26 September to 2 October 2015

Highlights for this week include comments from Institution President Prof Richard Folkson on diesel cars being picked up by the BBC, Daily Telegraph, Daily Mail and the Guardian. The Institution’s Philippa Oldham was cited in a Guardian article about electric vehicles and there was an opinion piece by Institution Chief Executive about the need for a radical rethink of engineering education in order to meet the skills gap.

• 01/10/2015 Diesel cars are 'killing people', says former Labour minister – BBC website

  Article featuring comments from the Institution’s President Prof Richard Folkson saying that we should not be responding to the VW crisis with knee-jerk reactions, particularly when diesel cars make a considerable contribution to reducing carbon emissions in the UK. The comments were also picked up in The Daily Telegraph, The Guardian and The Daily Mail.

   

• 02/10/2015 New Statesman– The New Statesman

  Opinion piece from Institution Chief Executive Stephen Tetlow MBE about the need of a fundamental rethink of our education system in order to meet the critical engineering skills shortage.

   

• 28/09/2015 Is motorsport turning over a new, green leaf? – The Guardian

  Article about competitive electric vehicles, which includes comments from the Institution’s Philippa Oldham.

   

• 30/09/2015 Institution chief executive presented with honorary doctorate – Plymouth Daily

  Article about Stephen Tetlow being awarded an honorary doctorate from Plymouth University. The news was also picked up by Process & Control Today.

   

• 01/10/2015 A Midlands Firm’s Invention ‘Likely to Be Useful to the World’ – Customer Experience Magazine

  Article about Lontra receiving funding from the Institution’s new Stephenson Fund.

   

• 29/09/2015 Tesa adhesive tapes support student racing team – The Engineer

  Article about Tesa adhesive’s work to support Portsmouth’s Formula Student team. There was also a mention of Formula Student in Information Age and The Express & Star.

   

• 01/10/2015 Institution of Mechanical Engineers responds to launch of Bloodhound Supersonic Car – Connecting Industry

  The Institution’s response to the unveiling of the Bloodhound SuperSonic Car was also picked up in The Lancashire Telegraph, The Lancaster and Morecambe Citizen and AZO Materials.

   

• 30/09/2015 Brunel scholarships help female engineers break the mould – The Engineer

  Article about the Women in Engineering Master’s Scholarships scheme, which includes a mention of the Institution’s support for the scheme.

   

• 29/09/2015 Engineering the future – Bus and Coach Professional

Article reporting on the Institution’s recent bus and coach engineering seminar.