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Articles tagged with: STEM
Re-engineering the curriculum: the missing 'E' in STEM Partner content
Education
By The Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET)
Re-engineering the curriculum: the missing 'E' in STEM
With an estimated shortfall of over 173,000 workers in the STEM sector – an average of 10 unfilled roles per business in the UK – we need to ensure young people have access to good quality STEM education and opportunities to explore what a career in engineering could be.
Space needs STEM stars: how education can fuel the UK's space economy
Technology
By Colin Macleod
Space needs STEM stars: how education can fuel the UK's space economy
This week is World Space Week and it may well be the last one with the UK as a purely Earth based nation.
Partner content
Education
By The Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET)
Government urged to tackle £1.5bn engineering skills shortage through primary and secondary education drive
A new report endorsed by over 150 engineering leaders and celebrities, led by the Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET), is today calling on government to help tackle the UK’s engineering skills shortage by embedding engineering into the current curriculum.
Building the Workforce of Tomorrow: Why Investing in Green Jobs and Skills is Critical for the UK Partner content
Environment
By WSP
Building the Workforce of Tomorrow: Why Investing in Green Jobs and Skills is Critical for the UK
With the transition to net zero, new sectors, technologies and industries will emerge. But creating a workforce able to make the most of tomorrow’s opportunities demands action today. Ahead of the publication of their nationwide survey of young people’s views about their future careers, we spoke to leading engineering and environmental professional services consultancy WSP and EngineeringUK to find out more about the challenges of developing the skills and jobs needed to deliver a low-carbon future.
Partner content
Education
By The Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET)
IET comments on reports of UK tech talent shortage
Dr Graham Herries, co-chair of Innovation and Skills at the Institution of Engineering and Technology said:
How the Quadcopter Challenge is taking on sustainability Partner content
Environment
By Raytheon Technologies
How the Quadcopter Challenge is taking on sustainability
The United Kingdom-wide competition is taking off for its 7th year, against the backdrop of the race to net zero.
Safeguarding the Metaverse: Why regulation must not lose pace with emerging technologies Partner content
Education
By The Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET)
Safeguarding the Metaverse: Why regulation must not lose pace with emerging technologies
Technological change can be rapid and bewildering. Aspects of technology that are now commonplace would have been simply unimaginable just a few years ago.
The IET at 150: celebrating a century and a half of making the world a better place Partner content
Economy
By The Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET)
The IET at 150: celebrating a century and a half of making the world a better place
Engineers, Parliamentarians, and stakeholders gathered in Parliament last week to celebrate the Institution of Engineering and Technology’s 150th anniversary. Future-proofing the sector was top of the agenda.
Partner content
Education
By The Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET)
Engineering and tech giants join forces to STEM £1.5bn annual skills gap
Government urged to support ‘Engineering Kids’ Futures’ to tackle gaping engineering skills shortage through primary education drive
Partner content
Education
By The Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET)
IET comments on GCSE results
Women in STEM are still an afterthought
Culture
By Chi Onwurah MP
Women in STEM are still an afterthought
Increasing women representation must be at the heart of our STEM education, employment practices, policy development and digital economy if we are to thrive.
For Women and Girls in Science Day, we are calling on the Government to ensure the gender gap is closed
Health
By Angela Crawley MP
For Women and Girls in Science Day, we are calling on the Government to ensure the gender gap is closed
Women have played a critical role in tackling the Coronavirus pandemic yet have borne the brunt of it – particularly women researchers and scientists who have helped in the different stages of creating vaccines.
Partner content
Education
By The Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET)
There has never been a better time to get involved in STEM - the IET comments on today’s A-level results
The IET champions the need for employers and the education sector to collaborate to offer a diverse range of quality work experience to engineering students.