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UK worker shortfall 'to exceed 2.6 million people by 2030'
Added: 18 Jan 2022
A combination of population ageing, COVID-19 and Brexit could see a shortfall of 2.6 million worker…

New course aims to boost disease prevention manufacturing skills
Added: 18 Jan 2022
Edinburgh Napier University School of Applied Sciences is launching a course designed to address de…

ABB celebrates 22nd year as world’s DCS leader
Added: 5 Jan 2022
ABB has once again topped the ARC Advisory Group forecast report rankings for the leading share of …

Global university trio’s engineering education venture wins Government approval for institute status
Added: 5 Jan 2022
TEDI-London, the new engineering education venture pioneered by three leading international univers…

Dundee secures a bigger slice of the spin-out cake
Added: 5 Jan 2022
Oxford, Cambridge and Imperial College London may lead the way as the UK universities with the most…

Address neurodiversity and you tackle the challenge of apprentice retention
Added: 23 Dec 2021
The number of people taking up apprenticeships is falling substantially. In 2022 we must ensure the…

Science and engineering must stake their claim on creativity
Added: 10 Dec 2021
The late Jacob Bronowski defined a singular trait of creative personalities thus: they think of the…

After the COP26 show time, now It’s ‘how?’ time
Added: 10 Dec 2021
If we park the non-attendance of two of the world’s largest countries and greatest polluters, COP26…

Dairy producer turns disaster into opportunity for efficiency boost
Added: 9 Dec 2021
A disastrous fire destroyed milk producer Imlek’s production site but it turned back to KHS for a s…

Yorkshire Water announces 35 new engineering hire roles
Added: 6 Dec 2021
Utility firm Yorkshire Water is seeking recruits for a range of engineering jobs across the regiona…

Schaeffler launches global foundation to mark 75th anniversary
Added: 6 Dec 2021
Global automotive and industrial supplier Schaeffler has marked its 75th anniversary with the creat…

British Compressed Air Society appoints Atlas Copco’s Ranger as new president
Added: 6 Dec 2021
The British Compressed Air Society (BCAS) has appointed Mark Ranger as its new president.

How phased system upgrades can save on downtime and money
Added: 24 Nov 2021
While most firms working in the food processing industry want to upgrade their systems, doing so ra…

Institute presents apprenticeships blueprint for UK industry’s new era
Added: 23 Nov 2021
The Institute for Apprenticeships and Technical Education has highlighted eight key occupations in …

BEIS appoints key bodies to oversee hydrogen use standards
Added: 23 Nov 2021
The Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy (BEIS) has appointed a consortium to deve…

Honeywell claims a breakthrough in the war on plastics
Added: 9 Nov 2021
Honeywell is claiming a significant environmental breakthrough with a process that increases the ty…

Anglian Water among international winners of Lighthouse water awards
Added: 9 Nov 2021
UK water utility Anglian Water has joined the likes of Google and Carlsberg among the winners of th…

Launching a tech innovation? Have your patents in place first to protect your IP
Added: 5 Nov 2021
Demand for climate tech solutions has never been greater. That’s a wonderful opportunity, says Jim …

Oil and gas have incentives to embrace the new
Added: 28 Oct 2021
Most sectors within the process industries have their rugged aspects, where the demands on the work…
Budget ‘short on R&D detail and STEM investment’
Added: 28 Oct 2021
Chancellor Rishi Sunak’s boost to research and development incentives has been welcomed within indu…