11 October to 07 November 2014

Over the past few weeks the Institution has been featured extensively in the national, regional and trade media. This includes coverage on the BBC of our visit to Stormont with the Bloodhound Supersonic Car; an article by Stephen Tetlow in the New Statesman; coverage of comments made by Dr Colin Brown about HS3; and a mention for Formula Student in the Daily Mail.

• 21/10/2014 Bloodhound at Stormont – BBC News

In October the Institution took the Bloodhound Supersonic Car to the Northern Ireland Assembly at Stormont. The event, which included a visit from more than 150 schoolchildren, was widely covered by the press, with additional articles on BBC Online, the News Letter, and the Ballymoney Times.

• 22/10/2014 Saving the UK’s engineering future – New Statesman (p25)

A comment piece by Stephen Tetlow about the state of STEM education in the UK was featured in a special supplement for the New Statesman.

• 05/11/2014 The fastest little car in the world – Daily Mail

Coverage of the world record-breaking Formula Student car from ETH Zurich, which has just recorded the fastest acceleration time of any electric vehicle in history.

• 06/11/2014 Global Food report – BBC Parliament

The Institution's influential Global Food report was mentioned on BBC Parliament during a House of Lords debate.

• 27/10/2014 HS3 rail link gets green light – Eureka

Coverage of comments made by Dr Colin Brown following the announcement by the Prime Minister that the UK is to get a third High Speed rail network. Dr Brown’s comments were also picked up by Rail Technology Magazine.

• 28/10/2014 Seasonal electricity capacity drops to a seven year low - The Engineer

An article about reports from National Grid that spare electricity capacity will be at a seven year low this winter, which quotes Dr Colin Brown. He was also quoted in Works Management magazine and E&T.

• 24/10/2014 A composite failure? – Composites in Manufaturing

An interview with Dr Helen Meese about how the UK can benefit from the boom in composites.

• 05/11/2014 Offshore protection firm's £11m deals – The Northern Echo

Coverage of a North East manufacturing firm, which was awarded an MX Award earlier this year. The awards also received coverage in the Wrexham Leader, MHW Magazine and The Advertiser.

• 23/10/2014 Havant MP to take part in debate at university - The News

Coverage of a regional Institution event in Portsmouth which featured a talk by David Willetts MP.