All Skills


EDF apprentice trainee skills2

£30m to boost women in engineering

Added: 17 Jun 2014

The government has announced a £30 million fund to increase the number of people, and in particular…

Skills director at Energy Institute

Chartered status is “clear advantage”

Added: 11 Jun 2014

Energy workers with professional recognition have improved job prospects, a new survey suggests.

Skills kids2

Engineering, Engineering, Engineering

Added: 11 Jun 2014

Education, Education, Education. Tony Blair’s famous 1997 speech on the importance of education cou…

Students in the design phase of their degrees

Greater graduates

Added: 9 Jun 2014

High-quality engineering graduates are in demand now more than ever, but are UK universities delive…

Tufnol apprentices

Investment reward

Added: 5 Jun 2014

Birmingham based manufacturer Tufnol Composites is reaping the significant rewards of the company’s…

Engineering roadshow

Engineering exams face axe

Added: 5 Jun 2014

Exams in engineering are to be scrapped by 2017 under proposals announced yesterday.

Machine safety training

Machine safety training

Added: 3 Jun 2014

The emphasis on safety in manufacturing is continually increasing, as is the complexity of the asso…

DAQ seminar series

Measurement technology workshops

Added: 2 Jun 2014

HBM workshops combine the latest measurement technology knowledge with hands-on experience.

Training suite

Expert training

Added: 29 May 2014

Endress + Hauser has developed a suite of courses, delivered at its training centre in Manchester.

Apprentices

Future of manufacturing

Added: 29 May 2014

Manufacturers, schools and colleges are being urged to sign up to free ‘Future of Manufacturing’ ev…

BVAA skills courses

Understanding valves

Added: 29 May 2014

The British Valve and Actuator Association (BVAA) provides independent training which has been desi…

State-of-the-art training centre

Added: 29 May 2014

The Endress+Hauser training centre in Manchester offers training facilities such as a 12-seater cla…

HBM free webinar series

Live seminars

Added: 28 May 2014

The HBM webinar programme of DAQ updates continues through to June.

IMechE president Mark Hunt

Engineering is “male” profession

Added: 28 May 2014

A public poll suggests engineering is still widely considered a “male” profession.

Mark Cavendish Kevlar helmet

Engineering sporting brilliance

Added: 28 May 2014

Here at Process Engineering we aim to please. As the Brazil World Cup approaches, followed by Wimbl…

EDF apprentice trainee skills2

Scale of gender pay gap revealed

Added: 14 May 2014

Women in engineering sectors typically earn 25% less than men by the age of 40, a new survey has fo…

EDF apprentice trainee skills2

Ministers launch skills campaign

Added: 7 May 2014

The UK government’s “Your Life” campaign is designed to encourage more young people to take up scie…

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

Platform protection

Added: 7 May 2014

The UK oil & gas industry is ramping up its efforts to address the skill shortage and retain its hi…

Paper mill decreases work-related accidents

Accidents fall at paper firm

Added: 6 May 2014

Pulp and paper manufacturer United Paper Mills (UPM) has seen a decrease in work-related accidents …

Shale fracking

UK fracking spend could hit £33bn

Added: 24 Apr 2014

Development of shale gas in the UK may require £33 billion to be spent over the next 18 years and c…