TechFest Talks - A Podcast by Students for Students

In this podcast episode, Dr. Urenna Adegbotolu is interviewed by Ellie-Rose Swan, an S6 student at Peterhead Academy. Dr. Urenna and Ellie-Rose discuss the various challenges Dr. Urenna has faced throughout her career and explore ways how to make STEM more accessible to everyone.

In the second episode of Space into Energy series edition, Conor, a 17 year old pupil at Aberdeen Grammar School talks with Chloe Pearson West, who is an engineer at Apollo. Listen to this episode and find out how Chloe ended up at Apollo, what her day-to-day duties look like and more!  

In the first episode of this series, Conor, a 17 year old pupil at Aberdeen Grammar School talks with Ryan Menzies, a Managing Director and founder of Apollo. Listen to this episode and learn about Ryan's career journey and how Apollo is contributing to a greener future!

In this episode our host Arushi Rastogi talks with Kate Pangbourne, who is an associate professor at the institute for Transport studies, University of Leeds, about the latest transport innovations that generate power, also about transportation methods that could be incorporated into highstreets to lower their carbon footprint and more! This episode is part of the Blueprint Challenge series that has been designed for students participating in TechFest's Blueprint Challenge: A Future Highstreet and is supported by Bluewater Private Equity.

In this episode our host Arushi Rastogi talks with Olga Runcie, who is a consultant psychiatrist in general adult mental health, about the effects of nature on health and well-being, about ways to remedy decreasing mental health, also the factors that keep people connected to a Highstreet and more! This episode is part of the Blueprint Challenge series that has been designed for students participating in TechFest's Blueprint Challenge: A Future Highstreet and is supported by Bluewater Private Equity.

In this episode our host Arushi Rastogi talks with Quazi Zaman, who is an Urban Design Coordinator from Robert Gordon's University, about the latest architectural innovations that can help a space to emit low carbon emission, about what design factors one should consider when planning a Future Highstreet, also the economic benefits to incorporating nature into urban spaces, urban farming and much more! This episode is part of the Blueprint Challenge series that has been designed for students participating in TechFest's Blueprint Challenge: A Future Highstreet and is supported by Bluewater Private Equity.

In this episode our host Arushi Rastogi talks with Gillian White about the journey to Net Zero and what you should consider from a Net Zero perspective when designing your Future Highstreet. This episode is part of the Blueprint Challenge series that has been designed for students participating in TechFest's Blueprint Challenge: A Future Highstreet and is supported by Bluewater Private Equity.

Industry professionals share their expertise on designing a Highstreet. 

In this episode, Mintlaw Academy students Alisha Stephen & Toni Gibbons interview Hannah Wilson, who participated in Shell’s Girls in Energy Programme. Listen to this episode and find out what was Hannah's favourite part of the Girls in Energy course, what skills she gained from the course, why she chose to do her placement with Shell and much more. 

In our latest Girls in Energy podcast series, Gemma, Cy-Ann and Esme who are the students from Peterhead Academy talk with Paul Garnham who recently retired after 40 years with Shell. Listen to this episode and find out what Paul studied at the university, how taking a year out of school made him realise he wanted to pursue a career as a mechanical engineer, how - in his opinion - the topic of climate change will impact the oil & gas sector and much more!