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Gain Virtual Work Experience with National Highways - Where there is Wi-Fi there’s a way!

Work Experience and Placements Provided by DATA INSPIRATION GROUP LTD

Your family are about to set off on your annual camping trip. 

You’ve forgotten to download enough music or films for the journey, and you’ve run out of data!

Why is there no Wi-Fi on motorways?

 

National Highways are exploring the potential benefits of providing Wi-Fi access on motorways. This could help improve safety and in-car experiences, from receiving traffic and incident updates to allowing passengers to stream entertainment.

 

Mission: We need your help to advise National Highways on which parts of the road network to prioritise for Wi-Fi connectivity and why.


Task: You will be given information around the following factors Traffic, Length of Journey, Road Users, and Installation to make a decision.

 

What's involved?

1. Challenge: Why do we need Wi-Fi on motorways? 
2. Data: How do different parts of the motorway differ in terms of traffic, journey types?
3. Trends: Which sections of the road network are the most used?
4. Answer: suggest which locations should get Wi-Fi first, and why.

 

This is an online activity, please select the relevant link above to get involved.

Offer details

Open date

11th December - 12th December 2024 (17:00 - 17:45)

Location

Online

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Audience

Educators

Parents, carers and guardians

Secondary S4 to S6 (14-18 year old)

Not in education (16-24 year old)

Available to

Aberdeen City

Aberdeenshire

Angus

Argyll and Bute

Clackmannanshire

Dumfries & Galloway

Dundee City

East Ayrshire

East Dunbartonshire

East Lothian

East Renfrewshire

Edinburgh (City of)

Eilean Siar

Falkirk

Fife

Glasgow

Highland

Inverclyde

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Moray

North Ayrshire

North Lanarkshire

Orkney Islands

Perth & Kinross

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Scottish Borders

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South Ayrshire

South Lanarkshire

Stirling

West Dunbartonshire

West Lothian