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UKESF and the University of Southampton have collaborated on a project to promote electronics at school level called Electronics Everywhere. “Companies can make a real difference” by supporting the project, UKESF says. The organisation is investing in schools by providing its Electronics Everywhere resources to schools across the UK. The program is designed to demonstrate to young people how engaging ...

Analog Devices’ STEM outreach programme is initiated and run entirely by employees at all levels of the organisation. From the company’s robotics competition, to introducing its in-house designed “superhero story” book to both English speaking schools and as gaeilge (in Irish) to Gaelscoileanna, to inspiring local teenagers to participate in the Young Scientist exhibition, to 3rd level student mentoring, ADI ...

The UKESF and its partners have promoted gender parity in engineering this year with scholarship awards for female undergrads in STEM. Electronic engineers are in high demand, yet there remains a significant gender imbalance in the sector. Indeed, only 12% of the UK’s engineering workforce is female. This year, the foundation teamed up with The Smallpeice Trust to hold the ...

Nesta and the Department for Education have launched the £5.75 million CareerTech challenge. The challenge aims to find “cutting edge innovations that will equip adults across England with the right tools and skills to find rewarding future employment”. With one fifth of UK workers currently in occupations that will be affected by automation over the next 10 to 15 years, ...

Sony UK TEC’s Learn 2 Code workshops have hosted over 1,200 students so far this year. The manufacturer launched its specialist coding workshops in 2017, following the success of its Digital Competency programme. The one-day workshops, led by a qualified coding instructor, encourage children to “use their creativity across a variety of digital platforms” in a bid to boost STEM ...

On Wednesday 6 November at 10:30am, as part of Tomorrow’s Engineers Week, hundreds of engineers will star in the Big Assembly, a live-streamed event to promote engineering careers to young people. Over 850 schools are hoped to sign up to the event, which will take place at The Chase School in Malvern and be broadcast nationwide.   The stream itself will ...

After graduating, one of the biggest challenges for any electronics engineering student is translating in-depth, specific technical knowledge into business success in the real world. Kamga Siewe is one such student from Georgia, US, who decided to start his first commercial venture while still in study. This past summer, Siewe launched Circuit-Pop, an online components store for hobbyists. EW got ...

Apple has been ranked Britain’s best tech company to work for, according to data released by Indeed. Indeed launched its top-rated tech employers category this year, based on reviews by employees past and present. The California-based manufacturer opened its first European store in London 15 years ago, and it now employs 2,500 people in the capital alone. Its 6,500 UK-based ...

Siemens has launched a new undergraduate sponsorship programme designed to “discover, inspire and nurture” the next generation of engineering students. The Digital Academy will pay selected students £3,000-a-year from the second year of university and offers up to 12-weeks paid summer placement throughout the duration of their studies within a Siemens business. Digital Academy is the result of a partnership ...

Research from EngineeringUK has revealed some 76% of 11-19 year-olds lack knowledge of what a career in engineering actually entails. The Royal Academy of Engineering warns of “far-reaching implications”. 52% of the same group, when surveyed, suggested they would “probably or definitely” not want to become an engineer. This trend is thought to contribute to an annual shortfall of up ...