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newsUpskill engineers and support apprenticeships, urges new report
A shake-up in UK engineering education is needed to address the current skills gap and shortage of engineers, a new report has revealed. Engineering Skills for the Future – the 2013 Perkins review revisited calls for more support for higher education institutions and apprenticeships, and the upskilling of engineers to manage increasing digitalisation in their industry.
newsChemical engineering professors awarded New Year’s Honours in 2019
Chemical engineering professors and Fellows of the Institution of Chemical Engineers (IChemE), Geoffrey Maitland and Raffaella Ocone, have been awarded honours in Her Majesty The Queen’s 2019 New Year’s Honours list.
productCarbon capture and storage: IChemE report
The current rate of carbon capture and storage (CCS) deployment is not enough to achieve the 2°C global target outlined in the United Nations Paris Agreement to limit global warming, according to a new report from the Institution of Chemical Engineers (IChemE.
productEnergy efficient waste water project wins young engineering prize
Chemical engineers from the University of Leeds have found a way to reduce external electricity demand and greenhouse gas emissions at waste water treatment works. The project, NH3 Recovery and H2 Production at Waste Water Treatment Works, saw the team win the Institution of Chemical Engineers (IChemE) Water Special Interest Group’s Young Process Engineer Prize 2017.
newsEnergy efficiency must be a priority for UK industrial strategy
Improving energy efficiency and resource productivity must be a priority in the UK government’s new industrial strategy, according to a new report. ‘Engineering an economy that works for all’ summarises the engineering profession’s response to the UK government’s Industrial Strategy Green Paper.
newsEnergy technologies for the future
The technologies exist now to deliver energy savings and emission reductions needed to reach climate targets set at COP21, according to the IChemE Energy Centre. This was the conclusion reached at a recent Low Carbon Summit, which took place at the BEIS Conference Centre in London.
newsProgress on process safety since Buncefield
Significant progress has been made in industrial safety over the last decade according to a new report published by the UK’s Control of Major Accident Hazards (COMAH) Strategic Forum. The report marks the 10th anniversary of the 2005 Buncefield fire, the biggest industrial explosion in the UK since 1974. The incident caused an oil storage depot in Hemel Hempstead to burn for four days, injuring 43 people.
newsCommended for research into nano materials
Dr Camille Petit from Imperial College London, UK, has been presented with the third Sir Frederick Warner Prize by the Institution of Chemical Engineers (IChemE).
newsChemical engineering undergraduates: Intake doubles in five years
The latest statistics published by the Universities and Colleges Admissions Service (UCAS), UK, show the number of students starting chemical engineering courses has almost doubled over the past five years.
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