Technical colleges flop as they fail to recruit pupils
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Brexit offers Britain’s engineering sector the chance to reinforce its position as an industrial powerhouse but the UK’s exit must be carefully negotiated not to harm the industry, according to a leading trade body. The Royal Academy of the Engineering has unveiled a heavyweight analysis of the opportunities and threats presented by the result of the referendum on Britain’s EU membership - including the need to maintain a supply of skilled labour. Professor Dame Ann Dowling, president of the academy, said: “This is a critical time for Britain’s engineering sector. Plans for a new industrial strategy announced after the referendum are a really positive indication that government ‘gets’ how important engineering is to the economy. - The Telegraph Read more...
Trinidad and Tobago IET Local Network Board will be elected for the 2016-2019 term at the next Annual General Meeting (AGM). The AGM will be held at Grand Bazaar, Food Court, Trinidad 10 AM on Saturday 19th November 2016 . Offices: Chair Vice-Chair, 2 posts, 1 Senior Vice Chair and 1 Junior Vice Chair Treasurer Secretary Ordinary Members (2) Proposals for offices: A member can only be proposed for one office. The member being proposed must be a member in good standing and must sign the nomination form agreeing to hold the office if elected. There must be a proposer and seconder, they must sign the nomination form and must be members in good standing . Each member proposed to hold office must provide a brief CV detailing their experience that qualifies the member to hold the particular office…
The Functional Safety TPN Steering Group was confirmed at the Annual Open Meeting on 12 October 2016. The Group is always interested to hear from other individuals who are keen to volunteer to help organise activities with the TPN. We are also looking for individuals who would be interested in joining the Technical Advisory Panel for the Network. Brian Penfold Chairman James Inge (MoD) Deputy Chairman, Webmaster John Canning IET Policy Panel / ISA Working Group Graham Jolliffe (Jolliffe Associates) SCSC representative Ron Bell (ESC) Andy German (Atkins) Mark Nicholson (University of York) Carl Sandom Space is available for other Steering Group Members and Technical Advisory Panel (TAP) members. Contact Lynsay Callaghan for more details ( lcallaghan@theiet.org ).
Gemma Dalziel, Nadia Johnson, Bethan Murray, Jenni Sidey and Emma Wilding have all been selected as finalists. Read more...
"How to Win a Job" was a social event rounding speakers to bring insight into the gruelling task of tackling job interviews. The event was organised by the Young Professional section of IET VIC and targeted at students looking at the job market. Speakers included recruitment consultants and industry professionals with vast experiences in recruitment sector. Whether starting out looking for internships, vac work or your first industry job, where do you begin? Con Moraitis (Senior Co-Ord, Student Career Services) suggested to students explore resources at their universities. Career counselling, resume development services and skills development workshops are some of the resources student might find handy. Additionally Career Expos and Employer presentations are also likely stops to narrow down…
We started the new 2016-17 session with a change of leadership in the Railway Network. Jon Hemsley, Head of Fleet Project Engineering (Services), WMA Engineering, Bombardier Transportation has recently handed over the Chairman’s role to Dr Martyn Chymera , Maintenance Performance and Reliability Manager, Crossrail Operations Team, London Rail, Transport for London. I'd like to thank Jon for the help and support he has given me during his time in office and welcome Martyn to his term as Chairman. During September, we had a couple of excellent visits, one to the South West Trains-Network Rail Training Campus at Basingstoke, organised by Peter Sheppard Peter and the other participants on the visit seem to have had an excellent time on the simulators and exploring the other training facilities…
Paul Bagg, Chair Darren Baxter, Vice Chair Keegan Hampshire, YPS Chair Neil Haydon, Treasurer Roger Brady, Committee Member David Owen, Committee Member Ranmal Wilson, Committee Member Murray Milner, Committee Member Quinn Ho, Committee Member Norbert Nziramasanga, (Privacy and Media Coordinator) Chris Lambell, Committee Member
The IET YPS AGM for 2016-17 was successfully held on 15th October 2016 at Armada Hotel, Petaling Jaya. A new YPS board of committees for the new term 16/17 was then elected as per table below (scrolled down to the bottom). (pic: IET Malaysia YPS AGM 2016 group pic) Annual Dinner whereby was held after the AGM in the evening. The event started off with the welcoming address by Ir. Dr. Matthew Teow, IET Malaysia Chairperson and YPS opening keynote by Mr. Yong Boon Heng, outgoing IET YPS Malaysia Chairperson. (Immediate Past Chairman Michael) During the Annual Dinner, the Best IET On Campus Award 2016 was awarded to the Swinburne Sarawak IET On Campus, winner of this award for the 2nd consecutive year. UTAR IET On Campus won the 1st runner up place while University of Southampton Malaysia Campus…
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Graham Turner, Chairman of the IET Multimedia Communications Network has provided us with some insights from the International Broadcasting Convention. From the point of view of our time at IBC, and the recordings, here are some of the major points that arose: The fact that most media (and other) enterprises don’t realise they’ve been the subject of a cyberattack until after 80 days on average (and of course we know it was much, much longer than that for Yahoo). The amazing stack of 50 or so different types of set top boxes delivering pirated television services that we saw. The strong presence, and perhaps hype, for VR, but without too much of a clear view as to how it could be used (except perhaps for Dolby’s virtual cinema / theatre concept). Great acceleration for the introduction…
A programme backed by the founder of Facebook aims to create a “Google Maps of the human body” to sketch out the workings of every type of cell. Read more...
Bridging the gender gap in the United Kingdom could increase GDP by billions of pounds over the next decade and add 840,000 female employees to the workforce. - McKinsey & Company Read more...
The WISE Young Women's Board (WYWB) make a real difference to WISE achieving its purpose to enable and energise people who increase the participation, contribution and success of women in the UK's STEM workforce from classroom to boardroom. Read more...
In early October, the Southern California Local Network was treated to a talk by Ian G Mills on his career in Disaster Recovery and Business Continuity, including some examples based on what to do when you are helping run the IT infrastructure in a government ministry when your country is invaded… The Insurance Information Institute suggests that about 25% of businesses that close following a disaster do not open their doors again, and as a disaster could befall a business directly, or its partners. Ian explained that businesses should prepare contingency plans for scenarios both within, and outside each companies control, as a supply or distribution chain disruption can also cause problems so businesses need to plan for their failure too. For example, the road to a distribution center might…
On the 13th of October, a group of members and non members attended the Wales North LN Annual Safety Lecture which was held at Glyndwr Optic. This year, our speaker was Ron Pierce a Safety Consultant who gave a fascinating talk about "Air Collision Avoidance Systems". This started with the first air collision in 1922, developments in World War 2, use of VHF Radio, the hazard rating scale used by Air Traffic Controllers before moving on to modern communications systems. We heard about TCAS operating principles, audible alerts in the cockpit plus many other features. There are, at any one time, five million people flying in passenger aircraft and we were all reassured about the safety of this for of transport. We are very grateful to Ron and judging by the depth and quality of the questions,…
I recently researched the potential growth of the Cyber Security market; 1.The Europe Cyber Security Market is expected to grow to $35.53 billion by 2019 and will contribute to 27 % of the global market by 2019. 2.The Middle East and Africa Cyber Security Market is expected to grow to $13.43 billion by 2019 and will contribute 7.19% of the global market by 2019. 3.The Asia Pacific Cyber Security Market is expected to group to $13.43 billion by 2019 and is expected to contribute to 17.21% of the global market by 2019. For something to peak, it is implied that there has been a shift from a baseline. A modern day laboratory would take a specimen sample (something unknown) and identify peaks. The peaks contain functional groups and the lab would identify the chemical makeup of its compounds.…
The Young Professionals Network is one of the active communities, which provides opportunities for like-minded people to network, share ideas and expertise, collaborate, learn and keep abreast of news and views. YP committee members are a group of young engineers and scientists from a variety of backgrounds and disciplines living and working in the Greater Manchester region. We organise a range of events throughout the year which are targeted at IET members and non-members in the early stages of their careers. Some are social and others are informative (technical lectures by industry experts; IET workshops focusing on career development and Chartership; technical tours to engineering organisations etc.). Would you like to be part of the Young Professionals Network? We are looking for volunteers…
IET Central London Evening Lecture, Savoy Place, 12-Oct-2016 A joint event between the IET and RTS, The Royal Television Society The aim of this panel discussion was to provide a review of, and feedback from, the International Broadcasting Convention (IBC) held in Amsterdam in September. Being completely ignorant of the RTS and IBC, I was fearing some drear recap of conference proceedings. Luckily it was the opposite, and I found myself being informed, entertained and energised. I found the enthusiasm of all the speakers infectious. I really wished that I'd been at the conference and exhibition itself. For me, the format was novel and effective: We had a knowledgeable and easy-speaking anchor man in Nigel Walley (of Decipher Media Group). After setting the scene, Nigel called up each…
On 8th November we have our Big data analytics for smart power networks seminar which is being held at our flagship venue IET London: Savoy Place Our next speaker highlight focuses on Professor David Wallom: About the speaker: Prof David Wallom is Associate Professor and Associate Director – Innovation of the Oxford e-Research Centre, where he leads two separate research groups Energy and Environmental Informatics and Advanced e-infrastructure & Cloud Computing. He has led over 45 research projects in areas such as Energy Analytics, Cloud computing, Smart Grids, Research data management, Green IT, cybersecurity and institutional repositories. He is a member of the GCHQ recognized University of Oxford Academic Centre of Excellence in Cyber Security and the academic Board Member of the HEFCE…
With our Addressing Ageing Aircraft Sustainment Issues Seminar coming up on 26 October, one of our volunteers has started this list of Aircraft Clubs/Trusts in relation to Vintage Aircraft, some of which are still airworthy. Apart from the wellknown ones like: Shuttleworth Collection at Biggleswade, Beds IWM Duxford , Cambridge Fleet Air Arm Museum at Yeovilton, Somerset Vulcan to the Sky Trust , Doncaster He also came up with the following: Vintage Aircraft Club Aims and History. The present Vintage Aircraft Club has evolved from the Vintage Aircraft Group, which was originally formed in 1964. The change of name in 1974 reflected the expanding membership and scope of the club. The aim of the Vintage Aircraft Club is to provide a focal body for owners, pilots and enthusiasts of vintage…
A report by the World Economic Forum (WEF) earlier this year claimed that the rise of robots and artificial intelligence will wipe out 7.1 million jobs by 2020 , with the greatest losses in white-collar office and administrative roles. These losses will be partially offset by the creation of 2.1 million new jobs - mainly in more specialised areas such as computing, mathematics, architecture and engineering - but this still equates to 5 million net job losses. - Daily Mirror The IET’s Paul Davies talks to the Daily Mirror about the rise of robotics and AI following a report from the Science and Technology Committee Read more...
YPS Chairman Ong Boon Jing YPS Vice Chairman Tay Shieh Cherng YPS Secretary Lo Yuan Sheng YPS Treasurer Onn Hui Jin Committee Member Onn Hui Jin Committee Member Ms Tieng Chwei Peng Committee Member Khairul Anwar Bakar Committee Member Ak Mohd Abd Aziz Pg Hj Hassan Committee Member Muizz Alipah Committee Member Hj Muhammad Noor Azmi Hj Suhaimin Committee Member Mohd Khairuddin Jaya Committee Member Freddie Tong Committee Member Tan Kah Wee