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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 …
Collaboration driving pharmaceuticals growth
Added: 15 Sep 2016
A report by the Association of the British Pharmaceutical Industry (ABPI) reveals the number of app…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…
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 & 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 …

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…