Electronics Weekly
The Royal Academy of Engineering has launched its own engineering manifesto as the political parties campaign for next month’s general election.
Engineering community enters UK election debate
Legislation & Skills
Immigration surcharge hits tech recruiters
Tech businesses could suffer as a result of changes to immigration laws, according to Northern digital trade association Manchester Digital.
LED firm aims to recruit women returning to work after childbirth
Women returning to work after childbirth have an important role to play in technology industries, says Seoul Semiconductor.
Election must not risk UK’s digital strategy
The next government must protect UK’s global status in digital industries and boost skills, writes Richard Wilson TechUK and the IET have called for a reinforcement of the current focus on skills and digital innovation after June’s snap general election. “Tech businesses will be looking to the UK’s political parties to set out clear plans for how they intend to ...
Brexit will only make tech skills shortage worse
Recruiters in the electronics industry will need new talent management strategies to avoid a skills shortage, writes Ben Hall
Biggest ever engineering report calls for action on skills in schools
UK engineers want the government to take more “decisive action” to address the shortage of engineering skills in the workforce.
Tech firms should attract career returners, says IET
The IET and Prospect trade union are working together to help employers in the engineerings and technology sectors on how to attract a wider talent pool, including career returners.
Brexit: tech firms fear threat of snap exit from customs union
Tech companies have significant concerns about red tape and delays that could result from the UK’s departure from the Customs Union, says UK tech body, techUK.
General Election “extraordinarily important” for UK digital, says techUK
The Prime Minister’s shock decision to call a General Election could be extraordinarily important for the UK’s digital economy, says Julian David, CEO of techUK. “Tech businesses will be looking to the UK’s political parties to set out clear plans for how they intend to support economic stability and to keep the UK at the forefront of global technological innovation and digitisation,” said ...
Arduino education kit takes on Raspberry Pi in the classroom
The Arduino CTC 101 education kit for teaching the fundamentals of electronics, programming and mechatronics is now being sold exclusively in Europe by RS Components. Intended as an educational aid for the 13 to 17 age group at secondary schools, the Arduino-based kit supports programming and mechatronics with five themed modules and offers more than 25 hands-on experiments. Each CTC 101 kit includes: six ...
