{"id":881318,"date":"2025-09-26T06:06:17","date_gmt":"2025-09-26T05:06:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.electronicsweekly.com\/?p=881318"},"modified":"2025-09-26T12:05:44","modified_gmt":"2025-09-26T11:05:44","slug":"ukesf-skills-charter-celebrates-leading-electronics-employers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.electronicsweekly.com\/news\/ukesf-skills-charter-celebrates-leading-electronics-employers-2025-09\/","title":{"rendered":"UKESF Skills Charter celebrates leading electronics employers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>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.<\/p><div class=\"elect-content\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center; \" id=\"elect-651144855\"><div id=\"x02\">\r\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\"> if ($(window).width() <= 768) { googletag.display('x02'); } <\/script>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-881324\" src=\"https:\/\/static.electronicsweekly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/25140748\/UKESF-Skills-Charter-850.webp\" alt=\"UKESF Skills Charter award\" width=\"850\" height=\"532\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.electronicsweekly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/25140748\/UKESF-Skills-Charter-850.webp 850w, https:\/\/static.electronicsweekly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/25140748\/UKESF-Skills-Charter-850-300x188.webp 300w, https:\/\/static.electronicsweekly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/25140748\/UKESF-Skills-Charter-850-768x481.webp 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 850px) 100vw, 850px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>Recognition<\/h2>\n<p>The foundation began by recognising 33 employers, for &#8220;their commitment to equipping the next generation of engineers with technical and non-technical skills needed by our industry&#8221;.<\/p><div class=\"elect-test\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center; \" id=\"elect-1464052410\"><div id=\"DFP-EW-InRead1\">\r\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\"> if ($(window).width() > 768) { googletag.display('DFP-EW-InRead1'); } <\/script>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<BR>\r\n<\/div>\n<p>&#8220;The UKESF Skills Charter has been announced as part of the UKESF\u2019s 15-year anniversary celebrations, to recognise employers that have collaborated with our charity to provide exceptional opportunities that support more young people into the sector,&#8221; said the organisation&#8217;s CEO <a rel=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ukesf.org\/ukesf-skills-charter-recognising-employers-for-empowering-young-people-to-thrive-in-electronics\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Stewart Edmondson<\/a> (above, right).<\/p><div class=\"elect-post-content-2\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center; \" id=\"elect-735612509\"><div id=\"DFP-EW-InRead1-Mobile\">\r\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\"> if ($(window).width() <= 768) { googletag.display('DFP-EW-InRead1-Mobile'); } <\/script>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\n<p>&#8220;This recognition is a way that we can say thank you to those who have provided continued support to the next generation.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2>Skills Charter<\/h2>\n<p>The full list of companies receiving the Skills Charter comprises (alphabetically): Arm; AMD; Apple; Cadence Design Systems Ltd; Chess Dynamics; Codasip; Collins Aerospace; Cirrus Logic; CSA Catapult; Dukosi; EDA Solutions; Embecosm; Ensilica; IDEX Biometrics UK Ltd; Infineon Technologies UK; ITDev; Leonardo (Edinburgh); MAC Ltd; Nordson; Plextek; Qualcomm Technologies; Raspberry Pi; Renesas Electronics Europe; Renishaw; R-P-R; Sensata Technologies; Siemens EDA; STFC Microelectronics Centre; STMicroelectronics; Teledyne; Viper Innovations; Waters; ZF Automotive.<\/p>\n<p>In its own words, the Skills Charter aims to celebrate employers that:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Consistently support undergraduates to gain industry experience<\/li>\n<li>Encourage and provide opportunities for employees to promote Electronics to young people through outreach and engagement activities<\/li>\n<li>Commit to making Electronics a more inclusive profession.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>UKESF<\/h2>\n<p>The\u00a0<a rel=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ukesf.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">UKESF<\/a>\u00a0is an educational charity dating from 2010 that works to tackle the national skills shortage for electronics, especially semiconductor design and manufacture.<\/p>\n<p>It reports that its scholarship programme has made more than 900 awards. It highlights that so far 79% of them achieve First-class degrees. And 90% of the graduates still work in Electronics or Technology roles.<\/p>\n<p><em>Image: UKESF<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>See also<\/em>: <a rel=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/www.electronicsweekly.com\/news\/design\/stem\/scholarship-scheme-wins-ukesfs-second-princess-royal-training-award-2025-08\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Scholarship Scheme wins UKESF\u2019s second Princess Royal Training Award<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The UK Electronics Skills Foundation (UKESF) is launching its Skills Charter. 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