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UCAS confirms sea change in take up of university engineering places
Added: 5 Feb 2021
Engineering has seen a massive rise in popularity among university students, a fact confirmed by th…
Work completed on Birmingham University’s £46.5 million School of Engineering
Added: 3 Feb 2021
Birmingham university has taken possession of its newly built School of Engineering premises, which…
Scientist gives new meaning to concept of robot dancing
Added: 3 Feb 2021
A quantum physicist seeking to break down the walls between art and science has put theory into pra…
EAS chief Karsanbhai takes over as David Farr steps down from helm at Emerson
Added: 3 Feb 2021
CEO of Emerson David Farr is to step down this week after two decades at the head of the global tec…
Post-transition red tape stifling border trade warns Make UK
Added: 3 Feb 2021
The Government is being urged by Make UK to address urgently border delays and red tape after the o…
ECITB prepares to expand its global training reach
Added: 3 Feb 2021
UK Government-sponsored skills body the Engineering Construction Industry Training Board (ECITB) an…
Southern Manufacturing & Electronics 2021 announces autumn return
Added: 27 Jan 2021
Southern Manufacturing & Electronics 2021 will go ahead as a two-day event on 6 and 7 October 2021 …
Trade unions will shrink to ten percent of manufacturing workforce, warns report
Added: 25 Jan 2021
Membership of trade unions will shrink to one in ten of manufacturing employees, with poential impl…
Marlowe seals £10 million purchase of WPL
Added: 25 Jan 2021
Compliance experts Marlowe have acquired wastewater treatment leader WPL for £10 million, adding th…
STEM sisters sing out for women in science
Added: 25 Jan 2021
A new online show has harnessed art in the cause of women in science, in an effort to interest prim…
Siemens defies UK economic downturn to hire nearly 30 young recruits
Added: 20 Jan 2021
Siemens has hired a total of 26 young graduates and apprentices in order to boost its growing digit…
The automation pyramid has had its day
Added: 13 Jan 2021
IT/OT convergence will lead to the collapse of the ‘automation pyramid’ predicts COPA-DATA’s Stefan…
Coronavirus is new but recessions are not: How engineering can learn lessons from the past
Added: 13 Jan 2021
Learning from previous recessions and seizing cost saving opportunities should be the priorities fo…
Corporate finance leader heads Ashtead Technology senior appointments
Added: 5 Jan 2021
Corporate finance expert Ingrid Stewart has been appointed the first chief financial officer (CFO) …
Kemira completes first stage for massive expansion in UK water treatment chemicals production
Added: 5 Jan 2021
Global chemicals company Kemira has announced the first part of a two-stage capacity expansion in i…
Process industry highlights amidst COVID-focused honours list
Added: 31 Dec 2020
While much of the STEM focus for the Queen’s New Year Honours list has been on scientiists battling…
Trade bodies are the forgotten sector of the pandemic warns BVAA boss
Added: 14 Dec 2020
Trade associations have played a vital role in supporting industry throughout the Covid-19 lockdown…
Lorien MD Slater to retire after three decades at company
Added: 14 Dec 2020
Lorien Engineering Solutions group managing director Steve Slater is to retire after more than thre…
‘Four in 10 parents believe kids will not consider engineering career’
Added: 14 Dec 2020
Almost 40% of parents polled in a survey of more than 1,300 parents say their children will not con…
UK utilities’ R&D spend plummets by more than 11%
Added: 30 Nov 2020
R&D spending in the UK utilities industry has fallen 11.1% year on year, reveals tax specialist Cat…
