Axiom Manufacturing Services has donated over £5000 worth of technology kits to primary schools in South Wales to launch its Education through Industry initiative. The manufacturer has provided seven schools with Kitronik inventor’s kits, a set of resources for the BBC micro:bit enabling students to carry out 10 experiments with LEDs, motors, LDRs and capacitors. The kit is designed to ...
Two apprentices at AWS Electronics Group, Holly Platt and Connor Ecclestone, have recently received excellent academic results. Holly was awarded a distinction in her BTEC level 3 diploma in advanced manufacturing engineering (development technical knowledge). In the 11 units she undertook, Holly received nine distinctions, one merit and one pass. Her results come at the end of the third year ...
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 ...
