Recent EngineeringUK press releases
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25/10/11 - Industry and university leaders join forces to launch major talent campaign
Leading figures in Industry and Higher Education today launch Talent 2030, an ambitious campaign to encourage more talented young people to pursue careers in manufacturing and engineering.
UK engineering chiefs gathered at the Department for Education on Wednesday 8 June to discuss what can be done to ensure the talent pipeline and adequately equip young people for the requirements of industry.
02/02/2011 - Lack of Parental Understanding Fuels Science & Engineering Skills Gap
- Two in three UK parents lack knowledge to encourage their children into skilled careers, says The Big Bang
01/12/2010 - Low carbon jobs + high level skills = massive economic boost, say engineers
Engineering skills shortages threaten to leave the UK behind its international counterparts in the race to secure energy markets, warns EngineeringUK in its annual report launched at Number 11 Downing Street today.
17/11/2010 - Star-struck School Kids Win an Audience with Professor Brian Cox
A Portsmouth school was sent spinning into orbit yesterday after winning the chance to be taught by TV science star, Professor Brian Cox.
05/11/2010 - Portsmouth School Wins Lesson of a Lifetime with Professor Brian Cox
Springfield students prepare for a star-studded science class to remember.
24/9/2010 - Look beyond propaganda on pay urges EngineeringUK Chief Executive
Speaking at a fringe event, The broken market in pay: how far should the government intervene?, organised by Think Tank SMF at this week’s Liberal Democrat conference, Paul Jackson, Chief Executive of EngineeringUK urged Government to play their part in encouraging (young) people to look beyond propaganda on pay.
EngineeringUK met with The Singapore Ministry of Manpower recently to share best practice about promoting the Engineering industry.
27/8/2010 - Back to School With a Bang
Hundreds of youngsters in South London will be starting the new school year this September with a few nifty tricks up their sleeves, after taking part in ‘What’s The Matter?’ – an exciting summer Street Science Roadshow. Set up by the organisers of The Big Bang: UK Young Scientists and Engineers Fair 2011, the Roadshow set out to unleash the passion and skill in young people aged 13-16, generating excitement and interest in science, technology, engineering and maths (STEM).
1/6/2010 - Four of the Top Ten Most Well Paid Graduate Jobs are in Engineering
Figures recently released by HESA and republished in last week’s Times reveal that four out of the top ten most highly paid graduate jobs are in engineering. Second only to Dentistry and Medicine, Chemical Engineering comes in third with an average graduate starting salary of £28,415. This is closely followed by Economics, with General Engineering coming in fifth with an average graduate starting salary of £25,455.
1/6/2010 - EngineeringUK announces Dr Paul Golby as new Chairman
EngineeringUK today announced the appointment of Dr Paul Golby as its new Chairman.
25/5/2010 – The Big Bang as Catalyst: Who’s Influencing Who?
At the Science Communication Conference in London this week, a panel discussed the importance of engaging young people in science and engineering drawing on experience at The Big Bang UK Young Scientists and Engineers Fair in Manchester earlier this year.
Speaking at the ‘Decisions at 18’ Careers Conference at Royal Holloway University of London today, Paul Jackson, Chief Executive of Engineering UK, highlighted the disparity in the percentage of female engineering professionals in the UK compared to other European countries.
TeenTech 2010, an event for more than 300 teenagers from 22 Berkshire schools, was today awarded Best Engineering Event 2010 by EngineeringUK in the prestigious National Science and Engineering Week (NSEW) Event Awards, a scheme put together in order to encourage and recognise brilliance and originality in public engagement and science outreach during NSEW.
25/3/2010 - Adult Engineering Apprentices Up 88 Per Cent Whilst Those Aged 16 -25 Go Down
A new paper from EngineeringUK reveals that there has been an 88 per cent increase in the number of adult engineering apprentices (25 +) between 2009 and 2010, compared to an 8 per cent decrease in young engineering apprentices (16-18) and a 9 per cent decrease in engineering apprentices overall across all ages.
19/3/2010 - Engineering profession launches manifesto for the UK
The UK’s eight leading engineering organisations today launch a comprehensive call for action to ensure that engineering makes the maximum contribution to solving Britain’s biggest challenges: the economy, the environment, education, infrastructure and public services.
Figures just in reveal that 22,545 people attended last week’s Big Bang: UK Young Scientists’ and Engineers’ Fair in Manchester; more than three times as many as the 6,500 who attended the inaugural Fair in 2009.
After the culmination of many months of trialling and testing ideas and inventions, ten overall prize-winners were drawn across a range of different categories and age groups this evening (Friday, 12 March), as finalists in this year’s annual National Science & Engineering Competition presented their projects at The Big Bang in Manchester.
5/3/2010 - EngineeringUK Welcomes New Report on Importance of Vocational Skills and Careers
EngineeringUK has today welcomed the Science for Careers report on increasing awareness of vocational science and engineering careers.
One week to go until UK’s largest single celebration of science and engineering
On March 12th at 3 pm, as part of National Science and Engineering Week 2010 (12-21 March), up to 5000 people across the UK will have their own personalised messages to potential life-forms beamed live into outer space.
16/2/2010 – North Wales College Celebrates Lecture from ‘Engineers Make it Happen’
On Friday February 12th, students from Coleg Meirion Dwyfor, North Wales, got together to celebrate the 100th "Engineers Make It Happen‟ visiting lecture with Vicki Stevenson, Solar Engineer from the Low Carbon Research Institute in Cardiff.
22/01/2010 - The Big Bang: UK Young Scientists’ and Engineers’ Fair announces careers extravaganza
With 50 days to go until the beginning of the 2010 Big Bang: UK Young Scientists’ and Engineers’ Fair, organisers today announced an exciting and in-depth programme of career orientated activities and content for young people thinking of making science, technology, engineering or maths (STEM) a major part of their working life
On January 7th 2010 EngineeringUK, The Royal Academy of Engineering and The Lloyd’s Register Educational Trust, will jointly launch Tomorrow’s Engineers, a new enhancement and enrichment partnership to improve levels of science and engineering engagement in hard to reach schools across the UK.
4/1/2010 - New Communications Director For EngineeringUK
EngineeringUK, formerly the ETB, today welcomed Beth Elgood on her first day as Director of Communications. Beth joins EngineeringUK following a series of senior Marketing and Communications roles at BT, the College of Optometrists, and most recently London Metropolitan University.
