Using Minecraft to help unearth ‘hidden’ engineering talent

Posted on 6 May 2020 by Jonny Williamson

Enginuity (formerly Semta) and the Prince’s Trust have created an online game – powered by artificial intelligence and based on Minecraft – to identify people that have what it takes to power the nation’s economic recovery.

The launch of Skills Miner is part of Enginuity’s mission is to create skills solutions for individuals, educators and employers to help close the skills gap in the engineering sector. The game has been brought forward from the summer to allow thousands of people in lockdown to have fun – and find out if they’ve got what…

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