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Autumn Statement confirms major Whitehall investment in STEM
Added: 23 Nov 2016
Chancellor Phillip Hammond has, as expected, delivered a raft of measures in his Autumn Statement d…
Autumn Statement 2016: industry implications
Added: 23 Nov 2016
Chancellor Phillip Hammond today unveils his first Autumn Statement since taking office, with expec…
Female engineers achieve their best medal tally at Skills Show
Added: 23 Nov 2016
Six female entrants were among the medal winners for this year’s Skills Show engineering competitio…
EDF calls in Assystem to deliver Hinkley’s nuclear reactors
Added: 22 Nov 2016
French energy major EDF has called in engineering firm Assystem to help build two European Pressuri…
Downing Street promise of £2bn R&D increase applauded by sector
Added: 21 Nov 2016
Science and engineering leaders have been quick to welcome Prime Minister Theresa May’s announcemen…
RAE report warns job prospects for minority graduates need improving
Added: 21 Nov 2016
Employment opportunities for black and minority ethnic engineering students in the six months after…
Valmet fined £130,000 over worker’s pulping machine injury
Added: 19 Nov 2016
Valmet, which supplies automation and technology equipment to the pulp, paper and energy industries…
New nuclear waste disposal research ‘could save millions’
Added: 19 Nov 2016
A team of scientists has completed a body of research on radioactive isotopes, which could be used …
Minister says maintaining British chemical industry as world leader ‘vital’
Added: 18 Nov 2016
The UK’s role as a world leader in the chemical sector must be maintained after Brexit, Minister f…
GMB union demands open debate on fracking in UK
Added: 18 Nov 2016
Britain needs an ‘honest and open’ debate on the viability of fracking, said Stuart Fegan, National…
North Sea oil and gas decommissioning to soar by 2025
Added: 16 Nov 2016
North Sea decommissioning in the UK and Norway will continue to grow over the next decade with more…
Graduate engineering pay on the increase, says EEF report
Added: 16 Nov 2016
The average pay for engineers in the UK has risen 2% on last year, while graduates’ pay has seen a …
MIT moves closer to creating biodegradable plastics
Added: 14 Nov 2016
Chemists at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) have determined the structure of a bact…
Autumn Statement: EEF makes its case to the Chancellor
Added: 14 Nov 2016
Chancellor Philip Hammond is being urged to use next week’s Autumn Statement (23 November) as a mea…
Sheffield launches degree-level apprenticeships
Added: 12 Nov 2016
Sheffield and Sheffield Hallam universities have launched a degree-level apprenticeship programme t…
Chemical firm incurs £3m fine following fatal toxic leak
Added: 9 Nov 2016
Cristal Pigment UK has been fined more than £3 million following the release of a toxic vapour clou…
Trump win could unsettle European chemicals market, says Cefic
Added: 9 Nov 2016
Chemical businesses within the European Union face a short-term period of uncertainty following the…
Oil and gas industry calls for investor confidence ‘help’
Added: 7 Nov 2016
Oil & Gas UK, the trade body representing the UK’s oil and gas industry, has called on Chancellor P…
Post-Brexit manufacturing investment to slow, report finds
Added: 7 Nov 2016
Research conducted by EEF, the manufacturers’ organisation, and banking group Santander reveals man…
UKOOG calls in Community to promote onshore oil & gas
Added: 3 Nov 2016
UK Onshore Oil and Gas (UKOOG), the trade body representing the UK’s onshore sector, has joined for…
