4 to 10 June 2016

This week comments from the Institution’s Philippa Oldham on driverless cars were picked up in the Daily Mail following news that the first insurance policy for autonomous cars has been launched, there was widespread regional news coverage for the Wrexham Glyndŵr Formula Student team as well as follow up coverage of the recent survey which found the majority of Institution members support the UK staying in the European Union.

• 10/06/2016 Insurer launches the UK's first driverless car policy - and it will cover semi-autonomous failures and hacks now – The Daily Mail

  Article referencing comments made by the Institution’s Philippa Oldham in the Driverless and autonomous vehicles case study released earlier this year.

   

• 06/06/2016 Silverstone competition date for Formula Students – Liverpool Echo

  Article about the Formula student team from Wrexham Glyndŵr University search for sponsors. The news was also covered in the Daily Post and The Crewe Chronicle.

   

• 04/06/2016 56% of mechanical engineers back UK staying in the EU – The Phoenix Newspaper

  Article reporting on the recent survey of Institution members which found the majority support the UK remaining in the European Union. The online version of last week’s City AM article on the news was also published.

   

• 07/06/2016 UK electricity is secure without coal, says Conservative think tank – Carbon Brief

  Article which references the Institution’s Engineering the UK Electricity Gap policy statement. The policy statement was also referenced in New Civil Engineer

   

• 07/06/2016 Engineering Institutions to join forces in UK and Asia – Plant & Works

  Article about plans for closer collaborative work between IMechE, IMarEST and IChemE.

   

• 03/06/2016 Race team takes silver plate – North East Connected

Article about a team from Marchbank Free School, and sponsored by the Institution, taking part in this year’s Greenpower Challenge.