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Ex-car workers get training opportunity
Training programme to help those made redundant from MG Rover, its supply chain and Peugeot during 2005 find new jobs.
News from Automotive Academy (24 January 2006)
Guide to safe use of machinery
Written by industry experts, a guide to safe use of machinery deals with issues from selection of protective measures and safeguards to practical examples of guard design and their application.
News from BSI Business Information (24 January 2006)
Standard limits sulphur in insulating oils
A proposed revision to ASTM standard D 1275 will provide a means to certify that new or in service insulating oils either contain or do not contain corrosive sulphur at a dangerous level.
News from ASTM International (24 January 2006)
PLC workstation helps train students
User application article Further and higher education institute installs third PLC-controlled workstation in its engineering department. Brochure available
News from Festo (23 January 2006)
Engineers pass IoD certificate
All 11 engineers who took an Institute of Directors course in running a company better have passed, despite the average pass rate normally being about 70%.
News from Sainsbury Management Fellowship Scheme (23 January 2006)
Student tops magazine awards list
Grimsby Institute student Thomas Betts of Crowther and Shaw, Huddersfield, has been named Refrigeration and Air Conditioning Magazine's national student of the year.
News from Grimsby Institute (19 January 2006)
Voluntary work can close skills gap
Managers working in the engineering sector fail to see how voluntary work boosts career opportunities and skills, despite high numbers giving up their time at home and abroad.
News from Chartered Management Institute (18 January 2006)
Setting the standard for testing sieves
Users of testing sieves can now perform a test procedure that compares a sieve that is traceable to national standards to the sieves that they use to test their products.
News from ASTM International (18 January 2006)
Apprentices progress in multiskill scheme
The Grimsby Institute of Further and Higher Education has held a presentation evening to celebrate the groundbreaking achievements of trainee apprentices.
News from Grimsby Institute (17 January 2006)
MSc aimed at pharmaceutical sector
An MSc course that aims to address the shortage of high-calibre technical staff within the pharmaceutical and medical device engineering sectors has been launched by Cranfield University.
News from Cranfield University (12 January 2006)
Skills shortages still loom large
Employers across the construction and engineering sectors see skills shortages as a greater threat to business performance than factors such as rising oil prices, according to a new poll.
News from Foundation Degrees (11 January 2006)
Conference to discuss impact of training
The Fieldbus Center at Lee College will host an Instrumentation Education, Training and Development Conference in Clear Lake, Texas, on 17th and 18th August 2006.
News from Fieldbus Center (10 January 2006)
Drive interface works with Profibus and Profinet
With Version 4.0 of its Profidrive profile Profibus International (PI) has created a standard that can be used on both Profibus and Profinet.
News from Profibus Group ( 9 January 2006)
Fieldbus approved for safety instrumented systems
TUV Anlagentechnik, Automation, Software and Information Technology has granted Protocol Type Approval for the Fieldbus Foundation Safety Instrumented Systems specifications.
News from Fieldbus Foundation ( 6 January 2006)
Project points to reduced process costs
User application article Unitec Ceramics used a Powdermatrix SPARK project to ask Ceram to identify methods to improve the morphology of granulates.
News from Powdermatrix (26 December 2005)
Rotational moulding to be applied to ceramics
Ceram is heading an investigation that could help the ceramics Industry enjoy reduced production costs and more production flexibility thanks to the adaptation of rotational moulding. Brochure available
News from Ceram (26 December 2005)
Advisory service aids efficiency improvements
Through its ongoing association with the Manufacturing Advisory Service - West Midlands, Ceram has now assisted more than 160 SMEs in improving efficiency and profitability. Brochure available
News from Ceram (26 December 2005)
Numbers increase at Birmingham college
At the close of the autumn term, UCE Birmingham's Technology Innovation Centre (TIC) announced that, for the first time, more than 600 students had enrolled on its 2005-06 undergraduate courses.
News from Technology Innovation Centre (22 December 2005)
EEF spearheads on-the-job training initiative
Formal recognition and accreditation for on-the-job training across Europe has moved a step closer following a pilot study involving EEF West Midlands and Birmingham employer Widney.
News from EEF West Midlands (22 December 2005)
Tandem cells could enable hydrogen economy
Tandem cells can convert light and water directly into hydrogen fuel by using microcrystalline semiconductor films that capture sunlight and generate hydrogen from photocatalytic water splitting.
News from Powdermatrix (21 December 2005)
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