UK engineering is ‘facing a cliff edge’
12 January 2015 UK engineering companies need 182,000 people with engineering skills to enter the market every year until 2022 – but there is currently an annual shortfall… Read More
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EEF’s £2m training centre will help to close the skills gap
3 April 2014 EEF, the UK manufacturers’ organisation, has opened a £2m centre to train manufacturers and engineers in facilities that replicate a real manufacturing environment. The centre,… Read More
CBI calls for Government action on skills shortage
13 March 2014 The CBI (Confederation of British Industry) is calling for action to make careers in science, technology, engineering and maths (Stem) more attractive and easier to… Read More
PM announces electrotechnical apprentice standard
4 March 2014 British Prime Minister David Cameron has announced an electrotechnical apprenticeship standard as one of 11 sector-based standards that will act as blueprints for new apprenticeships,… Read More
Apprenticeships are twice as popular as degrees
28 February 2014 More than twice as many young people in the UK are choosing engineering apprenticeships compared to those doing degree courses, an analysis by the Institution… Read More
£36m training centre aims to help plug the skills gap
12 November 2013 Plans have been announced to build a £36m elite training centre at the Manufacturing Technology Centre (MTC) in Coventry, with the aim of tackling some… Read More
Apprentices will run ‘junior factory’ within a drives plant
8 November 2013 Siemens has opened a small “factory within a factory” at its drives production plant at Congleton in the UK, that will be run by commercial… Read More
Government pledges £49m to help tackle the skills shortage
5 November 2013 The British government has pledged nearly £49m of funding to develop engineering skills in the UK in response to a major report that highlights the… Read More
Industrial Internet could boost global GDP by $10–15 trillion
15 October 2013 The industrial Internet, predictive analytics and machine-human collaboration in the workplace, could save up to $20bn a year and create new jobs, and skills, according… Read More
Awards will recognise skills achievements in the UK
30 September 2013 Semta, the employer-led organisation that fosters skills in engineering, manufacturing and science in the UK, has announced plans for an awards scheme that will recognise… Read More
