Communications Briefing: 10 November to 23 November 2018

INSTITUTION IN THE NEWS

The Institution was mentioned in The Telegraph as part of an article about decarbonisation. The press office also announced two Engineering Heritage Awards and launched the Institution’s guide which looks at the potential benefits of systems engineering to the oil and gas sector. Our team also promoted the fact that the Institution took part in the Big Assembly and Matt Rooney spoke at a roundtable on how to promote decarbonisation.

• 23/11/2018 Heavy industry could reach zero carbon emissions by 2060 - and it won't cost the earth – The Telegraph 

  Article that highlights that the world’s planes, trains and industrial sites could clean up their act by the middle of the century at a marginal cost to the economy. The piece features a company called Drax that plans to join Innovate UK and the Institution to work on plans to fit specialised ‘sails’ to its pellet tankers to reduce fuel costs and carbon emissions. Also featured in Steel Guru.

  23/11/2018 Jaguar Land Rover plant receives Engineering Heritage Award – Production Engineering Solutions

• News that Jaguar Land Rover’s Castle Bromwich Assembly Plant has been presented with an Engineering Heritage Award in recognition for its engineering importance as a plant that has been at the forefront of innovation, technology and high-quality manufacturing for nearly 80 years. Also featured on Drax’s website. 

• 21/11/2018 New best practice guide: The necessity for systems engineering in the oil and gas sector – Process and Control

  The Institution published its guide to highlight the potential value of taking a Systems Engineering approach for the oil and gas industry in order to reduce risk and maximise quality, as well as looking at the skills implications for employers and employees and how the industry will need to develop in order to maximise the positive impact of this kind of approach.

• 13/11/2018 UK’s last surviving roundhouse Barrow Hill in Staveley scoops Engineering Heritage Award – Derbyshire Times

  News that Britain’s only surviving operational railway roundhouse has received recognition. The Grade II listed building is unusual as the building housing the railway turntable is actually square.

• 12/11/2018 Almost 50,000 joined biggest simultaneous STEM assembly – Zenoot

  Article about Tomorrow’s Engineers Week Big Assembly, where almost 50,000 students took part in the same school assembly at the same time, connected by a live video stream and social media. Also featured in Connecting Industry.

• 16/11/2018 Roundtable: Rethinking decarbonisation incentives – Utility Week

Coverage of Matt Rooney’s attendance of a roundtable in London in which industry leaders met to consider research by the Energy Systems Catapult into how best to promote economy-wide decarbonisation.