Engineering Council

WISE Awards shortlist announced

Published: 20/09/2016

The shortlist for the 2016 WISE Awards has been published and winners will be announced at a ceremony in November. …

Organisations open their doors for IET Engineering Open House Day

Published: 16/09/2016

Venues across the UK took part in an Open House Day, offering young people the opportunity to go behind the scenes at leading organisations to discover how creative and varied engineering can be …

Tomorrow's Engineers Week

Published: 26/07/2016

Tomorrow’s Engineers Week, which runs from 7 to 11 November 2016, shines a spotlight on engineering careers in a way that young people, and particularly girls, may have never considered before …

Tomorrow’s Engineers Week

Published: 21/07/2016

Tomorrow’s Engineers Week, which runs from 7 to 11 November 2016, shines a spotlight on engineering careers in a way that young people, and particularly girls, may have never considered before …

Engineers Without Borders: Challenge Finals

Published: 11/07/2016

Four Engineering Council representatives joined a panel of 19 judges for the 2016 Engineers Without Borders (EWB) Challenge Finals, held at the Siemens Crystal in London in June …

Iconic venues sign up for the 2016 Engineering Open House Day

Published: 06/07/2016

Families can visit a host of iconic venues across the country for the second Engineering Open House Day, on 29 July 2016. …

Engineering Council supports #NWED2016 with new Women in Engineering page

Published: 23/06/2016

The Engineering Council has launched a temporary new web page in support of National Women in Engineering Day (NWED), on 23 June 2016. …

Independent review highlights a 'positive link' between accredited courses and graduate employability

Published: 15/06/2016

An independent review of Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) degrees and the employability of STEM graduates finds that accreditation of degrees ‘is widely believed to be that which has the greatest positive influence upon employment outcomes’. …

STEM graduates have high employment rates according to BIS report

Published: 15/06/2016

A report on Graduate Labour Market Statistics 2015 revealed that graduates of Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) subjects had greater high skilled employment rates than both LEM (Law, Economics, Management) and OSSAH (Other Social Sciences, Arts, Humanities) graduates, across both working age and young populations. …

Call for evidence on teachers

Published: 15/06/2016

In May 2016 the Home Secretary wrote to the chair of the Migration Advisory Committee (MAC) and commissioned it to examine whether there is a shortage of teachers or teachers in specific subjects which it would be sensible to fill through non-European Economic Area (EEA) migration. The MAC has issued a call for evidence in relation to this commission. …