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Investment needed in education

A survey of 103 of Ireland’s engineering employers carried out by Engineers Ireland found that 95% believe Irish students are not doing well enough in maths and science compared to other OECD countries and believe more needs to be invested in education.

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CPD Accredited Employer Standard

LotusWorks, headquartered in Sligo and with operations in Dublin, Galway and Cork, has been awarded CPD (Continuing Professional Development) Accredited Employer standard by Engineers Ireland.

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Poised for growth

Dr John O’Dea of Engineers Ireland has called on government and Science Foundation Ireland (SFI) to prioritise investment in the area of regenerative medicine manufacturing technology for the next generation of job creation.

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Stepping down

Engineers Ireland has confirmed it will shortly commence a recruitment process for a new Director General to replace John Power, Chartered Engineer who will be stepping down in the coming months after eight years in charge of the professional body.

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Award winner

Rob Laffan, a student at Limerick Institute of Technology, has been named the winner of the 2015 Engineers Ireland Innovative Student Engineer of the Year Award, sponsored by Siemens.

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Engineers Ireland: New president

Bill Grimson has assumed the role of President of Engineers Ireland for the 2015/16 year. Bill received the chain of office at the AGM on 28th May from outgoing President Regina Moran.

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More taking higher level STEM subjects

Caroline Spillane, director general of Engineers Ireland congratulated Leaving Certificate students and remarked on the positive outcome of this year’s results in relation to STEM and engineering subjects.

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Urgent need to tackle college dropout rate

Engineers Ireland, the professional body representing more than 23,000 engineers across every discipline of the sector, has urged policy-makers to tackle the high dropout rate in engineering-related programmes at third level.

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Looking to new markets

Over 70% of engineers say the company they work for is looking at Continental Europe as a new market for trade in the face of Brexit, followed by the Middle East (44%) and then Asia Pacific and North America (both 38.5%) in order of preference, a new Engineers Ireland survey has found.

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