In today’s digital world there is an ever-increasing need for young people to develop their digital and STEM competences, so they can play an active role in society. Future Creators Cadets provided opportunities to develop such competences.
The Future Creators Cadets was established in 2015 by The Digital Hub and was delivered with the National College of Art and Design (NCAD) and H2 Learning. The programme was inspired by the Future Creators Programme, but it targeted a younger cohort of participants, recruited from local schools, with a programme tailored to their abilities, interests and needs.
The programme, run after-school, for two hours once a week, saw 10-to-12-year-olds working on projects that brought together electronics, design, music, film, art, code, and technology. Central to the programme was its hands-on approach that enabled the school children to collaboratively design and create digital artefacts that were meaningful to their lives.
