Engineering Council

Engineering industry says renewed focus on industrial strategy is key to the UK’s global competitiveness outside the EU

Published: 17/10/2016

A report published by the UK engineering profession hails the government’s renewed focus on industrial strategy as a major opportunity to help the UK compete on the world stage …

Professionally registered members scoop prizes at IMechE awards

Published: 11/10/2016

Engineering Technician of the Year and EngTech Visionary are among categories at the Institution of Mechanical Engineers Vision Awards, celebrating talented engineers who have demonstrated exceptional commitment to engineering …

Skills survey finds student work experience is solution to engineering skills gap

Published: 26/09/2016

As much as 62% of engineering employers say graduates don’t have the right skills for today’s workplace, according to the 2016 Skills and Demand in Industry report, published by the Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET) …

Engineering Council CEO to step down after six successful years

Published: 23/09/2016

The Engineering Council has announced that CEO Jon Prichard CEng FICE FInstRE will be stepping down from his role in early 2017 to take up the post of Chief Executive at the Institution of Chemical Engineers …

Engineering Council CEO to step down after six successful years

Published: 23/09/2016

Scottish university gains accreditation for Fire Risk degree

Published: 22/09/2016

Glasgow Caledonian University’s BEng (Hons) Fire Risk Engineering course has been successfully accredited by the Institution of Fire Engineers (IFE) under their Engineering Council licence …

Nominations are invited for 2017 IOM3 Awards

Published: 21/09/2016

The Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining (IOM3) has opened nominations for its annual awards. Most awards are open to non-members as well as members of the Institute and the deadline for nominations is 13 January 2017 …

Organisations open their doors for IET Engineering Open House Day

Published: 16/09/2016

Venues across the UK took part in an Open House Day, offering young people the opportunity to go behind the scenes at leading organisations to discover how creative and varied engineering can be …

Survey seeks input on the impact of Brexit on engineering

Published: 15/09/2016

The Engineering the Future (EtF) policy group has put together a survey as part of its continuing work on behalf of the engineering community to look at the impact that Brexit will have on engineering in the UK …

Nuclear Institute appoint Interim CEO

Published: 07/09/2016

The Nuclear Institute (NI) has announced the appointment of Alastair Laird to serve as Interim Chief Executive Officer …