All Skills


Lucideon to host materials drying process webinar

Added: 4 Jul 2017

International, independent materials technology company Lucideon is hosting a webinar entitled ‘Opt…

Skills shortage ‘costs UK industry £2 billion a year’

Added: 3 Jul 2017

Britain’s burgeoning skills shortage is already costing the country £2 billion in recruitment costs…

Engineering apprentices

Myth-busting film marks Women in Engineering Day

Added: 23 Jun 2017

SSE is marking International Women in Engineering Day with a film that aims to counter some of the …

Sellafield nuclear facility

Process leaders demand Brexit scrutiny and safeguards after Queen's Speech

Added: 21 Jun 2017

Early responses from process industry leaders to the Queen’s Speech outlining the Government’s appr…

UK Power Networks CEO Scarsella to chair Energy & Skills Partnership

Added: 19 Jun 2017

UK Power Networks CEO Basil Scarsella has been appointed as the new chair of the Energy & Utilities…

Lego

IET young engineers competition to inspire next generation

Added: 13 Jun 2017

The Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET) is hosting a competition designed to inspire th…

Manufacturing sector ‘haemorrhaging’ jobs as more than 600,000 go in a decade

Added: 6 Jun 2017

The UK manufacturing sector has “haemorrhaged” more than 600,000 jobs since 2006, which represents …

Vega’s customer training truck is back on tour

VEGA Controls Ltd. | Added: 5 Jun 2017

The VEGATRUCK ‘on the road’ customer training facility is returning to the UK in June and July this…

Longannet power station

Industry leaders call for UK to lead on energy transition after Trump pull out

Added: 2 Jun 2017

Industry bodies reacted with dismay to US president Donald Trump’s intention to withdraw his countr…

More than £0.3 mill in R&D on offer to engineering innovators

Added: 30 May 2017

Seven engineering innovators will have the chance to share £350,000 of R&D support in a competition…

Oxford Uni spin-off secures valves deal with Middle East water company

Added: 30 May 2017

Oxford Flow has won its first Middle Eastern contract, with an agreement to supply valves technolog…

Research

Academies: Brexit will see multi-million pound gap in STEM research support

Added: 24 May 2017

Britain’s departure from the European Union will leave a significant gap in support for the country…

Energy saving is the subject of Fluke’s next CPD-accredited webinar

Fluke UK Ltd | Added: 15 May 2017

The third of Fluke’s series of free CPD-accredited webinars, running throughout 2017, is titled ‘En…

National Apprenticeship Week

Engineers challenge Westminster with their own manifesto

Added: 8 May 2017

Greater use of engineering skills can solve a host of the UK’s most pressing social issues, includi…

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…