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Apple Electronic Engineering Academy hosts female electronics engineers

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As well as partnering with the UK Electronics Skills Foundation (UKESF) for the Girls Into Electronics 2023 initiative, Apple has been holding its Electronic Engineering Academy, a two-day event for young women between the ages of 16-18. The open days – which took place at the company’s new UK HQ at Battersea Power Station – provided attendees with a unique ...

NMITE shares five-year vision including an Employment Pledge

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The New Model Institute for Technology and Engineering (NMITE) has outlined a five-year vision, and also unveiled its ‘Employment Pledge’. An initial group of six employer partners – ABT Products, ETL Systems, Kirintec, REHAU, TRP Sealing Systems and Welsh Water – have pledged 15 job offers to NMITE students, on a pay scale starting at £30,000 per annum. These will ...

Early education can be the key to recruit the next generation workforce

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The growing shortages and demands for skilled workers are becoming a greater problem globally, says YC Wang. He proposes education is the key to engage and encourage students from a young age. Factoring in the onslaught of the ‘baby boomer’ generation leaving the workforce, and demand for newer, faster, better technology increasing more quickly every year, the need for skilled ...

A career in software shouldn’t be a bug bear

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A passion for software development led to career opportunities in Australia and the Philippines and, most recently, the UK for Mary-Anne Legaspi. She tells Caroline Hayes about her career path. Navigating a route towards a satisfying job typically starts with an interest in an area and building from there. Mary-Anne Legaspi says her passion for software development was nurtured while ...

Xaar supports Huntingdon school on STEM education day

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Cambridge ink jet technology company Xaar supported St. Peter’s School Huntingdon through its recent STEM education day, with help from the Smallpeice Trust. “The event gave an opportunity for students to engage with Xaar, with practical tasks reinforcing the benefits of STEM subjects and their importance for future career opportunities,” according to the company. 50 year-10 students were two challenges: ...

Prestwick Spaceport launches educational campaign about space sector jobs

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Prestwick Spaceport, along with affiliated aerospace businesses, is launching a campaign to educate young people across Scotland about careers in the UK’s space sector. The spaceport, which is located near Glasgow and is planning to start satellite launches in 2023, is being developed alongside Scotland’s largest aerospace cluster. It has secured multi-million-pound funding through an Ayrshire Growth Deal. The educational ...

Education: Why can’t UK tech companies train and retain?

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Everyone agrees that one of the issues facing the UK electronics industry is attracting and retaining a diverse workforce to makeup the next generation of electronics engineers. Imagination Technologies has published a white paper identifying the key challenges facing the UK. Top of the list is a “skills shortage in the technical and professional skills needed to power the knowledge ...

Arduino and Seeed put together the Arduino Sensor STEM Kit

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Arduino and Seeed have collaborated to produce the Arduino Sensor Kit. Based on the Arduino UNO, the STEM kit is aimed at those getting started with electronics and sensors easier. It contains a Base Shield and ten Grove modules that can be connected either through the digital, analog or I2C connectors on the shield (there are accompanying lessons for the ...