The Secret Engineer
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The “Jack of all trades” problem
15/05/2017
The use of the word “engineer” to describe anyone even vaguely technical rankles, but an assumption that engineers can make or fix anything is equally irritating writes the Secret Engineer. -
With his employer piling on extra duties, our anonymous blogger is struggling to find the time to do the job he’s actually employed to do.
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Babcock grad burns bright
27/10/2016
Former Liverpool John Moores University student Jessica Hollingworth has been honoured by the Engineering Construction Industry Training Board (ECITB). -
Together we stand
17/10/2016
Our anonymous blogger reflects on the challenges of getting the best out of an engineering team -
Our anonymous blogger considers how best to deal with the dreaded “Ideas Man / Woman”
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This June 23rd will see the the third annual National Women in Engineering Day (NWED), an event that is increasing in scale every year. The Student Engineer spoke to Ettie Unwin, a PhD engineering student at Cambridge, about some of the issues the day was set up to address.
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Glasgow students team up with ScotRail
16/05/2016
Students from Glasgow Caledonian University (GCU) have been working with ScotRail on a live engineering project involving one of the franchise operator’s trains. -
Kicking over the tables
24/02/2016
Our anonymous blogger reflects on the challenges of persuading his (or her) long-serving Sleepy Hollow colleagues to embrace fresh ideas -
Be Careful What You Wish For
19/01/2016
For most of my career I have felt undervalued in one way or another, the root cause for this not being terribly important. -
The changing face of engineering recruitment
16/06/2015
Our anonymous blogger wonders whether the shortage of skilled engineers has forced recruitment agencies to up their game.