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  • A Guide to Inspiring Young Minds: How to Give an Engaging STEM Talk to School Children

    A Guide to Inspiring Young Minds: How to Give an Engaging STEM Talk to School Children

    Alexandra Knight, Founder and CEO of STEMAZING gives us her top tips on how to give an engaging STEM talk to children... In today's rapidly evolving world, STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) education is more critical than ever. Meeting STEM professionals in a school setting helps raise awareness and aspirations of STEM careers for young people and builds the confidence of teachers with these subjects too. This is a vital part of the solution to plug the STEM skills gap and drive greater diversity in our future STEM workforce. There is so much to be done, and we need to scale up our collective efforts to make real impact. I’m super passionate about encouraging more STEM professionals to engage young people in schools to open children’s minds to exciting career paths…

  • Because it’s not just students who benefit from education outreach

    Because it’s not just students who benefit from education outreach

    Bosch became a UK FIRST® LEGO® League National Partner as a way to celebrate the company’s 125th anniversary, but it’s stayed for the benefits – to both the business and the engineering community… Bosch was built on strong philanthropic principles and has always been particularly passionate about promoting STEM to the next generation, it’s taken a gold-standard approach to STEM engagement through IET programmes and an ongoing education partnership with the institution. Last year, the company hit an auspicious milestone – 125 years of UK operation. To celebrate this rare achievement, it chose to become a FIRST® LEGO® League National Partner. This entailed working with the IET to host a number of FIRST® LEGO® League Challenge Tournaments for 9 to 16-year-olds and…

  • Meet the winners of the IET Healthcare Technologies Student and Early Career Awards 2024

    Meet the winners of the IET Healthcare Technologies Student and Early Career Awards 2024

    The Healthcare Technologies Network is delighted to announce the winners of the IET Healthcare Technologies Student and Early Career Awards 2024. The IET Healthcare Technologies Network is keen to encourage and support the work and research of academics and newly qualified professionals in healthcare, medical and biomedical engineering arenas. Our award winners for the J.A Lodge award will be present in person and the William James will be supplying a recording of their work at our Annual Healthcare Lecture on Thursday 28 th November at IET London: Savoy Place. Our Keynote for the evening is Professor Mandic, Professor of Machine Intelligence - Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering - Faculty of Engineering ,Imperial College London speaking on ‘Hearables: Real World Applications…

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  • Introducing Harriet Evans – our Special Guest Editor for STEM Education Week takeover

    Introducing Harriet Evans – our Special Guest Editor for STEM Education Week takeover

    I’m Harriet Evans, the Education Volunteer Manager at The IET. I collaborate with an amazing group of Education Volunteers from across the UK. They generously dedicate their free time to engage children and young people in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) activities, deliver career talks, and provide mentorship. Our goal is to inspire these young minds to pursue careers in engineering. I’m thrilled to be hosting this focus on STEM education in the EngX community. This week is dedicated to exploring the exciting world of STEM resources, volunteering and activities that aim to highlight the importance of engineering to young people. Why STEM Education Matters STEM education is more than just a collection of subjects; it’s a way of thinking and problem-solving that…

  • Broadcasting in the Digital Age: an overview of our topic focus on Broadcasting and Media technologies.

    Broadcasting in the Digital Age: an overview of our topic focus on Broadcasting and Media technologies.

    In today’s fast-paced digital landscape, the broadcasting and media industry is experiencing a seismic shift driven by rapid technological advancements. From streaming platforms and OTT (over-the-top) services to AI-powered production tools and immersive media experiences, technology is revolutionizing the way content is created, distributed, and consumed. Lets take a look at some of the highlights from our topic focus on Broadcasting and the Media Industry: Insights from the Community In our Community Insights blog, we looked into the career journey of Philip Clayson BEng(Hons) MBA CEng FIET in From Engineering to Executive: an Engineer's Journey to the C-Suite . Phil shared interesting insights into his vast experience in the telecoms and broadcasting industry. We also learned more…

  • Topic Focus: Engineering the Future of Broadcasting and Media

    Topic Focus: Engineering the Future of Broadcasting and Media

    In today’s fast-evolving world, the way we consume information and entertainment is constantly shifting. From traditional TV broadcasts to the rise of streaming services, podcasts, and social media platforms, broadcasting and media technologies have reshaped the way we connect with the world. For our next Topic Focus week on IET EngX, we’ll hear from a number of professionals working in the Broadcasting and Media industry and exploring the trends that are changing the face of media as we know it. Read and comment on blog posts in Community Insights . Ask questions and discuss Broadcasting and Media engineering topics in our Engineering Discussions forum and don't forget to add the Broadcasting and Media topic tag! Also don’t forget to log in to your EngX account and follow #broadcasting…

Latest Partner News

  • BMT and Strategic Marine Unveil Sustainable StratCat35 CTV at WindEnergy Hamburg

    BMT and Strategic Marine Unveil Sustainable StratCat35 CTV at WindEnergy Hamburg

    Working in partnership with Strategic Marine, BMT is proud to introduce its latest addition to the offshore wind industry: the StratCat35 Crew Transfer Vessel (CTV). This cutting-edge vessel, making its debut at WindEnergy Hamburg , is designed to meet a wider range of operator requirements while placing sustainability at the forefront of the offshore wind sector. As part of Strategic Marine’s range of CTV vessels, the StratCat35 delivers significant advancements in both design and functionality. At 35 metres in length, this vessel offers an expansive deck area, significantly improving storage capacity and enhancing operational versatility by allowing more working space. The proven BMT Z-Bow hull form provides superior seakeeping in harsh offshore conditions, while also improving vessel speed…

  • Siemens and CPI expand transformative research partnership

    Siemens and CPI expand transformative research partnership

    Technology company Siemens and one of the UK’s leading innovation centres, CPI have signed a new Memorandum of Understanding (MoU), committing to enhancing collaborative research into advanced manufacturing processes. The new contract will follow on from an initial collaboration agreement that was signed in 2020, under which Siemens has provided advanced hardware and software to underpin the development of CPI’s leading Medicines Manufacturing Innovation Centre. The enhanced partnership will allow CPI to leverage Siemens’ expertise and technology across the full range of its research portfolio, ranging from battery materials innovation and photonics to printed electronics. The MoU was signed by both parties at Siemens Transform 2024 event at Manchester Central. The event saw industry…

  • iconsys backs Ironbridge Gorge Museum Trust’s ‘Gift a Day’ initiative

    iconsys backs Ironbridge Gorge Museum Trust’s ‘Gift a Day’ initiative

    A Telford-based manufacturer that is passionate about developing the engineers of the future has become the first company to back a new fundraising drive by The Ironbridge Gorge Museum Trust. iconsys, a leading UK power, control and automation solutions provider and system integrator, is backing the ‘Gift a Day’ initiative to sponsor a week of running costs at Enginuity museum for the first week of this year’s school holidays. The agreement is part of the company’s commitment to growing its own talent and getting more young people interested in a career in industry and will be followed by the possibility of holding a STEM (Science Technology Engineering and Mathematics) event later in 2024. It has even sent three of its technical partners to the museum to help curators repair and maintain…

Latest articles from E+T Magazine

  • £1.5m solar heat installation project takes shape on the roof of the British Library

    £1.5m solar heat installation project takes shape on the roof of the British Library

    Solar tech company Naked Energy is installing the UK’s largest solar heat project across 712.5m2 of roof space on the Grade I listed building. The installation is expected to reduce the building’s CO2 emissions by 55 tonnes and generate 216MWh of energy annually – the equivalent of powering and heating a community centre or swimming pool for a year. Naked Energy’s technology combines solar photovoltaic and thermal (PVT) technology to generate both electricity and heat from a single collector. These solar PVT collectors, called VirtuPVT, which Naked Energy says are the highest energy density solar technology in the world, can deliver a peak efficiency of 80%, converting 20% of the sun’s energy to electricity and 60% to heat. Being modular in design, these collectors can easily be installed…

  • Direct air capture plant in Canada aims to remove up to one million tonnes of CO2 a year

    Direct air capture plant in Canada aims to remove up to one million tonnes of CO2 a year

    London start-up Mission Zero Technologies (MZT) is working with Montreal-based Deep Sky, the world's first tech-agnostic carbon removal project developer, to validate its electrochemical direct air capture (DAC) technology. MZT’s compact modular DAC system has been delivered and installed at Deep Sky’s carbon removal innovation and commercialisation centre, Deep Sky Labs, in Alberta, Canada. Powered by renewable solar energy, Deep Sky will use MZT’s containerised system to recover CO2 from the atmosphere for permanent storage underground. The aim is to initially demonstrate carbon removal on a small scale using MZT’s technology through capturing up to 250 tonnes of CO₂ from the atmosphere each year. Having validated the technology, the DAC system will then be scaled into a commercial…

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  • Climate change could push endangered whale sharks into ship collisions, study finds

    Climate change could push endangered whale sharks into ship collisions, study finds

    Climate change could increase the risk of whale sharks colliding with large ships, according to a University of Southampton study. The authors predict that increased ocean temperatures will push this already endangered species into new habitats crossed by busy shipping lanes. Such a move could increase the chance of collisions by up to 15,000 times by the end of the century compared with the present day. Lead author Dr Freya Womersley said: “These shifts in the whale sharks’ habitat were most extreme under high-emission scenarios. A global reshuffling could lead to core habitat losses in some areas as well as increased co-occurrence with shipping traffic as oceans warm and other variables change.” Whale sharks, the world’s largest fish, are highly mobile and responsive to changes in temperature…