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National Apprenticeship Week puts down roots for STEM

Caroline Hayes — Tue, 23 Jan 2024 11:29:14 +0000

This year’s National Apprenticeship Week in the UK runs from 5 to 11 February. The initiative targets all industries and sectors, but for the electronics industry, there is a particular ...

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Compound Semiconductor Catapult expands into Bristol, Glasgow and Durham

Steve Bush — Thu, 20 Jul 2023 13:45:44 +0000

CSA Catapult, the organisation tasked with commercialising UK compound semiconductor innovation, is to expand into centres in Bristol, Glasgow and Durham. Currently based in Newport, South Wales, it will open: ...

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Interns for innovation

Caroline Hayes — Tue, 09 May 2023 08:00:29 +0000

Melexis is encouraging innovation and drawing on the rich pool of local technology graduates at its newly-opened Innovation Lab. Positioned in the Swiss canton of Neuchâtel, the Melexis Innovation Lab ...

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Women in Electronics announced UK venue for inaugural European summit

Caroline Hayes — Tue, 04 Apr 2023 13:03:19 +0000

The organisation, Women in Electronics, has announced the inaugural European summit which will be held on Thursday 20 April. Women in Electronics has held an annual conference in the US ...

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STEM Returners, Leonardo UK launch new electronics engineering jobs scheme

Alun Williams — Thu, 02 Dec 2021 06:10:58 +0000

Hampshire-based company STEM Returners is partnering with aerospace engineering firm Leonardo to address the skills shortage in the UK engineering industry. The fully paid placements aim to return or transfer ...

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Ignys expands in Nottingham, seeks engineers

Steve Bush — Wed, 30 Jun 2021 12:08:47 +0000

Electronics design and software development consultancy Ignys is looking for engineering staff for its Nottingham base. “We are experiencing a high amount of interest from inventors and product managers, and the ...

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STEM Learning organisation assists classrooms with online resources

Alex McCarthy — Fri, 27 Mar 2020 15:01:19 +0000

With UK schools closed for the foreseeable future due to covid-19, classrooms have been moved online. STEM Learning, a government, charity and industry backed education provider, has made a tranche ...

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UK-RAS launches creative competitions to spur early interest in robotics

Alex McCarthy — Wed, 18 Mar 2020 15:34:30 +0000

For this year’s UK Robotics Week, UK-RAS has launched two creative competitions based around drawing and story-writing. The contests are open to key stage 1 & 2 children respectively, and ...

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£179m government grant awarded for STEM and DTPs

Alex McCarthy — Tue, 10 Mar 2020 12:56:17 +0000

The government has announced forty-one universities will host doctoral training partnerships (DTPs) funded by a £179m investment from the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC), part of UK Research ...

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Element14 Learning Circuit video series covers BBC micro:bit

Alex McCarthy — Tue, 03 Mar 2020 15:48:41 +0000

Element14, Farnell’s online community dedicated to engineering discussion and education, is supplementing classroom-based STEM with a free series of videos entitled ‘The Learning Circuit’. First launched in 2017, the series, ...

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