24th–25th April 2026 SGE enjoyed an incredibly successful and rewarding weekend at BSides Exeter 2026, where we were proud to contribute to both the Next Gen programme and the main conference. Inspiring the Next Generation On Friday evening, SGE helped organise and deliver the Next Gen sessions, welcoming more than 70 young people from schools and colleges across the South West who share an interest in cybersecurity and technology careers. Alongside a panel of highly experien

This week the team are busy preparing for a very busy new term, we have got so much happening I just dont know where to start... how about at the beginning ? Ok here we go.. stay with me on the storyline.. Learner to Earner Our students have had a tough time with education and our first task at SGE is to build up some resilience and self confidence. We do that through collaborative gaming and exploring purposeful projects. Gamification of learning is a really powerful way of

At SGE we build Self Confidence, self belief and digital skills through the application of theory into practice. This is happening on a daily basis with break through events occurring all the time that increase engagement, drive positivity and results in a journey that takes our students down a digital pathway that is designed to direct them towards a future career goal. . I wanted to share an example of such as project, a student who had very little previous experience in e

Curiosity creating career opportunities through purposeful projects

We are delighted to welcome a new student to our provision and just wanted to show you what he built for us.. Imagination spark lit...

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We’re taking part in the annual #GCHQChristmasChallenge on Wednesday 11 December. Students will be set the task of cracking seven...

Christmas is coming and for all of you who enjoy a challenge - take a look at the Advent of Code Eric Wastl has created an Advent calendar...

Last week I was in Florida working on one of my Consultanacy Jobs and the Sun was most definately shining in the sky, well until Friday...

Change is the steady state. The one constant in Computing is change.. This industry is moving at a pace which often means what was...

Stepping beyond eduction and into a career can be madness. We are delighted to announce a new careers pathway program as a compTIA partner

Building a Cloud to Host our own servers

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Ham Radio - we used an old Ethernet cable and picked up radio signals - next stop - space.

Hi, Its Lenny McCoy here - I am SGE's Chief Enthusiast and currently spend the majority of my time consulting in Complex Systems for the...

Our Chief Enthusiast Lenny mentor's students in between time doing a PhD and consulting in Complex Information Systems for the F35 Joint...

Try your hand as a games developer or learn to code the web as a designer. We have clubs for you. Between 3pm and 6pm Mon-Thurs term time.