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ENGINEERING NEEDS A REPUTATION REVAMP

Peter Fouquet, president of Bosch in the UK, argues that, despite an optimistic rise in engineering graduates, more needs to be done to ...

Latest facts and figures

• The engineering sector generates a turnover of around £1.1 trillion – a quarter of all turnover in the UK • The UK produces 25,000 ...

Skills gap must be tackled now!

With around 15-17% of UK science and engineering companies reporting skills gaps, the time to act is now.

Dire warning to the government

16 industry heavyweights at organisations including JCB, Toshiba, Siemens, Sony and Boeing have issued a dire warning to the government ...

Blue Oval Scholarships

• The UK manufacturing sector contributes £140 billion each year to the British economy • In the UK, Ford directly employs over 15,000 ...

ENGINEERING ‘UNDERVALUED AND MISUNDERSTOOD’

A survey by the Bosch Group, a leading global supplier of technology and services, has found that engineering is undervalued and ...

Graduates: the inside story

As thousands of young people look for meaningful work, Network Rail surveyed those who have graduated in the last two years.

Engineers confident about 2012 job prospects

Engineering contractors are more confident about their job prospects in 2012 than they were this time last year, according to research by ...

EngineeringUK's annual report

Other findings in the EngineeringUK's annual report include:

Andrew Lawson - Trainee Maintenance Technician - 23

Andrew started the five-year scheme in September 2006 and is currently working in the plant's unit shop while completing the final year of ...

Cassandra Fox - Sales Operations Assistant Manager - 32

Summary of current job role: I joined Nissan Motor (GB) Ltd in November 2002 on the Graduate Program. Since September 2008 I have been ...

Battle for Hearts and Minds

Research carried out by The Big Bang

The Prancing Horse

10 fun facts about Ferrari

Electronics inspires young people to change the world

'If you can design electronics, you can change the world' - I guess all of us somehow attached to electronics do agree that there is this ...

Where have all the engineers gone?

Richard Noble, director of the Bloodhound Project, asks what must be done to encourage the next generation of engineers.

What job appeals to new graduates?

This month the expert panel answers an important question: what challenges should the ideal first job after graduation offer?

If you’re not seasick yet, you may be very soon…

London, 30th Sept. How little can be said in so many words.

Should all engineers be managers?

Engineers are well known for their practical and problem-solving abilities, but should they be let out of workshops and design offices, and ...

Finding the feminine side of engineering

Both education and industry need to work much harder to achieve gender balance in engineering, says engineer and author, Monique Frize

Let’s get REAL!

When old engineers need replacing, watered-down modern apprenticeships and pointless university degrees won't help, says John Moran

Sustainable economy looks circular

Modern-day sporting legend Ellen MacArthur on why we need to re-think the future

The generation game

Unless decisive action is taken quickly, a whole generation of engineers will be lost, says Brian Luff

Digi-Key breaks $1billion barrier

Opinions differ on the 'high service' distribution sector - catalogue and website operations - but it is making a big impact on how design ...

Driving the market

Opinions differ on the 'high service' distribution sector – catalogue and website operations – but it is making a big impact on how design ...