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The UK skills agenda is always a hot topic for debate. I found this out first hand when I was asked to look at it from the electronics industry perspective (after many of NMI members made strong suggestions). Anecdotal evidence is not lacking however this is often not a good reason for making relatively sizeable investments hence we looked to gather data to help us understand 

the situation more fully. One area we looked at was UCAS data to view the uptake…

Have you noticed how much of the electronic systems content is being integrated at the chip level? Of course you have... it's been a long term trend and accompanies Moore's Law.This gives rise to what Dr. Aart de Geus, (pictured) CEO and Chairman of Synopsys Inc. calls "multi dimensional…

A sharpened focus on the economy and what really matters is a direct consequence of the austerity measures that Europe is undertaking. Funding cuts regularly grab the headlines and the education system has seen dramatic changes driven by Government keen to balance the books. However what about the longer term questions surrounding the quality of  education? The financial cost is only part of that long-term equation and for my purposes I am less interested in the  grading of our young people…

The Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS or "DTI" in old money) ran a showcase of British electronics early in December at 1 Victoria St., London. It was a great opportunity to exhibit to Ministers, civil servants, the passing public and the many visitors to the building. It illustrated…

A new £1 million global award for engineering will celebrate outstanding advances in engineering that have created significant benefit to humanity... Engineers are the real revolutionaries... exciting and dynamic profession...to reach the same status as a Nobel Prize...…