9 to 16 October 2015

This week there was good trade pick up of our latest survey looking at the issue of nuclear waste, regional coverage of the launch of the Institution’s new Engineering Training Centre in Sheffield. An opinion piece by Dr Jenifer Baxter featured on environmental news website Business Green, Philippa Oldham was interviewed for the International Business Times on the issue of train signal failures and there was a raft of regional coverage about the recent Vision Award winners.

• 13/10/2015 Britons in favour of nuclear power - as long as it's nowhere near their homes – City AM

  Article about the Institution’s latest survey aimed at gauging public views on nuclear power and waste.  The survey results were also picked up in Cheshire Today, Engineer Live, E&T Magazine, New Civil Engineer, Nuclear Engineering International and Process & Control Today.

   

• 16/10/2015 New training base for engineers opens in Sheffield – The Sheffield Star

  Article about the launch of the Institution’s new Engineering Training Centre in Sheffield. The news was also picked up in the Sheffield Telegraph.

   

• 15/10/2015 Engineering less food waste – Business Green

  Opinion piece by the Institution’s Dr Jenifer Baxter on the different ways engineers could help prevent the huge levels of food still being wasted in the UK.

   

• 14/10/2015 London train delays: Why do signal failures happen and trains get stuck on red through Wimbledon? – International Business Times

  Article citing comments from the Institution’s Philippa Oldham on the causes of signal failures.

   

• 11/10/2015 Engineer scholarship honour for former Modern School pupil – Bedford Today

  Story reporting on one of the recent winners at the Institution’s Vision Awards. There were also articles in The Leamington Courier, North Norfolk News, Kenilworth Weekly News, Warwick Courier, Local Berkshire, Windsor Observer, Nuneaton News and Maidenhead Advertiser.

   

   

• 14/10/2015 Record-breaking masts win Portsmouth firm top industry gong – Portsmouth News

Report on one of the winners at the Institution’s inaugural Wessex Region Engineering Excellence Awards. There was coverage of one of the other winners in JEC.