UKESF BLOG
Get a personal view on developments in the Electronics sector and what the UKESF has been up to.
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 […]
Success for UKESF Scholar in Innovation Challenge
Earlier this year, graduated UKESF Scholar Nikolay Momchev was named winner of the 2019 Innovation Challenge (sponsored by SEMTA), along with his partner on the project, Tze Liang Chee, at […]
Guest blog by IET Prize-winning Graduated Scholar
Graduated UKESF Scholar Tarig Mustafa was named one of this year’s IET Prize winners for attaining the highest grade of all graduating students from the Department of Electrical and Electronic […]
Millennials in the Electronics Workforce
This blog post is based upon an abridged version my presentation at the recent TechWorks Industry Summit. I wanted to share with you something that caught my eye recently; it […]
Towards Gender Parity in Electronics – Are There Signs of Progress?
Ahead of this year’s #INWED on 23rd June, I wanted to return to the topic of gender parity in our sector. Modern day Electronics is about using technology creatively to […]
Left Brain, Right Brain? Supporting the UKESF is a ‘No Brainer’
“Are we abandoning an industry responsible for 6% of our GDP?” asked our great friend and UKESF Trustee Neil Dickins in his recent IC Resources blog post. In his post, […]