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Collaboration driving pharmaceuticals growth

Added: 15 Sep 2016

A report by the Association of the British Pharmaceutical Industry (ABPI) reveals the number of app…

Hinkley Point C

Nuclear industry fuelling jobs growth

Added: 13 Sep 2016

A report by the Nuclear Industry Association (NIA) reveals high skilled jobs in the sector have inc…

Meet the next generation of tech innovators

Louisa Hearn | Added: 5 Sep 2016

A new wave of graduate entrepreneurs are being helped on their way to deliver highly disruptive tec…

Additive manufacturing

Chemical SMEs called on to improve NHS care

Added: 23 Aug 2016

The Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET) and the Manufacturing Technology Centre (MTC) h…

Industry 4.0

Skills investment to boom as ‘Industry 4.0’ nears

Added: 22 Aug 2016

Manufacturers will invest in people to make sure they are ready for the fourth industrial revolutio…

Fluke focuses on electrical power in training package

Fluke UK Ltd | Added: 15 Aug 2016

Fluke’s Electrical Power Explained (EPE) is a new training package to teach end users more about po…

The food industry is seeking to bolster apprenticeships

Industry reacts to long-awaited apprenticeships guidance

Added: 12 Aug 2016

The government has today published guidance explaining how the Apprenticeship Levy will work and wh…

Wylfa Newydd

Horizon to fire up nuclear skills centre

Added: 12 Aug 2016

Horizon Nuclear Power has announced plans to invest £1 million in a new engineering centre at the G…

Engineering apprentices

Industry calls for delay to Apprenticeship Levy

Added: 5 Aug 2016

A number of organisations, including those representing industry, have urged the government to dela…

RMT strike Shell office

North Sea workers go on strike

Added: 26 Jul 2016

Members of the Unite and RMT unions that work on Shell oil and gas platforms in the North Sea have …

Graduate innovators given helping hand

Added: 13 Jul 2016

The Royal Academy of Engineering (RAEng) has awarded four enterprise fellowships to graduate entrep…

STFC Daresbury Lab

Engineering innovation campus opens in Cheshire

Added: 11 Jul 2016

The Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC) has opened a Campus Technology Hub for advance…

Engineering apprentices

Report calls for technical skills upheaval

Added: 8 Jul 2016

A report of the Independent Panel of Technical Education has called for major reform of technical e…

NWED: Women in Engineering Day

Editor's comment: tackling the issue of female representation

Rob Smith | Added: 23 Jun 2016

Despite major efforts in recent years to dramatically increase numbers, just 6% of the UK’s registe…

Viewpoint: the great cloud computing migration

Added: 20 Jun 2016

Manufacturers need to embrace cloud computing if they are to reap the benefits across all their pro…

Premier Oil North Sea platform

Oil & gas jobs plummet by 120,000

Rob Smith | Added: 10 Jun 2016

A new report published by industry trade body Oil & Gas UK reveals that by the end of this year, mo…

Oil rig

Oil & gas job woes set to continue

Added: 6 Jun 2016

The oil and gas industry may not be seen as a viable career option if low oil prices and jobs cuts …

European Union flag

IMechE referendum poll reveals slim ‘remain’ majority

Added: 1 Jun 2016

A poll conducted by the Institution of Mechanical Engineers (IMechE) reveals 56% of its members sup…

EI promotes safe working with risk management training

Energy Institute | Added: 31 May 2016

Developed in partnership with experts within the human factors and process safety sectors, risk man…

Nuclear police training facility to open at Sellafield

Added: 18 May 2016

Construction of a new £39 million nuclear training centre has been given the green light this week.…