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Women are choosing computing degrees in record numbers, says BCS

Published: 25/10/2023

BCS, the Chartered Institute for IT, has recorded a remarkable 23% rise in accepted applications from women for computing degrees since 2019. Degrees in computing science are growing more rapidly than for any other subject at UK universities. …

Inspiring the next generation of engineers and technicians

Inspiring the next generation of engineers and technicians

Published: 23/01/2023

Professionally registered engineers and technicians are among those best placed to encourage a new generation of people into engineering. They are inspiring students and young people at all levels – by teaching and assessing in schools and colleges, through to university research and supervision. …

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. …

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 …

Tomorrow’s Engineering Research Challenges

Tomorrow’s Engineering Research Challenges

Published: 10/11/2022

Produced by UK Research and Innovation (UKRI), Tomorrow’s Engineering Research Challenges (TERC) was a UK-wide community engagement activity that aimed to identify key challenges and the research needed to tackle them. …

Unlocking talent: ensuring T Levels deliver the workforce of the future

Unlocking talent: ensuring T Levels deliver the workforce of the future

Published: 10/11/2022

T levels have potential to deliver much needed homegrown technical talent if challenges faced by employers are addressed by government, according to a new report from Make UK and EngineeringUK, 'Unlocking talent: ensuring T Levels deliver the workforce of the future'. …

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. …

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. …