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Think tank warns Apprenticeship Levy benefits may be overestimated
Added: 27 Mar 2017
The new Apprenticeship Levy introduced in April will have less impact in regions of high unemployme…
Automata and Russell Finex among robotics programme winners
Added: 24 Mar 2017
Four British companies are among 25 winners set to receive free robotics consultancy via a scheme s…
Chemical engineers grill Commons committee in Westminster
Added: 20 Mar 2017
Last week chemical engineers took to Westminster to grill the House of Commons Science & Technology…
EPSRC invests £4.7m in self-healing materials
Added: 20 Mar 2017
The Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) has invested £4.7 million in the dev…
NEPIC launches search for successor to chief executive Stan Higgins
Added: 15 Mar 2017
The search is on for candidates for one of the top jobs in the UK chemicals and pharmaceuticals ind…
Cawood Scientific purchased by private equity firm Inflexion
Added: 15 Mar 2017
The UK’s largest independent provider of analytical testing for land-based industries, Cawood Scien…
Cambridge scientists produce clean hydrogen from biomass
Added: 13 Mar 2017
Scientists at the University of Cambridge claim to have developed a method that uses nanoparticles …
Innovation grant will boost development of oral Zika vaccine
Added: 8 Mar 2017
Thermo-stabilisation company Stabilitech has been awarded an innovation award to help it develop th…
Trust invites summer bursary applications
Added: 8 Mar 2017
Non-animal research charity the Dr Hadwen Trust has announced the launch of its 2017 summer study o…
AkzoNobel scoops work placement employer award
Added: 6 Mar 2017
Specialty chemicals and paints producer AkzoNobel has won the Industrial Cadets Employer of the Yea…
EPSRC invests £4.6m in nuclear robot development
Added: 28 Feb 2017
The Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) has invested £4.6 million in the dev…
‘Invisibility cloak’ material bends and shapes sound
Added: 27 Feb 2017
Scientists at the universities of Bristol and Sussex have created a metamaterial that bends, shapes…
Engineering graduate shortfall hits 20,000 per year
Added: 20 Feb 2017
A report by EngineeringUK suggests the demand for graduates far outstrips supply, meaning there is …
Mechanical engineering leads record UK manufacturing demand
Added: 20 Feb 2017
Demand for UK-manufactured goods reached a two-year high in the last quarter to February 2017, says…
IET to challenge girls’ perception of engineering with social campaign
Added: 15 Feb 2017
The Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET) has brought in consumer PR agency Tin Man to de…
Bath celebrates Perera FDM award
Added: 13 Feb 2017
Bath university’s reputation as a leader in chemical engineering higher education has been boosted …
Vert Rotors claims a first with Scottish enterprise support
Added: 13 Feb 2017
Edinburgh-based Vert Rotors is claiming a UK first with the installation of the 5-Axis machine, the…
Quantitative methods could protect plants from hacks, say researchers
Added: 12 Feb 2017
Using quantitative methods to prioritise cyber security will help protect power stations from hacks…
MIT researchers develop tiny sensor sustained by stomach acid
Added: 8 Feb 2017
Researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) have developed a tiny sensor that ca…
Four engineers scoop £1m Queen’s prize for work on digital imaging sensors
Added: 5 Feb 2017
Four engineers have been awarded the 2017 Queen Elizabeth Prize for Engineering (QEPrize) for their…
