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Manufacturing Barometer

Report warns half of all Scots jobs to be automated by 2030

Added: 8 May 2017

Nearly one in two jobs in Scotland are at risk of automation by the end of the next decade, suggest…

Latest HBM webinar focuses on demands of weigh filling technology

HBM | Added: 2 May 2017

HBM has announced the date for its latest free webinar on ‘How to cope with growing demands regardi…

UK and France sign nuclear agreement

UK and France agree to strengthen nuclear skills development

Added: 26 Apr 2017

The National Skills Academy Nuclear (NSAN) and the Institut National des Sciences et Techniques Nuc…

David Peattie

Former BP engineer David Peattie named nuclear authority CEO

Added: 1 Mar 2017

Former BP engineer David Peattie has been appointed to the role of chief executive officer (CEO) at…

Graduates

Engineering graduate shortfall hits 20,000 per year

Added: 20 Feb 2017

A report by EngineeringUK suggests the demand for graduates far outstrips supply, meaning there is …

NWED: Women in Engineering Day

IET to challenge girls’ perception of engineering with social campaign

Added: 15 Feb 2017

The Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET) has brought in consumer PR agency Tin Man to de…

Wolfson Centre courses target cost-effective industrial solutions

Added: 6 Feb 2017

The Wolfson Centre for Bulk Solids Handling Technology, based at the University of Greenwich in Med…

Students in the design phase of their degrees

UK chemical engineering student intake drops by 12%

Added: 18 Jan 2017

Figures released by the University and Colleges Admissions Service (UCAS) show a 12% fall in studen…

Students

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…

Pounds sterling

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 …

Editor’s comment: why engineering needs an upgrade

Rob Smith | Added: 15 Nov 2016

One of the first topics I was fortunate enough to write about for Process Engineering magazine was …

Viewpoint: wooing the Generation Z workforce

Added: 15 Nov 2016

If industry is to recruit from the new generation joining the workforce – otherwise known as Genera…

Apprentice

Sheffield launches degree-level apprenticeships

Added: 12 Nov 2016

Sheffield and Sheffield Hallam universities have launched a degree-level apprenticeship programme t…

Engineering institutions join forces to promote careers in the industry

Added: 1 Nov 2016

The Institution of Engineering and Technology, the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, the Institu…

Process Manufacturing Centre

£5m skills development facility opens in Huddersfield

Added: 25 Oct 2016

Projex Solutions, which specialises in the development of project management solutions for the proc…

Manufacturing sparks

EEF launches campaign to develop manufacturing talent

Added: 19 Oct 2016

A new leadership and development programme launched by EEF, the manufacturers’ organisation, is des…

RMS offers wide range of vibration analysis training

Added: 18 Oct 2016

The RMS Reliability Training Institute provides vibration analysis courses which can be delivered f…

NWED: Women in Engineering Day

Renewed call for more women in engineering

Added: 11 Oct 2016

Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET) president Naomi Climer says getting more women invo…

Latest HBM workshop offers tips on data acquisition

Added: 4 Oct 2016

Following on from a successful series of training, HBM will hold its next one-day workshop on Wedne…

Graduates

Engineering facing skills and diversity crisis

Added: 20 Sep 2016

The Institution of Engineering and Technology’s (IET) latest skills report reveals the majority of …