12 to 25 September 2015

The last two weeks comments by the Institution’s Dr Jenifer Baxter on the Government’s backing of Hinkley Point C nuclear power station were picked up in the Guardian, among other publications. There was also trade and regional coverage for Institution news on topics as varied as the Institution’s Chief Executive Stephen Tetlow MBE being presented with an honorary doctorate to the Institution’s annual cardboard boat race in Plymouth.

• 21/09/2015 Osborne expected to back Chinese nuclear power station in Essex – The Guardian

  Article about China’s backing for the UK nuclear power industry, which includes comments from the Institution’s Dr Jenifer Baxter on the Government’s decision to back the Hinkley Point C nuclear power plant. Her comments were also picked up in Blue & Green Tomorrow, Exec Review, HazardEx and Eureka Magazine. While an article in The Engineer about the Hinkley Point C announcement referred to the Institution’s Nuclear Operations and DECOM summit.

   

• 25/09/2015 Round-up: Plymouth University hands out honorary degrees – Plymouth Herald

  Article about this year’s honorary degrees by Plymouth University, featuring the Institution’s Stephen Tetlow MBE, who received an honorary doctorate.

   

• 01/09/2015 Top engineers help to put girls on track to motorsport careers – Auto Women in Motorsport (pages 12-13)

  Article on the Institution’s recent Women in Motorsport event.

   

• 18/09/2015 IMechE launches £2m innovation fund – Works Management

  Article about the launch of the Institution’s Stephenson fund.

   

• 19/09/2015 Bath races to success as UK's top team –ED Quarter

  Article about Bath University being the top UK team at this year’s Formula Student competition.

   

• 24/09/2015 Women Engineers Get New Champion – Process & Control Today

  Article about Institution Past President Prof Isobel Pollock becoming a patron of the Women’s Engineering Society.

   

• 18/09/2015 Winds of change buffet renewables sector – Business Quarter

  Article citing comments from the Institution’s Dr Jenifer Baxter about onshore wind farms.

   

• 18/09/2015 Plymouth set for cardboard boat racing extravanganza – Plymouth Herald

  Article about the Institution’s annual cardboard boat race.

   

• 24/09/2015 Engineering in the fast lane at UTC Swindon open day – Swindon & Wiltshire Business Exchange

Article about Formula Student team Oxford Brookes Racing displaying their car as part of Swindon UTC’s open day. The article also featured on Swindon Link.