The CyberHub Trust organises & delivers Events where students can meet industry experts, including DigiTech & Cybersecurity companies, Advertising & Digital Media Agencies, Filmmakers, AI specialists, etc.
These events take place at FE Colleges & IoTs, but sometimes also at company premises.
Take a look at some of the events we have delivered:
Cyber, Safety & Security Roadshow
The CyberHub Trust delivered its second national Roadshow in 2024, themed ‘Career Opportunities for Young People in Cyber, Security & Safety’. The events were hosted in Liverpool, Birmingham, Milton Keynes and London.
Supported by our industry leading Partners, the Events showcased interactive activities & challenges designed to engage young people in cutting-edge DigiTech and Cyber skills.
Additional support from the West Midlands Regional Cyber Crime Unit, the Metropolitan Police Service, the National Crime Agency, and the Department for Science, Innovation & Technology added real-world relevance to the event, giving students a glimpse into careers in cybersecurity & public safety.
Highlights of the Roadshow included:
- AXON VR Headset Taser Challenge (testing students’ decision-making and risk assessment skills)
- BAE System Cyber Quest Challenge (providing an in-depth look at cybersecurity problem-solving)
- Currys Laptop Build & Breakdown & Bomb Disposal Challenge (engaging students in hands-on activity)
- IBM Agile Project Management & Robotics Challenge (giving students a chance to flex their coding muscles)
- The Civil Aviation Authority Cyber Escape Room & Top Trumps Challenge (providing more opportunities for cybersecurity problem solving)
- The Police Criminal Minds & Escape Room activities (challenging students to apply cybersecurity & forensics in a real-world context)
- CIS Security & Vizgard Drone & AI technology demonstrations (highlighting more specific DigiTech career opportunities)
Watch this video of the Cyber, Security & Safety Event in 2024.
Experience Days
The CyberHub Trust runs a variety of Experience Days for students at our Colleges/IoT CyberHubs, ranging from interactive exercises & activities, to presentations and workshops by VIPs and Subject Matter Experts.
These include:
- Working with RCCUs to provide interactive Cybersecurity exercises, including Lego Table-top games and Escape Room challenges
- Supporting the NCSC CyberFirst programme with their Girls CyberFirst Competition
- Facilitating specialists/experts to deliver presentations to students (e.g. AXON explaining how they use technology to ‘save lives’, AWS explaining how to acquire DigiTech Badges, and Workshops on Branding, Marketing & Communications)
- New experiences are continuously being developed, including a focus on AI and future visits to Bletchley Park
Creative Challenge
- In 2021 the Trust devised a ‘Creative Challenge’ for students. Several graphic designs submitted, as well as a film, illustrating the perils of data being compromised and the importance of being aware of Cybersecurity
- In 2022 submissions ranged from A3 poster-style graphic designs, to videos, animations, e-Games and a social media ‘hashtag’ campaign. Students were also invited to engage directly with professional designers at an Advertising Agency/Design House, and were given a tour of Shoreditch in London, showing how Graffiti is being used in marketing campaigns
- The winning submission in 2023 came from Hugh Baird College in Liverpool (the concept built around the ‘Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse’)
Watch this video of the Creative Challenge Event at the offices of Experience Haus, in 2023.
Film & Gaming Roadshow
The CyberHub Trust invited Hollywood scriptwriter, filmmaker and MetaLVX Executive Producer, Kristin Ellingson to visit the UK in 2023 – to share her experience of Careers in DigiTech, Film and Gaming.
- Kristin was the writing partner of Rafael Moreu, who wrote the cult classic film Hackers starring Angelina Jolie and Jonny Lee Miller in 1995
- Recognising something in the young people that the Trust deals with, similar to those who inspired the movie, she set up the Rafael Moreu Scholarship
- Kristin now works with the AR/VR VFX studio MetaLVX, which uses Epic’s gaming software Unreal Engine to create virtual experiences, production design and special effects for film and television
- The F&G events were hosted at colleges in Wales, Birmingham, Liverpool, Barking, London and Plymouth
- Each comprised a full day of activities, presentations, and a Q&A session, where students were able to quiz Kristin, as well other specialist VIPs, including personal stories from big-budget movies, careers in Film & Gaming, Cybersecurity, and the impacts of AI
Watch the whistlestop tour of the ‘23 F&G Events.
Rafael Moreu Scholarship
Rafael had been exploring computer networking and meeting with the ‘underground’ social group of Cyber experts, or Hackers as they referred to themselves. He started attending their meetings, getting to know some of the members of the community and he found that they represented a diverse variety of interests and backgrounds, prompting him to use some of their stories to develop the screenplay for Hackers. The film, which boasted Angelina Jolie & Johnny Lee Miller amongst its cast, has become something of a cult classic amongst the Cyber community.
Very sadly, Rafael was lost to COVID in 2021. His family became aware of The CyberHub Trust and felt that its focus on providing education, training and direction to young people in the field of Cybersecurity, would be something that really appealed to him.
Being aware of Rafael’s history and his passion for this Cyber-world, we agreed that it would be a fitting tribute to the man and a way to honour his memory, and consequently set up the Rafael Moreu Scholarship, under the direction of the Trustees.
Angelina Jolie talking to Rafael
Rafael in a phone booth
On the set of Hackers
Hackers cast & crew