RC Vision, the leading social venture promoting STEM education and diversity through radio control car racing, is proud to announce a new partnership with the Rio Ferdinand Foundation and the Grove Park Youth Club Building Preservation Trust (GPYCBPT). Together, the three organisations will be delivering RC-based STEM engagement sessions for young people aged 12-16 in Grove Park, South London, to help address the need for greater diversity and inclusion in STEM education. Andy Hyde, the founder of RC Vision, explains that informal learning with radio control cars is a great way to engage youn ..read more

Emil Kostadinov Brings Commercial Sponsorship Expertise and Sustainability Focus to Leading STEM Education and Diversity and Inclusion Social Venture. London, England - 22/02/23. RC Vision is pleased to announce that Emil Kostadinov, a 16-time Bulgarian national champion in RC racing and leading sustainability expert at Owen Mumford, has joined its advisory board. Kostadinov's extensive experience in RC racing, sustainability, and MBA background, along with his commercial sponsorship expertise, will help drive RC Vision's mission of promoting STEM learning and diversity and inclusion. Kostadin ..read more

RC Vision, a leading organisation promoting STEM education and diversity and inclusion through radio control car racing, is proud to announce two major milestones in its development. The first is the start of RC Vision's first grant-funded STEM engagement program, beginning in March and funded by the Great Western Railways Community Fund. The program will engage 80 young people from Hillingdon in RC workshop days involving an introduction to race engineering. Working alongside young professional engineers from the rail industry, the young people, referred to RC Vision by the local authorities ..read more

Today, 2 November 2022, National Engineering Day, a new headcount of the UK’s engineering profession reveals there are over 8.1 million people employed in engineering jobs across the UK. That’s just over a quarter (26%) of the adult working population.  The map, produced for the Royal Academy of Engineering by Metro Dynamics as part of a more in-depth assessment due to be published later this year, provides a snapshot of the vital contribution engineering makes to the economy at national and regional levels. According to the data, there are 729,000 engineering businesses across the whole ..read more

The UK government's All Party Parliamentary Group on Diversity and Inclusion in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) has recently conducted investigations into the lack of diversity and inclusion in these fields. The findings reveal that there is still a significant lack of representation of underrepresented groups, particularly women, people from minority ethnic backgrounds, and individuals with disabilities, in STEM industries. To address this issue, the All Party Parliamentary Group has outlined several recommendations for immediate action. These include increasing fundin ..read more

Humans are change animals. We thrive on it. We actively seek out the novel and crave the new in our everyday lives. Our brains react to novelty by releasing dopamine which makes us want to explore in search of a reward. Change literally makes us happy and attracts us to learning. Because we could learn, we adapted to all sorts of environments and evolved and survived.  Many activists pressing for change in the STEM sector and motorsport engineering space are working tirelessly to persuade those in positions of power, from governing bodies to employers and new charitable foundations, to b ..read more

Could Mercedes and Red Bull work together to change motorsport? Can change happen if they can’t? Social change is a complex and multifaceted process that requires the active participation and collaboration of multiple actors within a given system. This is particularly true in the field of STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics), where a lack of diversity and inclusion has long been a persistent problem. One example of this can be seen in the motorsport industry, where extreme competition is present in every aspect of the organization’s DNA. To succeed, they must prioritize th ..read more

The Hamilton Commission was set up in June 2020 to “improve the representation of Black people in UK motorsport.” A year later, to coincide with the British F1 Grand Prix, the commission’s report, Accelerating Change: Improving Representation of Black People in UK Motorsport, was published. The report called for fundamental, industry-wide change and issued 10 recommendations under the headings ‘support and empowerment’, ‘inspiration and engagement’ and ‘accountability and measurement’. The urgency for change was laid bare in the most high-profile way possible. At about the same time, the inno ..read more

Lewis Hamilton with the group of young people and their RC Vision cars During the live coverage of the Japanese Grand Prix on October 9th 2022, Sky Sports showed a film highlighting the work of RC Vision with a group of young people from South London. To demonstrate how RC Vision makes a difference the film featured a group of young people from south London visiting Silverstone, racing legend Sir Lewis Hamilton and RC Vision founder Andy Hyde. Hamilton famously started his motorsport career in radio control car racing. In 1992, aged 6 years old, Hamilton appeared on the BBC show Blue Peter dr ..read more

Education & Communities Lead at Electrocomponents PLC Brings Global Perspective to Advisory Team London, England - Jan. 14, 2022. RC Vision today announces the continued expansion of its advisory team with the appointment of Isabella Mascarenhas. A renowned leader in grassroots education and community engagement, Mascarenhas brings 10 years of experience at the frontline of efforts to diversify the talent pipeline for the engineering & technology sector. Isabella is the Vice President for Grass Roots Education at Electrocomponents PLC, a FTSE100 company distributing industrial and elec ..read more