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04/03/2014
Queen Elizabeth Prize for Engineering launched today
The £1m Queen Elizabeth Prize for Engineering was launched today (4 March 2014), with chairman Lord Browne of Madingley calling on parents to consider engineering, and to encourage their sons and daughters to view it as an exciting and ...
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03/03/2014
Meteoric rise for engineering apprenticeships
More than twice as many young people are taking engineering apprenticeships than degree courses, according to the Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET) at the start of National Apprenticeship Week (3—7 March 2014).
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26/02/2014
ABB wins Nexen North Sea ICSS service contract
ABB UK has signed a service contract with oil and gas operator CNOOC Nexen for the ICSS (integrated control and safety system) on-board its Buzzard platform in the North Sea – the largest oil producing asset in the UK Continental Shelf.
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26/02/2014
Engineer numbers on the rise
The downward trend in the total number of professionally registered engineers and technicians has reversed, according to the Engineering Council.
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25/02/2014
Half million DECC award for Deep Green tidal power
DECC (the Department of Energy and Climate Change) has awarded more than £500,000 to marine energy specialist Minesto, IT Power and NPL (the National Physical Laboratory) to extend their quarter-scale trials of the Deep Green tidal current ...
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24/02/2014
Court stop for bus manufacturer
A major international bus and coach manufacturer has been fined £26,800 and ordered to pay £5,286 in costs after a worker was injured at its Sheffield plant after falling from a poorly-guarded gantry.
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