11 November to 1 December 2017

Over the past two weeks the Institution’s ‘Innovation in engineering’ supplement was published in the Guardian, including features on robotics, transport, healthcare and why engineering makes for a rewarding career. There was coverage in the national and trade press for our response to the launch of the Government’s Industrial Strategy and good trade pick of Peter Finegold’s new report ‘We don’t know what it is, but we think it’s important: The Culture of Engineering in Schools’. Philippa Oldham was also interviewed for the Guardian on the subject of driverless cars and there was a variety of other media coverage for the Institution in articles about the Year of Engineering, the TMMX Awards, a recent rail event and a variety of awards.

Innovation in Engineering Guardian supplement

• 28/11/2017 Engineers needed to develop advances in transport tech –
• 28/11/2017 Engineering solutions for the future of modern medicine –
• 28/11/2017 How I got totally hooked on robotics
• 30/11/2017 On top of the world – why engineering makes for a rewarding career

   

  Other media coverage

• 27/11/2017 May’s industrial strategy ‘needs support to make it fly’ – The Times (behind paywall)

  The Times picked up the Institution’s comment in response to the launch of the UK Government’s Industrial Strategy. It was also covered in Process Engineering, Production Engineering Solutions and The Chemical Engineer and FE News.

   

• 24/11/2017 UK economy and productivity threatened by lack of engineers – Education Technology

  News story on the Institution’s report ‘We don’t know what it is, but we think it’s important: The Culture of Engineering in Schools’. The findings of the report were also covered in EdQuarter, Factory Equipment, Industrial Plant & Equipment, New Electronics, The Chemical Engineer, Process & Control Today, Eureka Magazine and Zenoot.

   

• 25/11/2017 Look ma, no hands: what will it mean when all cars can drive themselves? – The Guardian

  The Guardian interviewed Philippa Oldham in a feature about driverless cars.

• 20/11/2017 Institution of Mechanical Engineers responds to Government campaign launch – ACR News

  News story on the Institution saying it hopes the Government’s Year of Engineering helps boost the UK engineering skills. The Institution’s Peter Finegold is mentioned in a separate article about the new Government campaign in New Electronics.

   

• 22/11/2017 Mixed reactions from industry leaders to the Autumn Budget – Eureka Magazine

  Article about the Autumn Budget which includes the Institution’s response to Government’s proposals.  The comment was also picked up in Laboratory Talk.

   

• 17/11/2017 TWI strengthens links with the Institution of Mechanical Engineers – Cambridge Network

  TWI’s Cambridge headquarters hosted a visit from a delegation from the Institution, including Institution President Carolyn Griffiths. 

   

• 28/11/2017 Customer Focus’ hands manufacturer major industry honour – The Express & Star

  A news story about the winner of the Customer Focus Award at The Manufacturer and the Institution of Mechanical Engineers TMMX Awards. There was also coverage of the awards in The Panel Builder, The Manufacturer, BDaily, UK Haulier and Lancashire Business View.

   

• 21/11/2017 Listen to your passengers, Gibb urges operators – Rail Magazine

  Write-up from an Institution event about rail transport and performance. There was also a reference to the event in Business Travel News.

   

• 29/11/2017 Royal Navy team awarded prestigious medal for world first nuclear reactor repair technique for submarines – Process & Control

  News article about the latest winners of the Churchill Medal, given jointly by a group of Profession Engineering Institutions, including the IMechE. The news was also covered in Naval Technology.

   

• 14/11/2017 Snapshot: A round-up of all the latest business news – The Stoke Sentinel

  The round-up includes a plea for sponsorship from the Staffordshire University Formula Student team.

   

• 26/11/2017  Maltese student places first in European engineering heat – The Times of Malta

  Article about Donald Dalli, a student at the University of Malta’s Faculty of Engineering, being placed first in a heat of the European Speak Out for Engineering Competition arranged by the Institution and held in Seville.

   

• 23/11/2017 Harry rises to challenge of aerospace design – Attain News

News report on the winner of the RAF Schools Aerospace Challenge 2017, which took place at the Institution’s headquarters.