It is no secret that the UK employment market has changed in the past few years, both as a result of Brexit and the…
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The Big Bang Fair returns for 2023
The Big Bang UK Young Scientists and Engineers Fair will be returning to Birmingham’s NEC from Wednesday 21 – 23 June 2023. Young people…
Celebrating the newest crop of STEM enthusiasts
On A Level results day, the Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET) is celebrating the newest crop of Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM)…
Free ‘skills bootcamps’ to help plug national skills gap in electronics
FREE training programmes aimed at addressing a skills gap in the electronics sector across England will be hosted by industry experts. A group of…
Cutting creativity off the curriculum
By cutting its English literature degree course, is Sheffield Hallam University taking creativity off the curriculum? Here Erin Softley, BSc graduate of human biology…
Adopting technology to fill the experience gap and do more with less
There is no denying that skilled machinists are hard to come by. With a large percentage of the current workforce of NC programmers and…
Engineering data: yearly application and vacancy rates take a tumble
Data reveals that the engineering sector has seen a concerning decline in both applicants (44.1%) and vacancies (39.9%), when comparing June 2022 figures to…
Xaar hosts ‘tomorrow’s engineers’ visit from local school
Xaar welcomed local pupils and teachers to its manufacturing site in Huntingdon last week, to showcase the fascinating opportunities that science, engineering and technology…
The basics of electrical current
Electricity is a key part of our daily lives, its present all around us. From the ability to consume content on phones and laptops,…
Spending Review misses chance to boost careers provision in schools
The government has big ambitions to make the UK a green science superpower and achieve Net Zero by 2050. The Spending Review has missed…