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The Big Bang: how to get young people excited about science and engineering

Posted by Tanya Weaver - July 28, 2010

For many years organisations such as EngineeringUK and Young Engineers have been banging on about how we need to enthuse…

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Ferrari World Design Contest finals

Posted by Stephen Holmes - June 14, 2011

All those schoolboy memories of trying and failing miserably to sketch my favourite Ferrari have today built to the horrible…

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UK government does something positive to help future designers with the new National Skills Academy

Posted by Stephen Holmes - June 7, 2012

As design students across the world finish off their final year projects, the UK government is developing a positive approach…

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New Designers 2012: Our Best Finds – Part 2

Posted by Stephen Holmes - July 17, 2012

New Designers gives us the chance to assess the latest crop of graduate design talent all under one roof, and…

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A floating air cleaning concept wins Electrolux Design Lab 2012

Posted by Tanya Weaver - October 29, 2012

Conceived by Polish design student Jan Ankiersztajn, the Aeroball consists of small floating balls that filter and fragrance the surrounding…

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How to get noticed at a graduate degree show

Posted by Stephen Holmes - June 3, 2013

Want to stand out among all this lot? Rushing to finish off your final year university project? Then work fast,…

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SolidThinking launch the Inspire Engineering Challenge for students

Posted by Tanya Weaver - September 12, 2014

solidThinking’s free-to-download (student edition) Inspire software enables design engineers to generate and explore structurally efficient concepts such as this spring…

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Big win for engineering apprentices at F1 in Schools World Finals

Posted by Tanya Weaver - October 2, 2017

Having raced on a 20-metre track, Tiro Racing’s 21cm scale model emerged as the overall winner in the R&D category…

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With the UK in need of engineers, Renishaw hopes to inspire school students through work experience

Posted by Tanya Weaver - October 16, 2017

During the summer, global engineering company Renishaw hosted two work experience weeks with 100 students In a bid to give…

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UK University League Tables – 2019 paints a mixed picture for product design and engineering

Posted by Stephen Holmes - May 29, 2018

The annual Guardian University league tables have been published, and as ever product design courses are spread across the ‘Design…

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