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Three outstanding women celebrated as Young Woman Engineers of the Year

Three young female engineers have been recognised at the Institution of Engineering and Technology’s (IET) Young Woman Engineer of the Year Awards for their work in engineering. IET Young Woman Engineer of the Year Ying Wan Loh (28), is a Manufacturing Engineer for Rolls-Royce plc. Ying completed an MPhil in …

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Harwin Academy students provided with latest technology

Harwin continues to show its credentials in respect to the further promotion of science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) to younger generations. In order to ensure that students attending Havant & South Downs College (HSDC) have access to the hardware necessary to support their ongoing education, it is donating a …

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Call for volunteers from diverse backgrounds

EngineeringUK is seeking enthusiastic STEM professionals from wide-ranging backgrounds to volunteer across one of its programmes for young people. The Big Bang Fair, Robotics Challenge and Energy Quest programmes would love to see more volunteer applications from women, scientists and engineers from LGBTQI and different ethnic backgrounds, and apprentices and …

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UK’s largest celebration of STEM, The Big Bang Fair, announces new series of regional events

Schools and families will have the chance to be inspired by scientists and engineers on their doorstep with a new series of regional events announced today by the organisers of The Big Bang Fair, the country’s largest celebration of science, technology, engineering and maths for young people. Last year the …

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Marches LEP backs university project with £5.66m funding deal

Three new centres to train the next generation of engineers could be built on Hereford’s Enterprise Zone after the Marches LEP agreed a £5.66m funding package for the city’s proposed new university. The decision follows a submission of a business case to the LEP from the New Model in Technology …

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HRH Prince Charles welcomes NMiTE’s innovative approach to filling the UK’s engineering skills gap

On 5 November 2019, The Prince of Wales met representatives from NMiTE (New Model in Technology and Engineering), which aims to become the engineering university for and of the future in Hereford.  His Royal Highness met members of NMiTE during a visit to Herefordshire based technology company, ETL Systems. The …

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Siemens launches Digital Academy to nurture next generation of engineering and tech talent

Siemens has launched a new undergraduate sponsorship programme to discover, inspire and nurture the next generation of engineering and tech talent. The Digital Academy pays selected students £3,000-a-year from the second year of university as well as up to 12-weeks paid summer placement throughout the duration of their studies within …

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RS Components launches unique education initiative to bring STEM subjects to life in schools

RS Components (RS) has launched Imagine-X, an initiative to help promote STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths) subjects by providing free teacher resources to help pupils realise the potential of STEM and their imaginations. Imagine-X has been developed by RS – as part of its ongoing commitment to raising awareness of STEM …

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Renishaw’s education outreach team makes Cheltenham Science Festival debut

In June 2019, the education outreach team from Renishaw attended the Cheltenham Science Festival for the first time. Renishaw was among other science, technology, engineering and maths (STEM) companies who participated in the annual event which aims to inspire the next generation of scientists and engineers. The festival featured over …

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Hundreds of local school children turn out for RS Components’ inaugural STEMFEST event

RS Components (RS) welcomed more than 1,300 people – including 500 local school children – over three days when it held its inaugural STEMFEST event at its UK headquarters in Corby last week. Attendees, from local primary and secondary schools were treated to a medley of technology workshops and activities. The event was supported by 150 …

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