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David Cameron 10 Downing Street

Manufacturers want EU referendum

Added: 26 May 2015

UK manufacturers have called for a referendum on European Union (EU) membership to take place by au…

Oil rig

Shale could 'learn' from offshore safety

Added: 22 May 2015

Emerging industries could learn process safety lessons from more mature sectors such as offshore oi…

EU Flag

Continuity Britain?

Added: 13 May 2015

British industry may be relieved that the electorate voted for stability last week, but already the…

Ed Miliband

Election skills

Added: 6 May 2015

Following tomorrow’s general election, key engineering issues such as skills shortages look set to …

Women in Work figures

Women 'take advantage' of careers scheme

Added: 5 May 2015

Nearly 200 women have completed a programme designed to help overcome barriers to career progressio…

Nuclear engineers

Engineering’s election

Added: 29 Apr 2015

Engineering has come into the spotlight like never before during this general election campaign.

Lucy Ackland at NECR 2015

Female focus at engineering event

Added: 27 Apr 2015

A major focus of The National Engineering & Construction Recruitment Exhibition (NECR) 2015 looked …

Bulk materials course

Silo design best practice for bulk materials

Added: 22 Apr 2015

The costs associated with commissioning overruns or troubleshooting poor plant performance are reco…

Lab professional

Skills initiative reaches milestone

Added: 20 Apr 2015

The Science Industry Partnership (SIP) has surpassed 2,000 people being trained across the chemical…

Exiling excellence

Engineering education centre launched

Added: 16 Apr 2015

University College London (UCL) has today launched the UCL Centre for Engineering Education which i…

Nick Clegg

Lib Dems to double innovation spend

Added: 15 Apr 2015

Party’s manifesto supports Catapult Centres, while Ukip promises to scrap STEM subject tuition fees.

David Cameron

Skills concern over Tory manifesto

Added: 14 Apr 2015

The Conservative Party launched its manifesto for the general election today and immediately drew c…

Ed Miliband

Labour manifesto focuses on industry

Added: 13 Apr 2015

The Labour Party was today the first of the major political parties to launch its manifesto for the…

Engineering skills shortage

Semta pioneers STEM initiative

Added: 9 Apr 2015

Employer-led skills body Semta has launched the STEM Exchange in an effort to bring further educati…

Food Engineers of the Future event

Food engineers taste future

Added: 1 Apr 2015

Industry event designed to inspire the next intake of food engineering graduates provides advice, t…

BP’s Deepwater Horizon explosion in the Gulf of Mexico in 2010

North Sea emergency simulated

Added: 24 Mar 2015

The emergency services and RAF were among those working with Oil & Gas industry representatives las…

David Cameron meets apprentices at BAE Systems

PM launches degree apprenticeships

Added: 12 Mar 2015

Prime Minister David Cameron has announced plans to rollout nine freely available degree apprentice…

Buncefield fire

Safety: a ticking timebomb

Added: 11 Mar 2015

Later this year the process industry will mark an anniversary it would prefer to forget: 10 years s…

Buncefield2

Process safety: barely begun

Added: 11 Mar 2015

Ten years on from the Buncefield explosion, only small steps have been taken to establish a process…

Artist's impression of NMITE

New university aims for 50% women

Added: 5 Mar 2015

A new engineering university located in Herefordshire aims to attract more women into the industry.