25 February to 10 March 2017

Over the last two weeks the Institution has received national coverage for a joint report with Tata Group on filling the engineering skills shortage. There was pick-up for the Institution’s annual flagship event, Formula Student. Elsewhere, there was coverage for the Institution’s influential policy statement looking at the UK electricity supply gap. Peter Finegold’s comments on women in engineering also received pick-up.

• 06/03/2017 UK firms from engineers to banks struggle to fill skills shortage – The Telegraph

  Article about the Institution’s new joint report with the Tata Group on how to address the skills shortage. The report was also picked up in the Metro (PDF attached), City AM (PDF attached), The Manufacturer, Yahoo and the Benchmark. 
  
       

• 10/03/2017 Building and racing a car is how these students learn science and engineering – Forbes

  Article about the Institution’s annual flagship event, Formula Student. Another article on FS was picked up in WNIE and The Engineer.

   

   

• 27/02/2017 Apprenticeships failing young women – HR magazine

  The Institution’s Peter Finegold’s comments on women in engineering are picked up.

   

   

• 07/03/2017 Institute of Railway Research welcomes the President of IMechE – Electrical Engineering

  Article about President Jon Hilton’s visit to West Yorkshire to see how the region’s manufacturers are meeting current economic and technological challenges.

   

   

• 08/03/2017 How the Powervault intelligent home battery is transforming domestic energy storage – Tech World

  Article which references the Institution’s influential policy statement looking at the UK electricity supply gap.

   

   

• 10/03/2017 Firms collaborate to engineer the future – BDaily

  Article about the Institution’s involvement in an event to get more young people interested in engineering.

   

   

• 03/03/2017 Engineering profession invites views on industrial strategy – CIHT

  Article about the Institution’s involvement with the other professional engineering institutions to invite views on the industrial strategy.
   
   

• 01/03/2017 Largest festival of UK manufacturing heads to Liverpool – The Manufacturer

  Article about the Institution’s involvement with the TMMX Awards.

   

   

• 07/03/2017 Mastership programme supports ship shape career – The Engineer

       Interview with an Institution member who works for BAE Systems.