A team of students from The Royal Liberty School, aged between 14 and 15, won the 2013 UK Aerospace Youth Rocketry Challenge and will take part in the final at the Paris Airshow.
Semta, the sector skills body for science, engineering and advanced manufacturing, is today launching the new Composite Engineering Apprenticeship Framework under new leadership.
As STEMNET celebrates its 10th anniversary Kirsten Bodley, chief executive of the popular skills initiative, pays tribute to the tireless work of its STEM Ambassadors and explains why the practical programme for employer engagement works for busy professionals.
Lynn Tomkins, UK Operations Director for Semta, shares the ambitious work the sector skills council is undertaking to help UK manufacturing increase its contribution to the national economy.
“At peak we have four temporary workers to one permanent. The temps we bring in, who may only stay for two weeks, need to be up to speed on quality and output within forty eight hours.”This is the challenge Simon Noakes, operations manager at garden equipment manufacturer Hozelock, shared as a ‘starter for ten’ at TM’s most recent Manufacturer Director’s Forum debate.
Is your employer doing justice to your talents? Or do you feel tempted to move on to a company which does more to keep you happy? James Pozzi finds out which companies and sectors are seen as the most rewarding work environments for today’s engineers.
How do you know if the salary package for your directors is giving you the right balance and rewarding your senior executives? One way is to use salary surveys and EEF’s Directors’ Pay Benchmark can fulfil this brief.
Employee ownership of UK firms is rising at an average annual rate of 10%. But how popular is it with the manufacturing sector and what is the attraction of increasing the employee shareholder stake? Iain Hasdell chief executive of the Employee Ownership Association shares some observations and evidence.
The gang are on the move to a new base as they work against the clock on the machine's primary structure. Conor La Grue, product sponsorship lead at Bloodhound SSC, updates TM readers on the countdown to its world land speed record attempt.
A Bradford man faces having his lower leg amputated after incurring injuries over a year ago caused by safety failures at metal packaging firm Emballator UK.
