Robots will perform spinal surgery with greater accuracy than humanly possible as part of a ground-breaking research project led by Nottingham Trent University. Professor…
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Kitronik launches Micro City at Bett 2019
New BBC Micro:bit product range and lesson plans designed for primary schools, enabling key stage 2 children to begin to code. Kitronik is pleased…
Bett Innovation Index – key findings
At this week’s Bett Show in London, the annual exhibition highlighting developments in education technology (edtech), Helen Moran, Managing Director - Shift Learning, a…
The big issue
If you work in the engineering or manufacturing industries, the term ‘skills gap’ probably haunts your waking hours. Despite continuing Government investment to attract…
How the engineers of tomorrow are hitting top gear
If I told you that I spent the morning with a handful of bleary-eyed students, the more cynical amongst our readers may assume that…
Power sector faces heavy skill shortages
The third annual Global Energy Talent Index (GETI), the energy recruitment and employment trends report, has revealed that power companies face a difficult task…
BinaryBots Goes Global With Farnell
Premier Farnell has confirmed a distribution agreement with Leeds-based educational robotics company BinaryBots to distribute its range of STEM products through Farnell element14 in…
Burnley Engineering Educator Recognised in New Year’s Honours
Thursday 3rd January 2019 - Burnley born, Susan Scurlock, CEO and Founder of Primary Engineer and its wider programmes has been awarded an MBE…
Science luminaries unite to support the IET FIRST LEGO League Cambridge tournament
Maths education extraordinaire, author and TV personality, Bobby Seagull, and volunteers from Qualcomm Technologies International, Ltd., Marshall, Arm and Cambridge Science Centre, among many…
Self-sorting through molecular geometries
Researchers at Kanazawa University report in Communications Chemistry that certain pentagonal and hexagonal organic molecules exhibit self-sorting. The effect can be used to grow…