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People Power

People Power: oil & gas skills drive

Added: 11 Sep 2015

Low prices are hurting the oil & gas industry, and in particular the North Sea. John McKenna looks …

Food sector set for hiring bonanza

Added: 3 Sep 2015

Local food and drink producers expect to create more than 73,000 new jobs over the next five years,…

Oldbury Power Station

Nuclear defueling nears completion

Added: 17 Aug 2015

Oldbury nuclear power station will be completely defueled by October, the site’s operators have sai…

Kids Schools Skills2

Colleges axing STEM courses

Added: 12 Aug 2015

Science, technology, engineering and maths (STEM) courses are being dropped by colleges in the UK, …

EDF apprentice trainee skills2

Women “put off” by STEM careers

Added: 11 Aug 2015

Research conducted for British Gas suggests women are overlooking science, technology, engineering …

Pounds sterling

Time to pay up

Added: 5 Aug 2015

Male engineers often get paid more than female engineers and it’s a problem that will only serve to…

Food machine

Food industry feels the pinch

Added: 3 Aug 2015

A recent survey of UK food manufacturers reveals that optimism has slightly cooled since last year,…

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Graduates 'not pursuing' engineering

Added: 27 Jul 2015

A report published by the Royal Academy of Engineering (RAE) highlights several issues surrounding …

Engineering skills shortage

Increase in engineering applicants

Added: 9 Jul 2015

Higher education authority UCAS has released figures that suggest more applicants are choosing to s…

Chancellor George Osborne Budget

Summer Budget: Industry response

Added: 8 Jul 2015

Chancellor George Osborne presented his 2015 summer Budget to Parliament earlier today but drew a m…

Forty-nine per cent of industry representatives claim skills shortages are their main barrier to gro

Look forward

Added: 8 Jul 2015

Engineers must be forward-looking to attract the young people their profession and this country so …

Chancellor George Osborne Budget

Budget ‘should prioritise productivity’

Added: 6 Jul 2015

Manufacturing trade body EEF says the government must focus on growth and productivity in its summe…

EDF Hinkley Point C site preparation

Nuclear supply scheme launched

Added: 30 Jun 2015

Leaders of the nuclear industry will gather in London today to launch an initiative to broaden the …

Sewer drain cover

Sewerage deaths show toxic gas threat

Added: 24 Jun 2015

Multiple deaths in sewer networks this month show why it is vital for workers to pay attention to s…

HBM sales

HBM team boasts growth

Added: 24 Jun 2015

HBM has announced the appointments of Omer Mir, field sales engineer for the North of England and R…

EDF apprentice trainee skills2

Few parents think girls like engineering

Added: 23 Jun 2015

Just 7% of parents think that engineering appeals to their daughters, according to research publish…

Lucy Ackland

Europe's lowest level of female engineers

Added: 22 Jun 2015

There are three reasons why the UK has the lowest proportion of female engineers in Europe, says Aw…

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Become a chartered engineer

Added: 12 Jun 2015

The Energy Institute (EI) is offering unique chartered engineer status to engineers, even if you ar…

Manufacturing Barometer

Productivity harming manufacturing growth

Added: 10 Jun 2015

Majority of SMEs worried about productivity, while research claims that industrial standards could …

Kids Schools Skills2

University launches STEM initiative

Added: 26 May 2015

The New Model in Technology and Engineering (NMiTE) university has launched an initiative to inspir…