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Online mental health self-check tool launched to support engineers and technicians

Published: 17/09/2024

A new online Mental Health Check-In tool has been launched by Foothold, the Institution of Engineering and Technology’s Benevolent Fund, aimed at enhancing mental health support within the engineering community. …

Amendments to Building Safety Bill protect leaseholders from building safety costs

Amendments to Building Safety Bill protect leaseholders from building safety costs

Published: 15/02/2022

The Government has announced amendments to the Building Safety Bill that will mean developers pay to remove cladding, protecting leaseholders from an unfair financial burden. …

Top 50 women in engineering - nominate an inventor or innovator

Top 50 women in engineering - nominate an inventor or innovator

Published: 14/02/2022

On the UN International Day of Women and Girls in Science, the Women’s Engineering Society (WES) has opened nominations for this year’s Top 50 Women in Engineering Awards (WES50). …

Changes to the Society of Operations Engineers (SOE) constitution

Changes to the Society of Operations Engineers (SOE) constitution

Published: 08/02/2022

As part of a recent organisational review, the Society of Operations Engineers (SOE) have made a number of changes to its current constitution, seek to inculcate a more effective approach to decision-making with an even greater focus on our members. …

National Apprenticeships Week 2022 – Build the future

National Apprenticeships Week 2022 – Build the future

Published: 04/02/2022

The fifteenth National Apprenticeships Week took place from 7-13 February in England. This government initiative celebrates apprenticeships, showcasing the work done by apprentices of all ages and the range of apprenticeships available. Apprenticeships combine on-the-job experience with academic study, allowing apprentices to earn a wage and work towards a qualification simultaneously. …

QEPrize goes to creator of strongest permanent magnet

QEPrize goes to creator of strongest permanent magnet

Published: 02/02/2022

The 2022 Queen Elizabeth Prize for Engineering (QEPrize) has been awarded to Dr Masato Sagawa for his work on the discovery, development and global commercialisation of the Neodymium Iron Boron permanent magnet. This is the world’s most powerful permanent magnet, today used in countless applications including in-ear headphones, MRI machines, on the Mars Rover and in energy-saving technologies such as electric cars and wind turbines. The QEPrize is engineering’s most prestigious accolade …

IET’s National Conference focuses on competence

IET’s National Conference focuses on competence

Published: 28/01/2022

The Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET) is delivering their National Conference for Electrotechnical and Building Safety Competence virtually, in two parts. The first part will take place on Monday 31 January, from 1.30–4.00pm. The event aims to bring together experts working in safety critical roles, with a key focus on individual competence, accountability and continuing professional development (CPD). …

EngineeringUK advocates for more ambassadors

EngineeringUK advocates for more ambassadors

Published: 27/01/2022

EngineeringUK CEO Dr Hilary Leevers has called on the engineering industry to “demystify what an engineer does to encourage young people to consider engineering as a possible career." In an opinion piece in The Engineer, Dr Leevers advocated for engineers to become part of the solution to the finding that less than one third of parents and half of teachers surveyed felt confident giving engineering careers advice. …

IChemE at 100: celebrating a century of achievements, a future of success

IChemE at 100: celebrating a century of achievements, a future of success

Published: 04/01/2022

2022 marks the centenary of the Institution of Chemical Engineers (IChemE) with this milestone providing a timely opportunity to celebrate the profession, the achievements of chemical engineers over the last 100 years, and a future of success. …

Online Safety Bill – policy briefing from BCS

Online Safety Bill – policy briefing from BCS

Published: 15/12/2021

The Online Safety Bill completed its Committee stage in parliament. The Bill is one of the UK’s most far-reaching attempts to regulate online content, and the results are likely to impact far beyond the UK. BCS, The Chartered Institute for IT, have produced a policy briefing assessing the Bill, which has the potential to significantly change both how online platforms are responding to risks to users …

Dame Stephanie Shirley and Ray Ozzie receive distinguished fellowship from Chartered Institute for IT

Dame Stephanie Shirley and Ray Ozzie receive distinguished fellowship from Chartered Institute for IT

Published: 25/11/2021

Global IT entrepreneur and workplace revolutionary turned ardent philanthropist, Dame Stephanie Shirley CH, and software industry pioneer Ray Ozzie have been awarded Distinguished Fellowships from the professional body for IT. The awards are given by BCS, The Chartered Institute for IT to individuals whose contribution to computing is seen in terms of major importance to the overall development of computing …