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19/5/2009 - UK Engineering Research is World Class but More Investment is Needed
The Engineering and Technology Board (ETB) today released a new policy paper, documenting the excellent state of Engineering Research within UK Universities, and calling for increased research credits to ensure Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs) and Micro-businesses can afford to keep innovating. Read more
6/5/2009 - Christine Braddock to Chair ETB's New Education and Skills Panel
Dr Christine Braddock 1, Principal and Chief Executive of Sutton Coldfield and Matthew Boulton Colleges, has been appointed as the next Chair of the ETB’s 15-strong Education and Skills Panel. Dr Braddock will take over from Professor Christopher Snowden, Vice Chancellor and Chief Executive of the University of Surrey at the next meeting in June. Read more
The Engineering and Technology Board (ETB) and Primary Engineer welcome Sir Jim Rose’s review of the Primary Curriculum and its call for a more applied learning approach to inspire youngsters in core subjects like science and maths – a plea which is backed up by new ETB research 1 which reveals children aged 7-11 prefer applied technology subjects to subjects like science and maths in which they cannot always see the real world application. Read more
The Engineering and Technology Board (ETB) this week awarded £1000 each to the four overall winners of the National Science and Engineering Week Event Awards. The ETB and the British Science Association established the prestigious cash awards to encourage imaginative and inspiring entries to National Science and Engineering Week St Andrew's Primary School in Halstead beat off stiff competition to win the inaugural ETB award for Best School Event. Read more
29/4/2009 - National Science and Engineering Week Winners Cash In On Creative Events
National Science and Engineering Week Winners Cash In On Creative Events The Engineering and Technology Board (ETB) this week awarded £1000 each to the four overall winners of the National Science and Engineering Week Event Awards. Read more
23/4/2009 - David Brown and Louise Kingham to Chair New Professional Panel
Dr David Brown and Louise Kingham FEI, Chief Executives of the Institution of Chemical Engineers (IChemE) and the Energy Institute (EI), have today been elected as the Chair and Vice Chair of the ETB’s new Professional Panel. Read more
The Engineering and Technology Board (ETB) has welcomed today’s budget proposals for a green economy and growth technologies but has emphasised the need to train, retrain and upskill a large proportion of the UK workforce in order to achieve them. Read more
The Engineering and Technology Board (ETB)’s preliminary Engineers and Engineering Brand Monitor1 (EEBM) reveals that dramatic change of attitude is required to get the best and brightest students into engineering and fulfil the Government’s New Industry, New Jobs: Building Britain’s Future plan for the future of the UK Economy. Read more
17/4/2009 - Fair Access to Engineering
The Engineering Council UK (ECUK) and the Engineering and Technology Board (ETB) have welcomed a report by The Rt Hon Alan Milburn MP’s Cabinet Office Panel on Fair Access to the Professions, especially their finding that, by comparison with other professions, engineering is a UK wide profession with extensive opportunities available to those living outside London. Read more
14/4/2009 - Inspiration needed for “unsexy” stem subjects
Students are not choosing Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths (STEM) subjects because they are seen as too difficult, un-aspirational and un-sexy according to careers advisors at a recent Careers Research Advisory Council (CRAC) meeting in Lancaster. Attendees at the ‘Decisions at 18’ Conference went on to identify the need for more inspirational role models, projects and teaching to get young people motivated by STEM subjects. Read more
9/4/2009 - Pupils Set To Play Star Role in Engineering the Future
From 6th to 9th April, 100 students from across UK enjoyed a unique learning experience at Harper Adams University College, Newport, Shropshire. Sponsored by the Engineering and Technology Board (ETB) and organised by the Smallpeice Trust, the 4-day residential course provided the pupils with the opportunity to learn about engineering through a series of presentations and practical exercises. Read more
7/4/2009 - ETB champions women as solution to CBI survey woes
The Engineering and Technology Board (ETB) has responded to the CBI’s ‘Emerging Stronger’ survey, and its assertion that there is high employer demand for both Science Technology Engineering and Maths (STEM) employees, and work-ready employees with basic literacy and numeracy skills, by highlighting the vast, untapped potential of the thousands upon thousands of young women who meet all these requirements, yet shy away from STEM careers. Read more
31/3/2009 - South Wales celebrates the next generation of engineering excellence
Sir Anthony Cleaver, Chairman of the Engineering and Technology Board (ETB), yesterday called on the engineering community, business and industry, education providers and policy makers to work together to improve the supply of engineers and technicians in South Wales. Read more
31/3/2009 - North Wales celebrates the next generation of engineering excellence
North Wales celebrates the next generation of engineering excellence Friday 27th March 2009 Yesterday sixth form students from across North Wales gathered at Llandudno’s Venue Cymru to celebrate their involvement in the Engineering Education Scheme Wales (EESW), an exciting scheme which sees teams from regional sixth forms work with a local engineering firm to develop a solution to an industrial problem. Supported by the Engineering and Technology Board (ETB), the event highlights the contribution that engineering makes to the Welsh economy, and the wide range of opportunities available in the sector. Read more
27/3/2009 - Engineering profession welcomes Commons findings on engineering
The UK engineering profession welcomes today’s report Engineering: turning ideas into reality by the House of Commons Innovation, Universities, Science and Skills Committee. The Committee’s year-long inquiry has highlighted the importance of engineering to a resilient economy just as there is widespread recognition that engineering innovation will be the key to lifting the country out of recession. Read more
26/3/2009 - Southampton University wins £1000 ETB award for best engineering event
The University of Southampton today beat off stiff competition to win the inaugural ETB award for ‘Best Engineering Event’ to take place during National Science and Engineering Week 2009. The Engineering and Technology Board (ETB) and the British Science Association established the prestigious cash award to encourage imaginative and inspiring entries to National Science and Engineering Week, and the University of Southampton this year came up trumps with engineering day for all the family. Read more
11/3/2009 - Teen engineers team up with MPs to power wind of change
Young engineers from around the country descended on the Houses of Parliament yesterday to design, build and showcase winning examples of renewable energy wind turbines as part of National Science and Engineering Week. Read more
23/2/2009 - ETB Response to The Apprenticeships, Skills, Children and Learning Bill
The Engineering and Technology Board (ETB) has welcomed The Apprenticeships, Skills, Children and Learning Bill as a great opportunity and a great challenge to policy makers to deliver the best possible reforms of the UK’s Further Education (FE) and Apprenticeship systems. Read more
The ETB has today released preliminary research which illustrates that careers advisors, teachers and other education professionals are not sufficiently informed about apprenticeships. Read more
17/2/2009 - National Science and Engineering Week: creating a buzz
Forward planning release from the Engineering and Technology Board (ETB) National Science and Engineering Week: creating a buzz National Science and Engineering Week 2009 (6-15 March) is on its way and there’s a lot going on. Hundreds of thousands of people are expected to take part in events all across the UK, from Aberdeenshire to Cornwall, Carmarthenshire to Kent. Read more
9/2/2009 - Jobs of the Future will Rely on STEM
New research to be published on Monday by Warwick Institute for Employment Research, commissioned by the CIHE, the ETB and DIUS, predicts that projected demand for STEM graduates and postgraduates is likely to increase much faster than for other disciplines by 2017. Read more
National Science and Engineering Week: 6-15 March 2009. A huge range of events will be taking place around the UK for National Science and Engineering Week; in schools, science centres, universities and even on the street. Read more
3/2/2009 - Last chance to enter for ‘best NSEW engineering event’, as sponsored by The ETB
As part of National Science and Engineering Week 2009 (6-15 March) the ETB is offering a £1,000 cash prize for the overall winner in each of the following NSEW event categories. Read more
26/1/2009 - ETB Welcomes R&D Scoreboard's Findings
The Engineering and Technology Board (ETB), has welcomed the findings of the Research and Development Scorecard today released by the Department for Innovation, Universities and Skills (DIUS), and has stressed the importance of research and development (R&D) in laying foundations for long term economic recovery. Read more
19/1/2009 - ETB: Engineers Key To Green Strategy
The Engineering and Technology Board (ETB) has responded to recent calls for an integrated green strategy by highlighting the pressing need to increase the supply of trained engineers in the renewable energy sector. The organisation has also called for increased opportunities for skilled individuals who find themselves without work as a result of the downturn, to re-skill or retrain in renewables. Read more
13/1/2009 - Engineering Sets Example on Flexible Pathways to Professions
The Engineering and Technology Board (ETB) has welcomed the launch of the Government’s high level panel on social mobility in the professions and called for engineering to be included as an example of a sector in which there are many and varied flexible pathways into the profession. Read more
7/1/2009 - ETB Welcomes Investment in Apprenticeships
The Engineering and Technology Board (ETB) has welcomed the Government’s announcement of £140 million to create 35,000 new apprenticeships and called for engineering, manufacturing and technology to be given priority. Read more
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2008
9/12/2008 - Paul Jackson CENG, FIET Appointed as New ETB Chief Executive
8/12/2008 - New Engineering Supply and Demand Report Reveals Shortages of Engineering Technicians
8/12/2008 - Engineers More Highly Valued in Developed Nations
8/12/2008 - Green Agenda Inspires Potential Engineers
26/11/2008 - ETB Welcomes Lord Mandelson's Endorsement of Engineering
Date Published: November 13, 2009
