Engineering Council officially launches new UK-SPEC HRB Standard
Published: 12/06/2025
The official launch of a new Standard for building safety was held on 1 May at the House of Lords at an event hosted by his Lordship the Earl of Lindsay. …
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Coding Black Females join BCS
Coding Black Females join BCS
Published: 03/03/2021
Seventy-five members of Coding Black Females (CBF) have joined BCS, The Chartered Institute for IT, in a move to create more visible role models for women working in the industry. Black women make up less than 1% of the IT industry according to data from the Office for National Statistics (ONS); overall, 20% of the industry’s workforce is female. …
Top 50 Women in Engineering Awards to be announced in June
Top 50 Women in Engineering Awards to be announced in June
Published: 07/02/2021
Nominations have now closed for the Top 50 Women in Engineering Awards (WE50), run by the Women’s Engineering Society (WES). This annual event invited nominations from the general public, before an expert panel selects this year’s top 50. The awards ceremony will take place virtually on International Women in Engineering DAY (INWED), 23 June. …
Students turn to technology with university choices, new UCAS data shows
Students turn to technology with university choices, new UCAS data shows
Published: 04/02/2021
New subject data from the Universities and Colleges Admissions Services (UCAS) shows a big shift towards technology-based degrees, including a 400% jump in acceptances to artificial intelligence (AI) courses. …
Royal Academy of Engineering and Science Council launch updated Diversity and Inclusion Progression Framework 2.0
Royal Academy of Engineering and Science Council launch updated Diversity and Inclusion Progression Framework 2.0
Published: 28/01/2021
The Royal Academy of Engineering (RAEng) and the Science Council are pleased to launch the Diversity and Inclusion Progression Framework 2.0, new and updated for 2021. …
Nominations for the virtual Museum of Engineering Innovation
Nominations for the virtual Museum of Engineering Innovation
Published: 25/01/2021
The Royal Academy of Engineering (RAEng) is looking for your nominations for the engineering innovations – and the engineers behind them - you think should be included in their virtual Museum of Engineering Innovation. …
Tomorrow's Engineers - working with the engineering community to improve the impact of outreach
Tomorrow's Engineers - working with the engineering community to improve the impact of outreach
Published: 20/01/2021
The Tomorrow’s Engineers website hosts information and guidance on a range of topics curated from across the engineering community. The aim is to build and share a range of tips, resources, guidance and evidence to help improve practice, as well as highlight collective campaigns and joined up activities. …
YouGov poll finds digital support lacking
YouGov poll finds digital support lacking
Published: 03/12/2020
A poll by BCS, The Chartered Institute for IT, found that 83% of adults have not received any support to improve their tech skills in the past six months. This is despite increased reliance on digital skills because of the pandemic, with people working from home and socialising remotely, using platforms such as Skype or Zoom. Of those surveyed who had been offered help with their digital skills, the majority (57%) said this had been from employers. 28% had been helped by family and friends, whil …
Engineers the UK’s third most trusted profession
Engineers the UK’s third most trusted profession
Published: 02/12/2020
The annual Ipsos MORI Veracity Index has polled the UK general public’s trust in professions since 1983. The latest poll has once again shown engineers are among the UK’s most trusted professions, ranking behind only nurses and doctors. In the 2020 Veracity Index engineers were shown to be considered more trustworthy than other highly trusted professions including teachers, judges, professors and scientists. …
E&T Innovation Awards held
E&T Innovation Awards held
Published: 27/11/2020
The E&T Innovation Awards, hosted by the Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET), recognise and celebrate the very best new innovations across the breadth of science, engineering and technology. …
Inclusive cultures in engineering
Inclusive cultures in engineering
Published: 02/10/2020
Research from the Royal Academy of Engineering (RAEng) shows that engineers who feel included at work show increased motivation, performance, and commitment to their organisation. RAEng has produced a series of workshop resources specifically for engineering companies to help create an inclusive culture where all members of the team feel valued. The team workshop series is made up of free downloadable workshop exercises, created by inclusion specialists. Each workshop is around 60 minutes long, …