Legislation & Skills

Women returning to work after childbirth have an important role to play in technology industries, says Seoul Semiconductor.

The next government must protect UK’s global status in digital industries and boost skills, writes Richard Wilson TechUK and the IET have called for a reinforcement of the current focus on skills and digital innovation after June’s snap general election. “Tech businesses will be looking to the UK’s political parties to set out clear plans for how they intend to ...

Recruiters in the electronics industry will need new talent management strategies to avoid a skills shortage, writes Ben Hall

UK engineers want the government to take more “decisive action” to address the shortage of engineering skills in the workforce.

The IET and Prospect trade union are working together to help employers in the engineerings and technology sectors on how to attract a wider talent pool, including career returners.

Tech companies have significant concerns about red tape and delays that could result from the UK’s departure from the Customs Union, says UK tech body, techUK.

The Prime Minister’s shock decision to call a General Election could be extraordinarily important for the UK’s digital economy, says Julian David, CEO of techUK. “Tech businesses will be looking to the UK’s political parties to set out clear plans for how they intend to support economic stability and to keep the UK at the forefront of global technological innovation and digitisation,” said ...

The Arduino CTC 101 education kit for teaching the fundamentals of electronics, programming and mechatronics is now being sold exclusively in Europe by RS Components. Intended as an educational aid for the 13 to 17 age group at secondary schools, the Arduino-based kit supports programming and mechatronics with five themed modules and offers more than 25 hands-on experiments. Each CTC 101 kit includes: six ...

Three build events for Microsoft, Google and Apple will be hosted by hosted by Ipswich-based software company, Coderus at the University of Suffolk and Adastral Park in May and June. The events, which are free to attend, include live streams from the US.  They are being provided in association with BT; Innovation Martlesham, University of Suffolk, Eastern Enterprise Hub, IWIC and Tech East. ...

US aviation regulator FCC looks close to scrapping plans that would have allowed people to make calls from their personal phones while on airliners. Federal Communications Commission Chairman Ajit Pai issued the following statement regarding his proposal that the FCC terminate its 2013 proceeding that sought to relax rules governing mobile communications on planes: “I stand with airline pilots, flight ...