Communications briefing; 30 June to 20 July 2018

INSTITUTION IN THE NEWS

The Press Office announced the winner of Railway Challenge, the Home Automation Challenge, and Formula Student. Matt Rooney, Engineering Policy Adviser, also responded to the National Infrastructure Assessment.

Formula Student received extensive media coverage, both in the national and trade press as well as in 137 regional articles. In terms of broadcast coverage, the event was featured on the BBC (both radio and TV) and ITV (TV), as well as their respective news websites. There was also national coverage of Jenson Button attending the event in The Sun, the Mirror and the Daily Star. Unilad, a popular youth website which receives 30 million unique visitors per month, also featured the story.

• 03/07/18 Ricardo team wins IMechE Railway Challenge on debut – The Engineer

  News that graduates and apprentices from Ricardo Rail have won the annual Railway Challenge. Also featured in Rail Staff, Machinery Market and Railway Gazette International (print only). 

• 12/07/18 Home Automation Challenge 2018: Top Cat proves its top dog – The Manufacturer

  Article which announces that a team of engineering apprentices has won this year’s Home Automation Challenge with their ingenious design for an ‘automated pet station’. Also featured in Process and Control.

• 10/07/18 Scottish onshore wind ‘held back’ by UK planning restrictions, commission finds – Energy Voice

  A piece which highlights that the National Infrastructure Commission has said that Scottish onshore wind is being “held back” by UK planning restrictions largely defined by communities in England. The article quotes Matt Rooney, who highlights that Government should stop putting up barriers to the construction of new onshore wind and solar farms. Also featured in World Nuclear News, Business Green, The ENDS report and The Chemical Engineer (print only).

• 17/07/18 Connected care homes ‘could slash £1bn from NHS demand’ – Digital Health

Article which quotes the Institution’s report that concludes that adapting homes to suit the needs older people could save the NHS billions of pounds each year. Also featured in Business Cloud.

FORMULA STUDENT COVERAGE

• 13/07/18 BBC Look East – BBC 1 East (19:45 and 23:11)
• 15/07/18 ITV1 Central East Carlton – ITV News Central
• 14/06/18 ITV1 Anglia West – ITV News Anglia (18:21 and 18:20)
• 15/07/18 World Cup Breakfast – BBC Radio 5 Live 
• 15/07/18 World Cup Breakfast – BBC Radio Ulster
• 15/07/18 Jona Kotnis – BBC Radio Northampton
• 15/07/18 Treasure Quest – BBC Radio Northampton (09:42 and 10:07)
• 15/07/18 Treasure Quest – BBC Radio Three Counties (09:42 and 10:07)
• 13/07/18 Breakfast Show – BBC Radio Northampton
• 17/07/18 Jenson Button: ‘Engineering skill beats natural talent’ – BBC News
• 14/07/18 Thousands of students head to Silverstone for engineering competition – ITV
• 16/07/18 MORE WOMEN NEEDED Jenson Button leads calls for motoring industry to get more women involved in engineering – The Sun
• 15/07/18 Jenson Button calls for more women engineers to enter F1 motoring industry – Mirror
• 15/07/18 Jenson Button calls for more women engineers to enter F1 motoring industry – Irish Mirror
• 16/07/18 Jenson backs F1 babes – Daily Star
• 16/07/18 F1 star Button leads drive to recruit women – Metro
• 16/07/18 Jenson Button Supports Calls For More Women To Get Involved In Engineering – UniLad
• 16/07/18 Jenson Button Leads Calls For Motoring Industry To Get More Women Involved In Engineering – the stars post
• 19/07/18 Australia’s Monash team takes Formula Student title – The Engineer
• 18/07/18 And the Formula Student winner is… - Engineer Live
• 17/07/18 AI and autonomy on the race track – Engineer Live
• 17/07/18 Driverless cars coming to Formula Student – Auto Breaking News
• 17/07/18 IMechE’s Formula Student 2018 celebrates young engineering talent – The Manufacturer
• 17/07/18 Australia’s Monash team crowned Formula Student 2018 champion – Process and Control
• 16/07/18 Australia’s Monash team crowned Formula Student 2018 champions – Tyre Press
• 16/07/18 Formula Student unveils driverless car – Process and Control
• 16/07/18 SKF supports UWE Formula Student team – Process and Control
• 15/07/18 Read more about Formula Student – Auto Breaking News
• 12/07/18 SKF supports UWE Formula Student team – Machine Building
• 13/07/18 Formula Student unveils driverless car – Plant & Works Engineering
• 19/07/18 Oxford Brooke racing team tops student F1 competition – Oxford Mail
• 18/07/18 Coventry University's Formula Student team races to best ever result at Silverstone – Coventry Live
• 15/07/18 Jenson Button leads movement to get more women involved in engineering – Yorkshire Evening Post

  This article was reproduced 136 more times across the regional press.

• 12/07/18 Queen Mary University gears up for Student Formula car racing at Silverstone – East London Advertiser
• 17/07/18 12 Jordan Mechanical Engineering Students Win 2nd Place in UK Car Project Competition – Albawaba
• 16/07/18 Jordanian students win second place at int'l contest for car design – The Jordan Times.