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 […]

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 […]

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