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Women entrants help offset lockdown fall in UK engineer numbers

Added: 8 Mar 2022

The number of women in engineering jobs between 2010 and 2021 increased from 562,000 to 936,000 – a…

Shortages will impact supply chains ‘for years’ 

Added: 8 Mar 2022

Global supply chain resilience has plunged over the last year, with the Ukraine conflict set to mak…

Post-pandemic manufacturers eye private equity opportunities

Added: 8 Mar 2022

Manufacturers are increasingly turning to private equity investment in order to boost their post-pa…

The future of food lies in sustainability and that takes engineering

Added: 4 Mar 2022

Engineering knowhow and the latest biotech can solve the dilemma of producing sustainable food and …

Driverless warehouses can combat industry's recruitment dilemmas

Added: 25 Feb 2022

More warehouse and distribution centre operators see driverless forklift truck technology as the so…

Artist's impression of NMITE

Schaeffler to sponsor NMITE female undergraduate

Added: 22 Feb 2022

Schaeffler has announced a partnership with the New Model Institute for Technology and Engineering …

Nuclear

Assystem announces 450 new jobs on energy transition projects across UK

Added: 22 Feb 2022

Assytem is launching a massive recruitment drive to hire 450 new employees for a spate of low carbo…

Finalists revealed for 2022 Pump Industry Awards

Added: 15 Feb 2022

A total of 48 finalists across eight award categories have been shortlisted for the 2022 Pump Indus…

Permanent magnet pioneer Sagawa wins 2022 Queen Elizabeth Prize for Engineering

Added: 1 Feb 2022

The 2022 Queen Elizabeth Prize for Engineering (QEPrize) has been awarded to Japanese inventor Dr M…

Biotech boost as duo secure £2.5 million funds

Added: 1 Feb 2022

A Scottish biotech engineering company developing innovative bio-separation instruments for pharmac…

Endress+Hauser subsidiaries merge for increased laser measurement focus

Added: 1 Feb 2022

Endress+Hauser has combined two of its key subsidiaries in order to concentrate the group’s experti…

Five smart steps to improve your manufacturing future

Added: 19 Jan 2022

Many companies have not reaped adequate outcomes from their IoT investments. FPT’s Nguyen Duc Kin o…

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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…

Research

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…

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…

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…