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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. …

Inquiry launched to investigate urgent need to grow apprenticeships in engineering, manufacturing and technology

Inquiry launched to investigate urgent need to grow apprenticeships in engineering, manufacturing and technology

Published: 11/01/2023

Former Labour and Conservative ministers Lord Knight and Lord Willetts, with support from charity EngineeringUK, are today launching an inquiry to uncover the reasons behind the worrying decline in engineering, manufacturing and technology apprenticeships starts seen over recent years in the UK. …

New CEO appointed by IChemE

New CEO appointed by IChemE

Published: 09/01/2023

The Institution of Chemical Engineers (IChemE) has announced that Chartered Chemical Engineer Yvonne Baker OBE CEng MIChemE has been appointed as its new Chief Executive Officer. Yvonne will take up the post from April 2023, following Jon Prichard’s decision to step down from the role in September 2022. …

Women choosing computing degrees in record numbers, says BCS

Women choosing computing degrees in record numbers, says BCS

Published: 21/12/2022

Computing degrees have seen a 23% growth in accepted applications from women since 2019; according to new analysis by BCS, The Chartered Institute for IT. This is a higher percentage rise than for any other UCAS subject group, meaning that the number of young women taking computer science degrees is growing faster than for any other UK university subject. …

MSc Motorsport Scholarship Programme, supporting black students

MSc Motorsport Scholarship Programme, supporting black students

Published: 20/12/2022

The MSc Motorsport Scholarship Programme, a new programme created with the support of the Ignite Partnership, aims to support individuals from Black or mixed Black ethnic backgrounds who wish to study a Masters degree in motorsport (or a related eligible course). If you are in the final year of your undergraduate degree, or you have graduated within the last 3 years and you meet all other eligibility criteria, you can apply. …

Invest in professionalism, digital skills and infrastructure - BCS response to the Autumn Statement

Invest in professionalism, digital skills and infrastructure - BCS response to the Autumn Statement

Published: 17/11/2022

BCS, The Chartered Institute for IT welcomes the Government’s ambition for the UK to be the next Silicon Valley. …

Visionary behind Hubble Space Telescope control system and passenger safety technology awarded Prince Philip Medal

Visionary behind Hubble Space Telescope control system and passenger safety technology awarded Prince Philip Medal

Published: 16/11/2022

Space technology pioneer Dr Asad Madni FREng has been presented with the Academy’s most prestigious individual award, the Prince Philip Medal, Her Royal Highness The Princess Royal, Royal Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering (RAEng), presented the award in London …

Awareness of T levels in England

Awareness of T levels in England

Published: 09/11/2022

T Levels have the potential to deliver the much-needed skilled engineering workforce in the UK, however a new report published by EngineeringUK highlights that awareness among young people and employers is surprisingly low. …

Cop27 climate goals won’t be met without data science and digital skills, says BCS CEO

Cop27 climate goals won’t be met without data science and digital skills, says BCS CEO

Published: 08/11/2022

Global leaders must put data scientists and broader digital skills at the centre of their climate change ambitions, the professional body for information technology has said. …

Engineering changing the world around us - Tomorrow's Engineers Week 2022

Engineering changing the world around us - Tomorrow's Engineers Week 2022

Published: 07/11/2022

Engineering is a creative, problem solving, exciting career in which no two days are the same. That’s what professionally registered engineers and technicians tell us – and they work in all sorts of roles and organisations you might not expect. …

Thousands of black women ‘missing’ from the IT industry, report warns

Thousands of black women ‘missing’ from the IT industry, report warns

Published: 27/10/2022

Over 20,000 black women are ‘missing’ from the IT profession in the UK, according to a new report from leading industry groups …