Introduction Mission to Mars is an award winning work experience programme. It is designed to provide a realistic experience of being part of a software development team. Working in teams, participants are supported in completing a set of incrementally difficult tasks, each built upon the abilities of the robots. Industry…
Mission to Mars has been a program that has helped us engage with beginners and students alike and offer a realistic look at Software Development. Since then, Mission to Mars has Alumni which is a scary thought. We thought we’d take a look at the some of the stories and…
Mainly Champions but Mostly Clueless This July the Software Cornwall (Council Platinum Provider) delivered the award winning work experience Mission to Mars. We provide a week of coding, collaboration, company visits, games and a lot of hard work for 24 students from around the county of Cornwall. It continues with…
Truro College hosted a Software Cornwall Mission to Mars work experience for their A Level Computer Science students last week.
This June and July will see around 48 students attend three Mission to Mars work experiences. The first just completed was for Year 1 & 2 students from Cornwall College St Austell. The students are taking the BTEC National Foundation Diploma in Information Technology. The work experience provided them with…
First Outing for Mission to Mars Rovers Truro High School for Girls were the first students to utilise Software Cornwall’s new Martian Rovers. Having a purpose built circuit board to improve robustness and ease of construction these rovers have one significant upgrade over their predecessors. These can utilise either an…