All Skills
Integration can help bridge skills gaps
Added: 9 Jan 2013
‘Integrated industry’ has been dubbed the fourth industrial revolution, following on from the steam…
Dyson: Video games killing interest in engineering
Added: 9 Jan 2013
London – The UK is allowing the “glamour of web fads and video gaming” to undermine interest in eng…
Chemical engineering courses defy national trend
Added: 9 Jan 2013
London - The number of students opting to study chemical engineering in the UK has risen again desp…
UK engineering sector facing brain drain
Added: 3 Jan 2013
London – Four out of five UK engineering professionals are prepared to leave the country and work o…
Nice work if you can get it
Added: 10 Dec 2012
For Kraft Foods’ Rachel Cooke, it’s an exciting time to be a process engineer in the food and drink…
New confined space rescue service in UK
Added: 10 Dec 2012
Runcorn, UK - Engineering group the Engenda Group is launching a new company delivering confined sp…
Further education colleges "a real concern"
Added: 28 Nov 2012
London – The standard of training provided by further education colleges in the UK is well below th…
Committee hammers UK apprenticeships programme (Comment)
Added: 27 Nov 2012
Rarely does an official study hit as many nails so firmly on the head as the House of Commons busin…
Skills Show attracts over 70,000 people
Added: 27 Nov 2012
London – The first ever Skills Show, held at the NEC in Birmingham from 15-17 Nov, attracted 70,738…
Lack of skills puts engineering industry's growth plans on hold
Added: 26 Nov 2012
London – While almost three quarters of engineering firms in the UK report plans for growth, 60 % o…
BP appoints new upstream leader
Added: 23 Nov 2012
London – BP has appointed Lamar McKay, currently chairman and president of BP America, as chief exe…
Employers offered £150m for 'DIY' skills schemes
Added: 20 Nov 2012
London – The UK government has put up £150 million to help businesses to create their own training …
GSK process is year's top advance
Added: 3 Nov 2012
London – GlaxoSmithKline has taken top prize in the IChemE 2012 Awards for a process technology tha…
Skills Show signs up Dragons' Den star
Added: 30 Oct 2012
London – Theo Paphitis - star of BBC Two TV’s Dragons’ Den and one of the UK’s most high profile sh…
Industry needs more celebrities
Added: 30 Oct 2012
Well done to Dragons’ Den star Theo Paphitis for signing up be patron of The Skills Show at the NEC…
Avery Weigh-Tronix advances apprenticeship plan
Added: 19 Oct 2012
London – Avery Weigh-Tronix has recruited 10 apprentice service technicians as part of its new appr…
Hydratight expands global team
Added: 11 Oct 2012
Aberdeen, UK – Joint integrity company Hydratight has announced a number of additions to its global…
Injured Navy engineer relaunches his career
Added: 9 Oct 2012
London – An injured ex-Royal Navy weapons engineer officer has relaunched his career at Tharsus Gro…
Scientists and engineers more likely to switch jobs
Added: 26 Sep 2012
London – Employees in the science and engineering industry are more likely to change jobs more freq…
Are UK apprentices being short-changed?
Added: 19 Sep 2012
London – The Government is currently seeking to incentivise the rapid creation of many thousands of…
