Media coverage
EngineeringUK and the programmes we lead often feature in the media. A selection of recent media coverage can be seen below.
29/11/2011
In with a bang
Encouraging a new generation of enthusiastic engineers is vital to supporting the country's growth, asserts Paul Jackson, Chief Executive of EngineeringUK
03/10/2011
The missing 51%
An article about women in engineering, quoting EngineeringUK statistics
30/09/11
Gender Agenda
Quoting EngineeringUKs statistics about women in engineering
29/09/2011
Public Sector: Science Stunts Send Fun Message To Kids
Case study about the PR campaign for The Big Bang UK Young Scientists & Engineers Fair which is shortlisted for a PR Week award
27/09/2011
Top tips for budding engineers: what our experts said
Catherine Teague, STEM Careers Manager, gives advice about a career in engineering
26/09/2011
Careers Talk podcast: Breaking into engineering
Catherine Teague, STEM Careers Manager, joins the panel to speak about careers in engineering
09/09/2011
Young engineers struggling to find work in industry
Paul Jackson responds to research in to engineering graduates’ destinations
18/08/2011
Engineer a career
29/08/2011
Engineering graduates choosing to work in other sectors
19/07/2011
Why aren’t there more women engineers?
24/06/2011
Skills shortage highlighted
24/06/2011
Industry must impress young people to ensure pipeline of talent says minister
13/07/2011
Is Creative Britain in Reverse?
13/07/2011
Time for school
13/07/2011
Civils in danger of missing out on women graduates
24/06/2011
Engineering sector must ‘wow’ more young people, warns Schools Minister
13/3/2011
Talented teen wins award for search and rescue robot design
A story about the teenager from Sutton Grammar School for Boys who was named the UK Young Engineer of the Year at this year’s National Science & Engineering Competition.
11/3/2011
How to inspire children into studying science
A report about the ongoing problem of getting children interested in science and engineering and the Big Bang Fair - aimed at inspiring children to study STEM.
10/3/2011
Siemens to Sellafield: How to get young people interested in engineering
An article about the high-profile employers from Siemens to Sellafield who hoped to encourage thousands of school children to study science, technology and maths at the Big Bang Fair in London.
10/11/2010
Pupils win lesson with Big Bang celebrity
Article about the pupils at Springfield School in Portsmouth who won the chance to be taught by celebrity TV scientist Professor Brian Cox. Thousands of youngsters took part in the nationwide prize draw to see the Wonders of The Solar System presenter visit their school and teach the lesson of a lifetime on November 16.
29/10/2010
Business needs vocational skills
A letter stating that the debate on the fiscal cuts must not lose sight of the long-term need for skills. Written by many leaders in skills education, including Paul Jackson Chief executive, Engineering UK.
22/10/2010
State of Play
An engineering and technology special issue of the magazine quoting the Chief Executive of EngineeringUK Paul Jackson who states that careers in engineering are creative and inspiring and are financially rewarding.
Future's calling
Another article also describes Bloodhound SSC, the next generation of supersonic car. In an attempt to get future engineers interested, the team has taken the unusual step of providing open access to all their research to break the World Land Speed Record.
16/10/2010
Graduate jobs storm back
An article about the encouraging signs of a return to buoyancy for graduate recruitment in a range of careers after a bad year. The article quotes EngineeringUK's research and EngineeringUK chief executive, Paul Jackson.
18/10/2010
Brian Cox, physicist and broadcaster
An article featuring an interview with Professor Brian Cox. Britain’s best-known science communicator speaks out on the importance of engineering funding.
22/10/2010
My best teacher - Brian Cox
A blog entry mentioning Professor Brian Cox and how to win the science lesson taught by Professor Cox at your school by visiting www.thebigbangfair.co.uk, the site of The Big Bang UK: Young Scientists’ and Engineers’ Fair.
10/10/2010
Willy Wonka chewing gum could become reality
An article discussing the scientists at the Institute of Food Research in Norwich, who have been working with the National Science and Engineering Competition, and developed a technology that allows different flavours to be captured inside microscopic capsules. The technology can be designed to release the flavours at different times, a real life version of Willy Wonka's three course meal gum.
7/10/2010
The real Willy Wonka: Scientists say three-course meal in a single stick of chewing gum is now a possibility
An article about the scientists at the Institute of Food Research (IFR) who say their gum could capture and release flavours in a precisely controlled way - turning Willy Wonka’s invention into reality. It is hoped the chewing gum will inspire young people to put their own projects and inventions in the spotlight as part of the National Science & Engineering Competition.
30/9/2010
Science is magic, if it’s taught the right way
An opinion piece about notifying students that STEM subjects are inspiring concepts and ideas that fire the imagination. They all have the potential to change our lives beyond recognition.
27/9/2010
Win a Big Bang Lesson from Brian Cox
An article about Professor Brian Cox offering to go to one lucky school in the UK and give the science lesson of a lifetime.
22/9/2010
Engineers top of the class
An article about a team of students from Pershore High School are top of the class after excelling in a regional engineering competition - they won won first place in the BA CREST Gold Engineering - and will go on compete at the Big Bang 2010 in London in the finals of the National Science and Engineering Competition.
21/9/2010
Mind blowing science
An article about students having the chance to win the lesson of a lifetime this month from Professor Brian Cox, who will give one lucky science class with The Big Bang Lesson – a mind blowing workshop that will take learners to infinity and belong. The article states that Brian has joined forces with The Big Bang UK: Young Scientists and Engineers Fair 2011 to launch a nationwide competition.
15/9/2010
Maintaining the talent pipeline
Article exploring the skills shortage within engineering. Esme McAvoy spoke with EngineeringUK Chairman Anthony Cleaver who said: “The biggest gap is the lack of technical skills, so more investment in further education is vital. It’s also important to build links between business and education, with apprenticeships and on-the-job training.”
10/9/2010
Catch a Star for your Classroom
Article to announce that pupils can win Brian Cox to teach a Big Bang Lesson at their school.
3/9/2010
WOODFORD GREEN: Science pupils make national final
Article about Six Trinity High School pupils who won a nomination to the final of the National Science and Engineering Competition.
1/9/2010
Bang goes the High Street
Article detailing the What’s the Matter science roadshow held in Market Square, High Street Bromley, which had impressive experiments and plenty of bangs for the hundreds of youngsters to part in.
Read article here.
26/08/2010
The Breakfast Show with Gaby Roslin and Paul Ross
An interview about The Big Bang and the National Science & Engineering Competition that gives details about Street Science and its workshops, designed to generate excitement and interest in science, technology, engineering and maths (STEM).
19/8/2010
Dorchester student science competition winner on his travels
Article about the young scientist Thomas Hearing who won the UK Young Scientist title in the National Science and Engineering Competition in March at the Big Bang Fair, 2010, and his prize – a visit to Roque de Los Muchachos Observatory in La Palma provided by Research Councils UK.
18/8/2010
Science fair to wow children at the Whitgift Centre in Croydon
An article about the free street science roadshow coming to the Whitgift Shopping Centre in Croydon, August, 2010. Some of the more bizarre experiments it mentions include extracting iron from a bowl of breakfast cornflakes as well as a host of tricks featuring a unique disappearing act.
It goes on to explain that the organisers hope to help young kids learn about science in a safe environment while having fun.
13/8/2010
Film-makers reel in prizes
Pupils from Bell Baxter High School scooped two Planet SciCast awards. The group won the EngineeringUK award for the Best Engineering Film for their entry ‘Surviving in Space’, and the judges special award for their film about the creation of light energy from sound energy. The teams were presented their awards by Marty Jopson from the BBC’s One Show.
5/8/2010
Young Engineer Shortlisted
An article about a pupil from South Hampstead High School who won the Young Engineer’s Award for her design of a table that incorporates storage for toys and other items. She will be presented the award at the Big Bang Fair 2011.
6/8/2010
Big Bang science fair is a big success
Pupils visited the free event hosted by The Big Bang East Midlands at Loughborough University.
1/8/2010
Big Bang as 15,000 young ones visit the fair
Visitors at The Big Bang UK Young Scientists and Engineers Fair in Manchester got the chance to see the latest innovations in 3D / 4D ultrasound technology. The visitors could scan a plastic baby model and see the images that would allow doctors and expectant parents to view a baby’s features in full moving 3D.
30/7/2010
Make a lot of noise for the winners
Pupils from St. Paul’s School in Barnes won a Planet SciCast award for their short film explaining why objects moving towards you sound different to those moving away. Planet SciCast is supported by EngineeringUK, NESTA and The Institute of Physics.
29/7/2010
Engineer a few incentives to attract staff
A manager of a recruitment firm suggests that engineering companies should look at what they offer staff to ensure they retain the top talent. The Engineering UK report estimated that the UK must find 587,000 extra engineers by 2017 to remain competitive with other developed economies.
27/7/2010
Pupils take five science fair awards
Article about the pupils from Leicestershire schools who took five of the main awards at a regional science fair - the Big Bang Science Fair at Loughborough University.
23/7/2010
St Albans scientist scoops awards
Article about Oliver Madgwick, 17, from St Albans School who won two Planet SciCast awards for his film Gravity, Mass and Weight - a Lego animation explaining the difference between mass and weight, in relation to gravity.
20/7/2010
Budding boffins inspired by fair
Students attended The Big Bang regional fair held at the Kelham Island museum in Sheffield. Hundreds of 12-19 year olds got involved with many activities as well as seeing the latest innovations.
14/7/2010
Help for young recruits to aim for the top
Stephen Leonard, UK and Ireland Chief Executive of IBM volunteered with a team at The Big Bang in London. Young people got involved with activities including making ice cream without a freezer and understanding about gravity and inertia by using eggs.
UK must raise level of training
The Big Bang brings science alive and makes it more exciting for school pupils. Students are able to present their school science and engineering projects to people from the industry.
8/7/2010
Pupils see latest appliance of science
Loughborough University staged a Big Bang event yesterday inviting pupils from across the East Midlands to come and see the fun side of engineering and technology. The article also details other hands-on activities and workshops at the event, including one about the controversial Jabulani World Cup football – which was part designed by the university's academics – a nuclear reactor simulator and experiments to explode rubber ducks.
1/7/2010
Students inspired by single bed ward concept
Young people who visited The Big Bang UK Young Scientists and Engineers Fair in Manchester had the chance to see the how a future single bed ward might look.
03/06/2010
BBC Technical Skills In Focus
Regional TV and radio technicians have been 'broadcasting' their own professionalism. The Northern Ireland Employment and Learning Minister Sir Reg Empey has this week been getting first hand experience of the important role played by skilled engineers and technicians at the BBC.
2/6/2010
Big Bang explodes at science fair
The Big Bang UK Young Scientists and Engineers Fair in Manchester from 11-13 March attracted over 22,000 visitors. Special guests inc
