STEM News

The Engineering Council is supporting the Global Responsibility Competency Compass, a tool launched by Engineers Without Borders UK to provide the guiding principles and competencies to ensure engineers are equipped to deliver globally responsible solutions.

Boeing and STEM Returners have partnered to launch a ‘Return Flight’ programme in the UK, aimed at supporting individuals back into the workforce following a career break.

London’s bruised technology sector is showing its first signs of recovery – where in June new tech job roles within tech firms increased by +10.3% on the previous month, and by +25.7% in May.

RS will be hosting National Day for ‘REflect’ on August 1st 2023 in London, UK, in collaboration with the Association For Black and Minority Ethnic Engineers (AFBE) and the Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET).

Female-led businesses in engineering are being given the opportunity to accelerate the design and development of their ideas with the help of a 5K grant from London-based manufacturing specialist Get It Made.

For companies throughout Europe, the scarcity of engineering professionals is becoming increasingly problematic. There are currently hundreds of thousands of engineering-based jobs all over the continent that are not being filled – with the issue even being highlighted by EU President Ursula von der Leyen.

With women underrepresented within the science, technology, engineering, and math industries (STEM), here, Emma Rhodes, Head of Research and Development at Sterling Pharma, talks about her journey into a STEM career.

Following a successful first decade, the popular Tomorrow’s Engineers Week will return this November – taking place from 6—10 November 2023.

The age-old football cliché to be ‘Over the Moon’ may become a reality in time for Jude Bellingham and Bukayo Saka to swap their studded boots for Moon boots at the twilight of their careers.

Despite mass layoffs in the tech sector, new research shows that IT skills shortages remain rife – with employers having to use higher-than-average pay inflation to fill resourcing gaps.