23 to 29 April 2016

This week the Institution’s Dr Helen Meese was cited in the Independent on the benefits in a career in engineering and in the Sunday Post about the need for more biomedical engineers in the NHS. There was pick up on the President’s recent visit to SC Group in Devon and a feature in The Engineer about the role of Electric Vehicles in Formula Student.

• 26/04/2016 Want to build a robot or a plane? Study mechanical engineering – The Independent

  The Institution’s Dr Helen Meese is in an article about the benefits of a career in engineering.

   

• 26/04/2016 Deadly toll of dodgy NHS gear – Sunday Post

  Article about the risks posed by faulty medical equipment which cites the Institution’s Biomedical Engineering: advancing UK healthcare report. Further down the feature is also a short opinion piece from the Institution’s Head of Healthcare Dr Helen Meese.

   

• 29/04/2016 Chartered Engineer registrations supports SC Group expansion into new markets hears IMechE President in visit to Devon engineering group – Process & Control Today

  Article about the recent visit by Institution President, Prof Richard Folkson, to SC Group in Devon.

   

• 27/04/2016 Power shift – Formula Student goes electric – The Engineer

  Feature about the increased importance of electric vehicles in the Institution’s Formula Student competition.

   

• 25/04/2016 Theresa May: How Britain can lead Europe in the right direction – Yorkshire Post

Article about the Home Secretary’s speech delivered at the Institution’s headquarters on Birdcage Walk. The news was also picked up in Solicitors Journal.