15 to 28 July 2017

The Institution had a particularly successful fortnight for media coverage, including making the front page of the Herald in Scotland with our latest report on women’s experiences working in engineering. There was a variety of high profile media pick up for Formula Student, including on the BBC website, BBC Radio and ITV. There was also pick up on the BBC and Sky News on Institution comments on HS2 and the Government’s new Smart energy report and Dr Colin Brown was interviewed for the Sunday Times on the subject of driverless cars.

• 28/07/2017 Drive to recruit women engineers as industry suffers skills shortage – The Herald (including front page of the print edition)

  Report on the findings of the Institution’s latest report Stay or go? The experience of female engineers in early career. The report was also picked up in a number of other outlets including The Daily Mirror (link not available), FE News, Eureka Magazine, Working Mums, Berwickshire News, The Southern Reporter, Fife Today, Hawick News, Kincardineshire Observer, Motherwell Times, Milngavie Herald, The Buteman, The Falkirk Herald, Mearns Leader and Professional Heating & Plumber Installer.

   

• 24/07/2017 Cardiff Racing’ team make history by picking up Formula Student 2017 title at Silverstone – ITV

  News coverage of Cardiff University’s Formula Student win – with the team becoming the first ever UK winners of the competition. The news was also picked up by The Engineer, Cardiff Times,  Race Tech Magazine, Eureka Magazine, Develop 3D, Electronics Specifier,  Process & Control Today, Plant & Works Engineering, News Locker, Design Products & Applications, Engineering Update . Aberdeen University’s success at the event was covered in The Press & Journal. There were also a series of news reports from BBC Northampton live from the event.

   

• 17/07/2017 Meet the only female on the University of Hertfordshire's racing team – BBC online

  News report on Katie Dobson, the only female member of the University of Hertfordshire’s Formula Student team. The report also featured on BBC Three Counties Radio and there was pick up of the University of Hertfordshire’s beating the competition at a Formula Student Acceleration demo in Process & Control Today.

   

• 18/07/2017  HS2 route to destroy new homes in Yorkshire – BBC News online

  The Institution’s Philippa Oldham was cited as saying that the HS2 project could free up capacity on the East Coast Mainline, West Coast Mainline, and therefore shift some of our freight network onto the rail network from the road network. Her interview also featured on BBC 5 Live.

   

• 24/07/2017 New battery technology could cut energy bills by up to £40bn by 2050, says Ofgem – Sky News

  Article featuring the Institution’s comments on the latest report by the UK Government and Ofgem on smart energy. Our comments were also picked up in MSN.

   

• 23/07/2017 Audi vorsprungs ahead of Valley rivals in robocar race – Sunday Times (subscription needed)

  The Institution’s Dr Colin Brown was interviewed in the Sunday Times on the subject of driverless cars.

   

• 21/07/2017 I've got a verbal govt contract for Hyperloop, claims His Muskiness – The Register

The Institution’s comments on plans for Hyperloop were quoted in an opinion piece on the project as well as in Process & Control Today.