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Registrants named as finalists for the IET Young Woman Engineer of the Year Awards 2024

Published: 13/11/2024

The Engineering Council would like to congratulate registrants Marisa Kurimbokus CEng MIMechE FWES and Salma Alarefi CEng MIET FWES, who have been recognised among this year’s five finalists of the Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET) Young Woman Engineer of the Year (YWE) Awards. …

National Engineering Day 2024 honours inspiring engineering role models

National Engineering Day 2024 honours inspiring engineering role models

Published: 08/10/2024

National Engineering Day, led by the Royal Academy of Engineering (RAEng) aims to make engineering and the UK’s engineers more visible. Held on 13 November, the day is a celebration of how engineers enhance our daily lives and help shape a better world. …

Increasing number of women choosing computer science degrees

Increasing number of women choosing computer science degrees

Published: 16/08/2024

The number of women choosing to study computer science at degree level in the UK has increased, according to new data from BCS, The Chartered Institute for IT. …

NEPC calls for national mission to achieve 2030 clean power goal

NEPC calls for national mission to achieve 2030 clean power goal

Published: 01/08/2024

The National Engineering Policy Centre (NEPC) has urged the government to adopt a radical approach to decarbonise the GB electricity system by 2030. Its new report, Rapid Decarbonisation of the GB Electricity System, outlines a national mission, like the vaccines task force, emphasising the necessity for government action to deliver clean power. …

Revolutionary AI weather forecasting innovation wins 2024 MacRobert Award

Revolutionary AI weather forecasting innovation wins 2024 MacRobert Award

Published: 30/07/2024

Google DeepMind's pioneering AI weather forecasting technology, GraphCast, has been awarded the 2024 MacRobert Award, the UK's most prestigious engineering innovation prize …

Royal Academy of Engineering announces Young Engineers of the Year

Royal Academy of Engineering announces Young Engineers of the Year

Published: 24/07/2024

Five young engineers have been awarded the accolade of Young Engineer of the Year by the Royal Academy of Engineering (RAEng), supported by the Worshipful Company of Engineers. …

Leading UK engineers receive The Princess Royal Silver Medal

Leading UK engineers receive The Princess Royal Silver Medal

Published: 22/07/2024

Four engineering innovators have been honoured with The Princess Royal Silver Medal, a prestigious individual award from the Royal Academy of Engineering (RAEng). …

BCS report reveals SMEs struggle to hire AI and digital apprentices

BCS report reveals SMEs struggle to hire AI and digital apprentices

Published: 26/06/2024

Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) are calling for financial assistance from the next government to train more apprentices in AI, cybersecurity, and data skills, according to new research by BCS, The Chartered Institute for IT. …

Winner of the 2024 Rooke Award announced

Winner of the 2024 Rooke Award announced

Published: 25/06/2024

Congratulations to engineer, author and TV presenter Dr Shini Somara, the recipient of the 2024 Rooke Award, one of the Royal Academy of Engineering’s (RAEng) top awards …

Alexander Coniff BEng IEng MIET receives 2024 Baroness Platt of Writtle Award

Alexander Coniff BEng IEng MIET receives 2024 Baroness Platt of Writtle Award

Published: 18/06/2024

Congratulations to Alexander Coniff BEng IEng MIET, an Engineering Manager at the British Antarctic Survey (BAS), for winning the 2024 Baroness Platt of Writtle Award. The announcement was made during a presentation ceremony at Carpenters Hall in London. …

BCS Manifesto sets vision for technology through ethics, education, and equity

BCS Manifesto sets vision for technology through ethics, education, and equity

Published: 10/06/2024

BCS, The Chartered Institute for IT, has stated that the upcoming UK General Election is the first where the government will need a vision for how computing will transform the lives of everyone in the UK, as well as the economy. …