Monday 8th March is International Women’s Day (IWD), an opportunity to celebrate and honour the achievements of women across the planet and to reflect on the progress made so far in the ongoing fight for gender equity. The campaign theme for International Women’s Day 2021 is ‘Choose To Challenge‘. A challenged world is an alert world. And […]
Python is a high-level general-purpose programming language. High-level programming languages such as Python allow a user to write programs, both simple and complex that will work regardless of of the operating system being used. Python is a versatile programming language as it can be used for a range of purposes. Some of these include software […]
This Saturday the 12th of September is International Programmers’ Day where we celebrate the positive impact programmers have made around the world. In light of this day, we thought we would celebrate the positive impacts programming otherwise known as coding, has on our kids With technology more integrated than ever into our everyday lives, I’ve […]
Robofun Founder, Lina Qasem Last July, Robofun Founder, Lina Qasem was selected as a finalist for the 2019 Australian Women’s Weekly ‘Woman of the Future’ award in the category of Technology and Innovation. The award recognises inspiring young women who are striving to make a difference. 12 months on, Lina’s current working from home situation […]
To celebrate International Women in Engineering Day on the 23rd of June, Educational robotics and coding academy, Robofun, is offering a free 3D design webinar class for primary school-aged girls. Robofun is a female-led organisation based in Melbourne that integrates children’s interests and fun into learning science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) through lessons in […]
Robofun has announced its new strategy for coping and thriving in the wake of COVID-19. For the safety of the children, their families, and the instructors, Robofun had to cancel all their usual after-school programs and holiday bootcamps that, of course, operated face-to-face. However, within a remarkably short period of time, Robofun was able to […]
The fields that encompass STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) have long been dominated by men. Although women have been behind many of the important discoveries that have revolutionized these fields (and even the world), most people aren’t aware of these amazing women. This of course is partly because during their own lives, these women’s […]
Robofun has been awarded the 2019 Most Promising New Business award by The Northern Multicultural Small Business Awards. The Northern Multicultural Small Business Awards is an opportunity to celebrate the achievements and remarkable entrepreneurial spirit of the Northern Metropolitan regions most outstanding multicultural small businesses. These awards seek to celebrate the contributions of multicultural small business owners […]
Lina Qasem, Robofun’s founder and managing director, has been announced as a finalist for the 2019 Women’s Weekly Women of the Future Awards for the innovation and technology category. The winner will be announced at a glamorous luncheon on the 11th of September at the Sydney Opera House. “It’s an honor to be nominated for […]
We are thrilled to announce that we are partnering with Darebin Libraries to run our after school program this term. Robofun will be running exciting robotics, coding and 3D design sessions for kids aged between 5 and 12 for FREE! Registrations are essential and spots are limited so be quick to register through this link: […]
