5 to 11 March 2016

This week the Institution’s Philippa Oldham was interviewed by BBC radio on the issue of driverless cars, there was pick up of the Chief Executive’s recent visit to Staffordshire, as well as trade coverage for our latest survey looking at the issue of women in engineering. The trade press also picked up comments by Dr Jenifer Baxter in response to the National Infrastructure Commission’s report on smart energy.

• 08/03/2016 Driverless cars and trucks – BBC Radio Essex

  The Institution’s Philippa Oldham was interviewed about the regulatory and technical challenges to the introduction of driverless cars and trucks. The same interview was syndicated to other BBC regional radio stations including BBC Cambridgeshire, BBC Norfolk, BBC York, BBC Radio Surrey, BBC Hereford and Worcester, BBC Newcastle, BBC Manchester, BBC Derby, BBC Lincolnshire, BBC Guernsey, BBC Jersey and BBC Northampton. There was also pick up of the Institution’s driverless cars case study in TechWeek Europe and Philippa was interviewed by BBC Radio Kent about driverless cars following news released about plans to launch a driverless cars trial in Tunbridge Wells.

   

• 05/03/2016 Business leaders look at ways to get Staffordshire people into engineering, science and technology – Staffordshire Newsletter

  Article about the Institution’s Stephen Tetlow MBE visiting Staffordshire and Keele universities in a bid to inspire people about careers in engineering. The news was also covered in BPPMedia.

   

• 08/03/2016 Public backs women as engineers – Laboratory Talk

  A new Institution survey to coincide with World Women’s Day, found the majority of the public think engineering is a good career option for women. The results of the poll were also picked up in The Engineer, Process & Control Today, the Jobbitts,  Eureka Magazine and Design Products and Applications.

   

• 08/03/2016 Engineers Respond to National Infrastructure Commission’s Smart Energy Report – Blue & Green Tomorrow

  Article about the response by the Institution’s Dr Jenifer Baxter. The comments were also picked up by Electronics Specifier, Process & Control, Eureka Magazine, Energy Live News and Efficient Energy.

   

• 09/03/2016 Frequency response: a UK business opportunity – The Daily Telegraph

  The article refers to the Institution’s recent Engineering the UK electricity gap policy statement.

   

• 08/03/2016 'Critical shortage' of women in science jobs, report finds – BBC News

  Article on a Welsh Government report which finds there is a critical shortage of women in science and engineering roles, which refers to a woman deciding to pursue a career in engineering following a visit by Institution members to her local college.

   

• 06/03/2016 How to find your way around an ugly vegetable – the New Statesman

  Article referencing our 2013 poll which found that the majority of the public would consider buying ‘ugly’ fruit and vegetables.

   

   

• 09/03/2016 New MD for Manchester engineering consultancy – Manchester Evening News

  Article about the appointment of Max Joy, an Institution Fellow, as Managing Director of Grontmij UK. The news was also picked up in The Business Desk, Peterborough Business

   

• 10/03/2016 Business Builder: Loddon Brewery creates Beer Club - The Brewery Manual

Former Institution Media Executive Dan Hearn mentions his experience at the Institution in a story about his new employer.