in EMBRACE hack you will...

The hackathon will bring together Microsoft-partnered universities from across the West Midlands region. Students will represent their university in a competition to showcase their creative thinking in creating a business solution.

The WM Regional Hackathon was launched to demystify a career in technology for the BAME community, by embracing technology to empower students to build real-life applicable, scalable solutions.

The hackathon represents a unique opportunity for students to share valuable insights, explore possibilities with tech, build exciting solutions with tech, and collaborate in their team to build a path to learning acceleration and improve education outcomes beyond what was previously possible.

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EMBRACE Practice  Includes…

  • Real-time learning opportunities.
  • A balanced schedule of instruction, peer collaboration, and self-paced project development.
  • Practice and advancing of skills in an agile manner.
  • Team and Challenge-based software development project.
  • Research and investigate problem definition.
  • Blend of social development and employability skills.
  • Online participation and engagement
  • All the magic of innovative learning including
    • Freedom to ideate and explore technologies
    • Competitiveness and prizes
    • Networking and industry insights
    • Microsoft EMBRACE Awards
  • Creating and capturing memories with social media support and team promotion

Practice

STEM skills

Learning

for experiece

Collaborative

challenges

Create

Solutions

Cooperate

For community & partnership

School of Computing and Digital Technology

A community of innovative practice

‘empowering the will to succeed through employable practice’
‘transforming Individuals, effecting Families, efficient Communities’