.
Pricing for Inverness & the Highlands
Workshop Prices for Your Area
All prices are per day, excluding VAT. Based on your school being in the Highland area.
| Workshop | Key Stages | Price per Day | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Early Engineers Express | EYFS – KS1 | £697 | Book |
| Beginner STEMbotics: Robotics & Coding | KS1 – KS2 | £747 | Book |
| Intermediate STEMbotics: Robotics & Coding | KS2 – KS3 – KS4 | £847 | Book |
| Advanced STEMbotics: Python Robotics | KS3 – KS4 – KS5 | £847 | Book |
| Drone Coding Workshop | KS2 – KS3 – KS4 – KS5 | £847 | Book |
| AI & Machine Learning Workshop | KS2 – KS3 – KS4 | £847 | Book |
| 3D Design & CAD Printing Workshop | KS2 – KS3 | £747 | Book |
| Cybersecurity & Cryptography Workshop | KS2 – KS3 | £747 | Book |
| Electricity & Circuits Workshop | KS2 | £697 | Book |
| Stop-Motion Animation Workshop | KS1 – KS2 | £697 | Book |
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Our Workshops
STEM Workshops Available in Inverness & the Highlands
Every workshop is curriculum-aligned, delivered by DBS-checked educators, with all equipment provided.
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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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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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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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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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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AI & Machine Learning Workshop
Explore artificial intelligence and machine learning concepts with practical robotics applications.
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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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Cybersecurity & Cryptography Workshop
Cryptography, codebreaking, and online safety through engaging, hands-on challenges.
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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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Stop-Motion Animation Workshop
Create LEGO stop-motion animations using professional techniques. Perfect for KS1 and KS2 creative computing.
View Workshop →STEM in Inverness & the Highlands: Why It Matters for Your Students
A History of Innovation
The Scottish Highlands demanded engineering solutions on an extraordinary scale. Thomas Telford designed the Caledonian Canal, which runs sixty miles from Inverness to Fort William through the Great Glen, connecting the east and west coasts of Scotland. Construction began in 1803 and the canal opened in 1822, with 29 locks including Neptune's Staircase at Banavie, the longest staircase lock in Britain. Telford also designed over 900 miles of roads and more than 1,000 bridges across the Highlands, transforming the region's connectivity. The Highlands pioneered hydroelectric power in Britain, with the Foyers aluminium smelter on the shores of Loch Ness using hydroelectricity from 1896.
Inspiring STEM Role Models
Alexander Bain, born in Watten, Caithness in 1811, invented the electric clock and patented the first fax machine in 1843, more than thirty years before the telephone was invented. The son of a crofter who was apprenticed to a clockmaker in Wick, Bain demonstrated that a background in the Highlands was no barrier to world-changing invention. Hugh Miller, born in Cromarty on the Black Isle in 1802, was a stonemason who became one of the most important geologists of the nineteenth century. His studies of Old Red Sandstone fossils and his book The Old Red Sandstone, published in 1841, made significant contributions to understanding Earth's geological history.
Inverness & the Highlands’s STEM Economy Today
The Highlands are at the forefront of the UK's renewable energy sector. Onshore and offshore wind farms, including the Beatrice Offshore Wind Farm in the Moray Firth, generate substantial clean energy capacity. SSE Renewables operates the region's extensive network of hydroelectric power stations. The Pentland Firth is one of the most promising tidal energy sites in Europe. Space Hub Sutherland, in development on the north coast, is planned as the UK mainland's first vertical orbital launch site. The University of the Highlands and Islands, with its administrative headquarters in Inverness, offers STEM degrees in engineering, computing, environmental science and forestry across its network of campuses. Nigg Energy Park on the Cromarty Firth provides fabrication and maintenance services for the offshore energy sector.
STEM Career Pathways for Young People
The renewable energy sector offers careers in wind turbine engineering, hydroelectric operations, electrical engineering and environmental monitoring, with SSE Renewables and other energy companies running apprenticeship programmes across the region. The whisky industry, rooted in applied chemistry and process engineering, provides roles in distillation, quality control, chemical analysis and automation at distilleries across the Highlands. The University of the Highlands and Islands offers degrees and HNC/HND courses in engineering, computing, environmental science and forestry from campuses including Inverness College. NHS Highland provides STEM careers in medical technology, laboratory science and clinical engineering at Raigmore Hospital in Inverness.
Investing in STEM Education in Inverness & the Highlands
The Highlands produced the inventor of the fax machine, pioneered hydroelectric power in Britain, and now host some of the most ambitious renewable energy projects in Europe. A vertical launch spaceport is being built on the north coast. The region's geography, once seen as an obstacle, has become an asset for clean energy generation at scale. But the Highlands face a particular challenge: a small, dispersed population means that every young person who discovers a passion for engineering, science or technology matters enormously to the region's future. STEM enrichment in Highland schools is not optional. It is essential to ensuring the next generation has the skills to sustain and build on the extraordinary work already happening here.
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