UKESF BLOG
Get a personal view on developments in the Electronics sector and what the UKESF has been up to.
Guest Blog Post: Award winning charity championing diversity in STEM
In2scienceUK is working hard to address the STEM skills gap, and have created a four step programme aimed at disadvantaged young people from economically challenged backgrounds. At UKESF, we are […]
Call to action: Electronics companies needed to help disadvantaged young people
The UKESF is delighted to announce a collaboration with In2scienceUK. In2ScienceUK is a charity that supports young people from under-represented backgrounds to gain the essential experience, skills and confidence they […]
Guest blog post: My Air Drumming Project
Last year, with the support of our friends at UltraSoC, we launched a competition to showcase excellence, which can be entered by Electronics students completing a major individual project on […]
Reasons to be cheerful. Yes, there are some!
Those of a certain age, like me, will remember a catchy song by Ian Dury and the Blockheads called “Reasons to be Cheerful, Pt.3”. In the song, the lyrics include […]
Guest blog post: Innovation and the Success of Failure
Electronics is about using technology creatively to develop innovative products to help solve problems and make people’s lives better. In this guest blog post by our friend Paul Northey, he […]
If you thought apprenticeships were just for 16-year-old school leavers, it’s time to take another look
If you thought “Apprenticeships are only for entry level; they are for low skilled employees” or that “Apprenticeships cannot be used for existing staff”, then you would be wrong, as […]
Graduated Scholar Fighting the Spread of COVID-19
We are living in extraordinary times, and engineers are doing remarkable work to come up with innovative solutions to help our key workers. Graduated UKESF Scholar Nathan Ruttley (University of […]
“Take a Closer Look”; a School Needs You
As part of my role at the UKESF, I often speak to industry audiences about the skills-related challenges that we face. The most fundamental challenge is how to get more […]
Guest blog by Dialog Award recipient Alice
Guest blog by Alice (second from right above), one of 2019’s recipients of the Dialog Award for Female Undergraduates. Alice was also an Arkwright Engineering Scholar, a programme administered by […]
The Future is Here
So it’s 2020 and the future is here. For a while I’ve been using this graphic when I talk about developing engineering undergraduates through our UKESF Scholarship Scheme: It comes […]