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Castle Training Academy

Health and safety training courses

Added: 21 Mar 2014

The Castle Training Academy is launching a series of residential training courses designed to offer…

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Apprenticeships given Budget boost

Added: 20 Mar 2014

Firms looking to increase their skills base welcomed yesterday’s Budget announcement of a boost in …

Nuclear skills shortages

Workforce meltdown

Added: 12 Mar 2014

The nuclear industry supply chain is taking matters into its own hands as it seeks to battle a decl…

Nestle apprenctice at work Jordan Phillips

Manufacturing employment accelerates

Added: 4 Mar 2014

Growth in manufacturing jobs is now at its fastest rate since May 2011, according to a survey publi…

Sir William Wakeham

Systems must drive engineering degrees

Added: 18 Feb 2014

Former IChemE president Sir William Wakeham calls for the process systems community to take a great…

Shale gas

UK faces fracking skills shortage

Added: 17 Feb 2014

The UK fracking industry could be marred by a lack of relevant skills and equipment, according to a…

Data acquisition webinar series

Data acquisition webinar series

Added: 11 Feb 2014

HBM is offering a series of free online webinars throughout February to examine a number of differe…

Vince Cable

“Reshore UK” scheme launched

Added: 31 Jan 2014

The Government has launched a new “one-stop-shop” service to help manufacturing firms return produc…

Schaeffler releases 2014 training course programme

Schaeffler reveals training programme

Added: 30 Jan 2014

Schaeffler UK has released its new technical training course programme for 2014 designed to improve…

Buncefield2

Risky business

Added: 29 Jan 2014

Maintaining safety standards as they evolve is an ongoing challenge in hazardous environments, repo…

Corporate bonds

Addressing the skills shortage

Added: 14 Jan 2014

As the skills shortage continues to be a concern for the process sectors, industry bodies must form…

IChemE training courses

IChemE training courses

Added: 6 Jan 2014

The IChemE is hosting over 50 training courses to cover a range of subject areas and meet developme…

Kids Schools Skills2

How to kill a love of science

Added: 11 Dec 2013

All children are born with an innate love of science, so why are so many switched off from STEM sub…

Skills training

Skills training by Technical Training Solutions

Added: 10 Dec 2013

Whether it’s electrical, mechanical or instrumentation, the approach is the same. Best practice tau…

Autumn Statement outlines boost for skills sector

Skills sector must maintain support

Added: 6 Dec 2013

Engineering bodies have welcomed the Chancellor’s Autumn Statement but have urged the UK government…

Upskilling existing employees is on the increase

Grow your own

Added: 2 Dec 2013

Finding experienced and skilled operators and technicians can be a struggle in the process industri…

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Engineering apprenticeships drop 12%

Added: 2 Dec 2013

The number of people aged under 19 taking engineering-related Advanced Level Apprenticeships has fa…

Food Industry and academics discuss vision for Centre of Excellence

Food engineering centre vision agreed

Added: 2 Dec 2013

The vision that will drive a national Centre of Excellence for Food Engineering was agreed by indus…

GSK process safety module

GSK to pilot process safety course

Added: 2 Dec 2013

GlaxoSmithKline has partnered with the University of Sheffield to develop a short course that addre…

Bürkert steam training guide

Added: 29 Nov 2013

This short video from Bürkert covers the Top 10 things you need to know about steam and how to mana…