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  • We've published our 2025 EDI Year in Review

    We’re very pleased to share that our Equity, Diversity & Inclusion (EDI) Year in Review 2025 has now been published. This annual report summarises our progress, impact and collective commitment to advancing EDI across the IET and the wider engineering and technology community. 2025 was a year of action, and the report highlights several achievements we can all be proud of, including: Key Achievements Launching of our new EDI Strategy 2025–2030 , setting clear priorities around disability and gender inclusion to guide our work for the next five years. Upper‑quartile ranking in the Royal Academy of Engineering and Science Council’s EDI Progression Framework , reflecting strong progress across outreach, awards, governance, engagement and accessibility. Welcoming WISE into the IET …

  • Volunteer Spotlight: IET President Dawn Ohlson CEng FIET

    Celebrating International Women’s Day with IET President Dawn Ohlson CEng FIET For someone who never set out to be a role model, Dawn Ohlson has an uncanny habit of becoming one. Today, as President of the IET, Dawn’s story is a powerful reflection of this year’s International Women’s Day theme: Give to Gain — the idea that by giving our time, skills, and energy, we gain confidence, connection, purpose, and unexpected opportunities. Dawn’s journey embodies that spirit at every turn. A spark that started with numbers Dawn’s path into engineering began early. With an engineer father and a natural love of numbers, she discovered quickly that STEM felt like home. While writing assignments left her frustrated (“I’ve got all the facts right! How much more do you want?”), physics and maths…

  • Discover the Hidden World of Industrial Automation

    If you’ve ever wondered how everyday products such as medicines, fuels, plastics, foods, electronics are manufactured safely, consistently and at scale, the answer almost always involves industrial process automation. It’s a field that quietly powers modern life, yet very few outside the engineering world truly understand how it works. This March, you have a unique opportunity to go behind the scenes of this extraordinary discipline. With nearly four decades of global experience in process automation, I’ll be delivering a talk that offers a rare, accessible, and compelling introduction to the technologies and engineering roles that keep the world’s industries running smoothly. Whether you’re an engineering student, a working professional, a curious technologist, or simply someone who enjoys…

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  • February Highlights on EngX: AI shifts, cyber reality checks, and conversations that got us thinking

    February on EngX brought another lively mix of thought‑provoking blogs, practical engineering discussions and broader reflections on how technology is shaping the world we work in. From unravelling sustainability terminology to exploring the foundations of AI, assessing the UK's cyber readiness and reflecting on the potential of hydro sites for pumped‑storage energy, the community continued to share knowledge and support one another. Here’s a round‑up of what caught the eye this month. Blogs worth a read ClimateTech, CleanTech, DeepTech… what’s the difference? Dr. Mohammad Harris tackled an issue that resonates across engineering and sustainability circles, the confusing overlap between terms like climate tech, clean tech and deep tech. Speaking from industry experience, he explained…

  • Innovation, Safety and Systems Thinking: January highlights on EngX

    The start of a new year always brings fresh conversations, new ideas, and thoughtful reflection, and January on IET EngX was no exception. From forward looking technical insights and policy discussions to lively forum debates and career focused questions, our community has been busy sharing knowledge and supporting one another. Here’s a roundup of some of the blogs and discussions that caught our attention during January 2026 and sparked great engagement across the platform. Blogs worth a read From racing cars to electric dreams: the origins of EV innovation One of the standout career‑focused blogs this month explored the career of Sir John Samuel from his early roots of electric vehicle innovation and tracing his journey from motorsport engineering to pioneering EV development. Personal…

  • December Highlights on EngX: Celebrations, reflections and a look to the future

    December on EngX had that familiar end‑of‑year feeling, a blend of celebration, reflection, and excitement for what’s ahead. It was a month filled with stories of global impact, technical achievement, and inspiring people across our engineering community. Celebrating Global Communities and a year of impact One of the most uplifting posts this month came from Mariana Vazquez in Celebrating Our Global Communities: A Year of Impact and Innovation . It offered a wonderful look at just how far the IET’s volunteer‑driven activities reached in 2025. She shared that the IET’s Local and Technical Networks delivered over 900 events globally , welcoming more than 51,000 participants , with activity across 25+ countries . Technical Networks also expanded their reach, with webinars accessed in 101…

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  • Road to Engineering event introduces children to the world of engineering

    BAE System's Submarines Academy for Skills and Knowledge (SASK), Barrow-in-Furness successfully hosted the 6th Road to Engineering event which took place over three action-packed days. Over 200 children from the Furness area participated in the event which aims to inspire future careers in Engineering. This year's theme was 'Adapt and Change' following the British Science week theme. Supporting the event were the Institution of Engineering and Technology, the Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining, Barrow District of Associate Engineers and the Royal Institute of Naval Architects who contributed valuable insight, merchandise and STEM packs for schools. Stephen Rowe, Project Director of Engineering Transformation said, "It was a privilege to attend the Road to Engineering event and…

  • H&MV Engineering appointed as principal designer and contractor for the Thorpe Marsh Battery Energy Storage System (BESS)

    H&MV Engineering has been appointed as principal designer and contractor for the delivery of the 400 kV grid connection and electrical infrastructure for the Thorpe Marsh Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) – the largest of its kind in the UK and among the largest in Europe. This landmark project, led by Fidra Energy and backed by major investment from EIG and the UK Government’s National Wealth Fund (NWF), has now reached financial close with construction commencing immediately. Located on the site of the former Thorpe Marsh coal-fired power station in Doncaster, South Yorkshire, the 1,400MW / 3,100MWh facility will be capable of exporting over 2 million MWh annually, supplying clean energy to approximately 785,000 homes. Once operational in mid-2027, it will be three times larger than…

  • In-flight Broadband Connectivity and Experimentation for Beyond 5G Networks “AeroNet”

    This work is supported by the HORIZON-MSCA-2024-SE-01-01, Project ID 101236523 and Innovate UK. Total amount is €1.8 million for five Universities and 3 Industries in EU and UK. Raed A Abd-Alhameed, Viktor Doychinov, Vuong Mai, Ifiok Otung University of Bradford, (UoB), Organisation in United Kingdom London South Bank University (LSB), Organisation in United Kingdom Technische Universität Dresden (TDN) - Organisation in Germany University of Athens (UoA) - Organisation in Greece University of Trento (UDT) - Organisation in Italy Fogus Innovations and Services PC (FGS) - Organisation in Greece Sigint Solutions Ltd (SGT) - Organisation in Cyprus JIO Platforms (JIO) - Organisation in Estonia Fogus Innovations and Service P.C. (FGS), Athens, Greece Sigint Solutions Ltd (SGT), Nicosia, Cyprus…

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Latest articles from E+T Magazine

  • AI data centre onboard floating offshore wind platform targeted for UK waters in 2028

    An AI data centre integrated into a floating offshore wind platform is being developed by US technology start-up Aikido Technologies for commercial deployment in 2028. Founded in San Francisco in 2022, Aikido Technologies has been developing a floating offshore wind platform that can be manufactured and deployed in a streamlined way. The start-up has now announced that the platforms can be transformed into floating offshore data centres, with computing infrastructure housed directly within the platforms. The turbines supply power to the servers, while onboard battery storage and grid connection provide backup. The surrounding ocean acts as a heat sink, enabling natural cooling for the computing systems. The rapid growth of AI data centres has become a contentious issue, with some firms…

  • OpenAI promises 25% drop in hallucinations with GPT-5.3 launch

    OpenAI has released GPT-5.3, with a focus on delivering more accurate answers and better contextualised results when searching the web. ChatGPT-5 was first released in August last year and was touted as a major upgrade and a “significant leap in technology” with fewer hallucinations than previous versions. One of the major flaws with AI chatbots, which include other models such as Google’s Gemini and Anthropic’s Claude, is their tendency to prioritise providing users with a satisfying response, even if the information given is heavily flawed or incorrect – hence hallucinations. While GPT-5.1 and 5.2 were both positioned as releases that would improve accuracy, users continued to complain that it all too frequently responded with incorrect answers. With GPT-5.3, OpenAI claims to have reduced…

  • Key milestone reached in delivery of UK’s largest electricity transmission project

    Major £3bn contracts have been signed for Eastern Green Link 3 (EGL3), the UK’s largest electricity transmission project between Scotland and England. The contracts cover the high-voltage direct current (HVDC) converter stations and the subsea and underground power cable system. Hitachi Energy will deliver the converter stations in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, and West Norfolk, England, while Danish cable manufacturer NKT will design, build and install the 525kV subsea and underground link connecting the two stations. Eastern Green Links is a electricity ‘superhighway’ project consisting of four high-voltage subsea and underground electricity transmission links between Scotland and England. These links will transport the vast amount of renewable energy generated in Scotland to other areas of…

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