High-value manufacturing facility to be built at Lancaster Uni
Posted on 18 Aug 2014 by Callum Bentley
High-value manufacturing is to be bolstered by a new £11.3 million technology facility to be created by Lancaster University.
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University of Birmingham gets behind The Manufacturer of the Year Awards
Posted on 6 Aug 2014 by Callum Bentley
The University of Birmingham outlines the importance of recognising UK manufacturing and why it is getting behind The Manufacturer of the Year Awards for the second year running.
The academics behind automation
Posted on 28 Jul 2014 by Callum Bentley
Collaboration between automation vendors and engineering education establishments is vital if students are to gain a good understanding of state-of-the-art automation technology and become an asset to any manufacturing workforce.
Warwick Uni to house £1 billion Advanced Propulsion Centre
Posted on 25 Jul 2014 by The Manufacturer
The Advanced Propulsion Centre (APC) has selected the University of Warwick as the site for its Hub location, supporting the £1 billion industry and government commitment to the development of low carbon propulsion systems.
Labour announces plan for new technical degrees for future skills
Posted on 9 Jul 2014 by Callum Bentley
For the first time in a century there is the danger of children of the 21st century being worse of than their parents, academically, Ed Milliband will say today.
Will this tool revolutionise cutting and milling in manufacturing?
Posted on 3 Jul 2014 by Callum Bentley
Loughborough University researchers have developed a device they claim could revolutionise the way cutting, drilling and milling is done in manufacturing.
Optimism in small manufacturers grows
Posted on 6 May 2014 by Victoria Fitzgerald
Optimism in smaller UK manufacturers has risen to its highest level since records began in 1988, according to the CBI’s latest SME Trends Survey.
Tata Motors commits to long term R&D in the UK
Posted on 3 Dec 2013 by
Tata Motors has invested in the University of Warwick's campus through its subsidiary, Tata Motors European Technical Centre (TMETC). The new National Automotive Innovation Campus (NAIC) facility will open in 2016 and will house around 1,000 engineers and scientists.
Tomorrow’s patents pending
Posted on 1 Nov 2013 by The Manufacturer
The Royal Commission for the Exhibition of 1851 has awarded funding to young scientists and engineers to encourage them to patent their inventions.
UK’s commercialisation of miracle material is ‘woeful’, says IMechE
Posted on 1 Nov 2013 by The Manufacturer
The UK is failing to harness commercial potential of graphene according to the Institution of Mechanical Engineers.