The UK Electronics Skills Foundation (UKESF) has announced it is partnering again with Apple and UK universities to run its Girls into Electronics programme in the summer. This year, one-day events will take place at 15 of the UKESF’s partner universities. They aim to give young students a positive experience of electronics and overcome perceived barriers to entering the profession. ...
Now in its eighth year of awards, EW BrightSparks sees Electronics Weekly highlight and celebrate some of the brightest and most talented young engineers in the UK today. Beginning our series on the latest EW BrightSparks of 2025, we profile Jadesola Adeleka, of Loughborough University and a Field Applications Engineering Intern at Renesas Electronics. She is also a UK Electronics Skills ...
The UK Electronics Skills Foundation (UKESF) is launching its Skills Charter. It is a way for the charity to officially recognise employers that enable young people to thrive in electronics. Recognition The foundation began by recognising 33 employers, for “their commitment to equipping the next generation of engineers with technical and non-technical skills needed by our industry”. “The UKESF ...
The UK Electronics Skills Foundation (UKESF) has been honoured with the prestigious Princess Royal Training Award 2025, for its Scholarship Scheme to build the UK electronics industry. Princess Royal Training Award “To be honoured for a second time with a Princess Royal Training Award is amazing,” said Stewart Edmondson, CEO of the non-profit organisation (right). “It is wonderful recognition ...
The UK government has confirmed plans to allocate a further £35 million for the semiconductor talent expansion programme. The new semiconductor-focused funding is part of a wider Digital and Technologies Sector Plan. This is a set of announcements under the government’s Industrial Strategy. Specifically, the £35 million will be used to scale up and continue the recently announced Semiconductor Talent ...
Alliance Memory products, Soitec collaborating with Powerchip, the UKESF launching the Semiconductor STEP programme, Broadcom's Tomahawk 6, and Intel developing a stacked DRAM alternative to HBM...
A UK government initiative worth £4.75 million, sees the UK Electronics Skills Foundation (UKESF) launching the Semiconductor STEP programme (Skills, Talent and Education Programme). With demand for semiconductor skills vastly outstripping supply, the goal is to help tackle the skills shortage in the UK’s semiconductor sector. STEP Partners Effectively, building a pipeline of skills and enabling more young people to ...
Now in its seventh year of awards, EW BrightSparks sees Electronics Weekly celebrate some of the brightest and most talented young engineers in the UK today. Continuing our series on the latest EW BrightSparks of 2024, we profile Jessica Ross a Design Engineering Graduate Apprentice at Leonardo who has been studying at Strathclyde University. Achievements Jessica highlighted her belief that there ...
Now in its seventh year of awards, EW BrightSparks sees Electronics Weekly highlight and celebrate some of the brightest and most talented young engineers in the UK today. Continuing our series on the latest EW BrightSparks of 2024, we profile Nathan Richardson, a UKESF Scholar and a student at the University of Surrey. Achievements Nathan highlighted two bodies of work ...
Madhuparna Datta, of Cadence Design Systems, has joined the UK Electronics Skill Foundation’s (UKESF) board as a Trustee. Currently the Application Engineer Director of Cadence, she has worked in the semiconductor industry for more then 25 years. “We’re thrilled to welcome a new Trustee to the UKESF board,” said Neil Dickins, UKESF Chair of Trustees. “Madhuparna brings vast expertise to ...
