STEM Education

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 need for programmes that equip apprentices with STEM skills. Among the companies and organisations taking part, there is the STEM Hub, which will be hosting live career talks by STEM ...

Essex-based training company Advanced Rework Technology (ART), has invested over £30,000 in re-work, soldering and heat management tooling. Kaisertech supplied the equipment, which includes JBC’s DMPSE 4 rework station with a desoldering module. “The station [right] enables a user to operate four tools simultaneously,” according to ART. “Stackable modules help to conserve workspace, and a selection of compatible tools provide ...

Leadership and support by and for women will continue to promote STEM as an academic subject and career choice, according to Shubha B, says Caroline Hayes. Shubha B, product marketing manager, Tektronix, believes that automation and AI are the key technology trends in T&M. “In my opinion the power of automation enabled by AI will be the future of instrumentation,” ...

Caroline Hayes finds out how PCI Industrial Computer Manufacturers Group president Jess Isquith became disenchanted and then enamoured with engineering and technology. Jess Isquith has been the president of PCI Industrial Computer Manufacturers Group (PICMG), a consortium of more than 140 companies, since 2016. The group was originally formed to adapt PCI technology for use in high-performance telecommunications, military and ...

Viasat has launched its student-focused ‘Viasat Beyond: Space’ competition, to “support the next generation of UK engineers, artists, space lovers, and scientists”. The STEM challenge is to submit ideas and suggestions for a safe and sustainable UK space sector, with students in years 12 and 13 from schools around the UK (and their equivalents in Scotland) working individually or in ...

Nasa is once again turning to students’ ideas for its 2024 Human Exploration Rover Challenge, in the 30th annual iteration of the competition. The U.S. space agency invites those interested in designing, developing, building, and testing rovers for Moon and Mars exploration to submit their proposals. The Human Exploration Rover Challenge asks high school, college or university students from around ...

Members of the element14 community can sign up for an educational programme which the Avnet community is hosting in collaboration with NI. Called A Beginner’s Course in LabView and Test Automation, the programme is designed to introduced members to automated testing. The first prize is a year’s subscription to NI’s Test Workflow software, Pro edition, which includes LabView. The second ...

The UK Space Agency has announced a ‘Space for Everyone’ roadshow which will be going across the UK this summer and into September. UPDATED 11-Aug: The agency has now extended its nationwide tour to include three extra locations: Wrexham, Glasgow and Plymouth. It writes: “Having engaged tens of thousands of people over the first six of its 10 original stops, ...

The University of Sheffield is leading a government-funded project to address the semiconductor skills shortage in the UK with Devon-based Bay Photonics and Phlux Technology of Sheffield by improving knowledge of semiconductors in the the general public, and particularly pre-higher education students. “The project is called ASISST – addressing shortages in semiconductor skills training – and will see the partners ...

The UK Electronics Skills Foundation (UKESF) is celebrating the record success of its 2022/23 Scholarship Scheme for entering the electronics industry. It is the most successful year since the Scheme was established in 2010, the organisation reports. This year, there were 266 applications from undergraduates studying at one of the UKESF’s 27 partner universities. The UKESF highlighted that the 2022/23 ...