The University of Hertfordshire is launching an engineering degree-level apprenticeship programme. Trainee engineers will be able to combine work and study, from September 2018, with an Engineering Degree Apprenticeship. The University is offering engineering courses in mechanical, manufacturing, automotive, aerospace or electronic engineering. Degree Apprenticeships are a pathway to gaining a degree-level qualification, while also gaining on-the-job practical salaried experience ...
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£5m hardware security R&D centre launched at Queen’s University Belfast
Hardware security and the threat of cyber attacks is the focus of a £5m multi-university research initiative in the UK. Its hub will be the Centre for Secure Information Technologies (CSIT), which was launched at Queen’s University Belfast this week. The Research Institute in Secure Hardware and Embedded Systems (RISE) aims to tackle the problem of cyber threats through four ...
Glasgow University works with local firms on single photon detectors
CST Global, the Glasgow-based III-V opto-electronic, semiconductor foundry, is collaborating with the University of Glasgow and Gas Sensing Solutions on a project to fabricate active matrix, single-photon GaAs devices. The project will develop light-weight, monolithic, mid-wave infrared (MWIR) imagers, capable of detecting a single photon of IR light. These are primarily used to image gasses and diagnose their composition. Dr ...
Belfast researcher’s work on hurricane comms in Newton Prize final
A researcher at Queen’s University Belfast is shortlisted for the 2017 Newton Prize, designing a wireless communications system for use when natural disasters strike.
NIDays 2017 hears about University of Sheffield’s manufacturing research centre
National Instruments is holding its annual NIDays London 2017 technology conference at Sandown Park Racecourse in Esher, on Tuesday 28th November. Focusing on NI’s software-defined systems in test, measurement and control, a stand-out this year will be a presentation from guest speaker Stuart Dawson, Chief Technology Officer at The University of Sheffield’s Advanced Manufacturing Research Centre (AMRC). Dawson will discuss ...
Scottish researchers make optical computer breakthrough
Scottish scientists believe they have made an important discovery in the practical application of high-speed photonic circuits.
UK researchers cool superconducting sensors for cancer treatment
It uses a new form of cooling technology that could allow superconducting detectors to be used in cancer treatments, driverless cars and quantum communications.
Oxford cluster takes on the world in self-drive cars and quantum computing
A tech cluster centred on the University of Oxford could be vital in helping the UK to develop technology for autonomous vehicles and digital health
Feabhas offers graduates free C skills assessment
Graduates can now have their skills in embedded C, C++ or UML assessed for free by software training company Feabhas.
CST Global’s new III-V semiconductor line benefits students in Glasgow
CST Global, the Glasgow-based manufacturer of millimetre wave and optical semiconductors using a non-silicon III-V process, is readying its new, metalorganic chemical vapour deposition (MOCVD) machine. This is a collaboration with the University of Glasgow and commissioning of the processing machine is expected to be completed in time for the 2017 / 2018 academic year. Neil Martin, CEO of CST ...