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Report warns of ‘scant progress’ in UK engineering education after five years
Added: 31 Jan 2019
The author of the first Government-commissioned review into engineering education has warned that “…
Conservation-focused project gives maximum effectiveness for minimum visibility
Added: 30 Jan 2019
Processing waste is hard enough when there is no mains sewerage available but what about when the p…
IET re-engineers its brand with website relaunch
Added: 29 Jan 2019
Rebranding is a phrase more common to the world of marketing and PR but even august engineering bod…
Engineering is No 2 preference for male undergraduates says report
Added: 28 Jan 2019
Engineering is the second most popular undergraduate course among men in the UK in this academic ye…
Wright appointment boosts distributor presence on BCAS board
Added: 28 Jan 2019
Managing director of Thorite Stephen Wright has been elected to the board of trade association the …
Tremors could be three times stronger before fracking halts, suggests study
Added: 23 Jan 2019
British Geological Society researchers have suggested that limits on seismic exploration on frackin…
Lords demand more from Whitehall on future of UK chemicals sector
Added: 22 Jan 2019
Peers have told the Government to provide further detail on its plans for safeguarding the UK chemi…
UK invests a quarter billion in global research collaborations
Added: 22 Jan 2019
Science and universities minister Chris Skidmore has announced a slew of international research col…
Harnessing AR and VR is key for training the UK’s millennial workforce
Added: 16 Jan 2019
Our workforce is increasingly tech savvy so it makes sense, says Honeywell’s Sudhir Kamath, to inco…
Deadline approaches for MacRobert Award for engineering innovation
Added: 16 Jan 2019
Entrants have until the end of this month to apply for one of British engineering’s most prestigiou…
Pumps to sustain a business and the environment
Added: 16 Jan 2019
On a remote farm, sustainability is a business as well as an environmental choice and it has to wor…
Brexit, cyber and skills – the stuff of UK manufacturers’ nightmares
Added: 15 Jan 2019
Cyber threats and Brexit concerns top the list of industrial risks cited by UK process firms in the…
Organisations combine to lead on composites design
Added: 15 Jan 2019
Two of the leading organisations behind the development of engineering innovation and high quality …
Food sector will have a substantial diet of change to digest
Added: 14 Jan 2019
If every process firm in the UK food and drink sector qualified as a so-called ‘top quartile perfor…
Avoid generator fuel tank contamination and unnecessary downtime
Added: 14 Jan 2019
The introduction of bio-content in fuel creates potential for generator contamination issues. Steve…
The year ahead – five tech trends that will define manufacturing in 2019
Added: 10 Jan 2019
It is perhaps an understatement to suggest that 2018 has been marred by uncertainty – from the ling…
Predict and solve bulk materials handling problems with the Wolfson Centre
Added: 8 Jan 2019
The Wolfson Centre for Bulk Solids Handling Technology, based at the University of Greenwich, has r…
North East companies pump up training provision
Added: 8 Jan 2019
Pumps companies in the north east have joined forces to help improve facilities at one of the secto…
The food waste menace in our factories… human beings
Added: 7 Jan 2019
The second biggest cause of food loss in manufacturing has been revealed in a new study to be human…
Top engineering figures honoured for their contribution
Added: 3 Jan 2019
Leading figures in the process engineering sector are among those who received New Year honours for…
