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UK oil & gas workforce getting younger
Added: 7 Sep 2012
Aberdeen, UK – There has been an increase in the number of people working offshore in the UK oil an…

Step Change targets worksite safety
Added: 6 Sep 2012
Aberdeen, UK – Step Change in Safety, an organisation dedicated to improving safety in the UK oil a…

Debating skills - Comment added
Added: 1 Sep 2012
Process Engineering is to host a lunchtime debate, titled ‘Barriers to Training and Achievement’, d…

Petrofac to raise skill levels in global drilling industry
Added: 21 Aug 2012
London – Petrofac has secured a contract with the International Association of Drilling Contractors…

Engineer sans frontiers
Added: 17 Aug 2012
When process engineers apply their skills to other fields, remarkable results can be achieved. Elli…

Wanted - 350 senior engineers
Added: 6 Aug 2012
Middlesbrough, UK – Some 350 senior engineer vacancies were up for grabs at a recruitment event sup…

Legionella outbreaks spark industry response
Added: 2 Aug 2012
London - The recent outbreaks of legionella in Stoke-on-Trent and Edinburgh have led to a spike in …

"Lacklustre" approach to apprenticeships
Added: 31 Jul 2012
Silsoe, UK – The Government’s campaign to recruit apprentices lacks both commitment and investment,…

Nuclear engineering summer camp
Added: 27 Jul 2012
Manchester, UK - Nuclear engineering was on the curriculum for a group of 50 teenagers taking part …

Bridging the divide
Added: 23 Jul 2012
The UK process industries need to resolve long-standing differences between academics and businesse…

UK chemical engineers report positive pay trends
Added: 4 Jul 2012
London – UK chemical engineers have experienced positive pay trends with salaries continuing to ris…

Honeywell leadership on the move
Added: 24 Jun 2012
London – Honeywell has appointed Darius Adamczyk as president of Honeywell Process Solutions. He mo…

University is not the only career path
Added: 12 Jun 2012
Debbie Mellor, MD of Keighley Labs and one of relatively few female chief executives in the enginee…

Walder returns to Rockwell Automation
Added: 12 Jun 2012
London – Rockwell Automation has appointed Martin Walder to lead its ‘industry focused’ teams in; o…

UK public sees engineering sector as 'low-skilled'
Added: 11 Jun 2012
London – Most UK adults believe the country’s industrial sector is important, but many regard manuf…

New leader for Dow in Europe
Added: 11 Jun 2012
Midland, Michigan - Heinz Haller, executive vice president and chief commercial officer of Dow, has…

Student capture and storage
Added: 25 May 2012
The UK is training just over a third of the 30,000 new graduates needed to bridge the skills gap in…

Rio Tinto teams up with Imperial College
Added: 18 May 2012
Rio Tinto and Imperial have announced scholarships to support the training of engineers

UK 'game' aids Saudi Arabia's largest steel maker
Added: 17 May 2012
Warrington, UK – Saudi Arabia’s largest steel manufacturer, Hadeed, is rolling out an intensive wor…

Manchester students net IChemE sustainability prize
Added: 10 May 2012
Manchester, UK – A project to turn corn waste into succinic acid has earned an international sustai…