Skills and Careers
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Engineering consultancy Atkins has welcomed more than 350 new graduates and apprentices to its UK operations, with females making up a larger proportion than ever.
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Despite earning lower salaries on average than their colleagues in other sectors, UK engineering academics are considerably happier in their jobs, according to The Engineer’s 2017 Salary Survey.
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A Nuneaton businessman has signed up for the first Demolition Management Master’s degree in the UK.
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Major industry players JCB and Hitachi Rail this week both announced expansions of their apprenticeship and graduate programmes.
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The winner of the How to change the world engineering podcast competition has been announced, with US student Bethany Gordon taking the top prize.
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Inside the Year in Industry programme
21/08/2017
Gennie Dearman is chief operating officer for the Engineering Development Trust (EDT), the organisation that runs the Year in Industry programme for interns looking to get a feel for engineering. -
This year’s A-Levels saw a small jump in the numbers studying STEM subjects, but a shortage of teachers across technical disciplines could threaten these gains in coming years.
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Cyber Security Challenge UK has staged the latest semi-final in its competition to seek out the best young cyber talent in the country.
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In the first of two interviews, Alex Deakin – a Degree Apprentice at Jaguar Land Rover specialising in Supplier Technical Assistance – talks to The Student Engineer about what motivated him to embark on a Degree Apprenticeship and what life is like at one of the world’s most iconic marques.
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The future of 3D printing in education
10/08/2017
Simon Biggs, Education Liaison Officer for Wales at global engineering and scientific technology company Renishaw discusses the current use of 3D printers as an educational tool. -
Lee Biggins, founder and managing director of CV-Library, discusses how interview discrimination in the engineering sector can be addressed.
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In-Comm Training has joined forces with Hyfore to boost skills with an Advanced Manufacturing Technology Centre in Walsall.
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The recently published salary list of top BBC broadcasters has highlighted the gender pay gap like never before.
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Simon Biggs, Education Outreach Officer at global engineering company Renishaw, discusses why engineering businesses should offer engagement programmes to primary school children as a way of tackling the skills gap.
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Parthiban Devanathan is a lead principal electrical engineer at WorleyParsons, an Australian engineering firm with operations across the globe.
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A survey published today highlights how the government could undermine its own efforts to increase the number of people embarking on an apprenticeship.
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Engineers in the US have developed a way to make 3D printed parts stronger and more widely applicable.
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With impressive growth figures and world-leading innovation, the UK aerospace sector has a lot to offer engineers. Evelyn Adams reports.
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Bath to build new £60m automotive facility
13/07/2017
The University of Bath has received almost £30m of government funding to build its new Institute for Advanced Automotive Propulsion Systems (IAAPS). -
It’s time we took action to address a growing cultural distaste for technical detail and expert opinion argues The Secret Engineer.