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      <title>NI reveals new smart camera products</title>
      <description>National Instruments has announced the extension of its NI smart camera range with the introduction of three new products. </description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 05 Sep 2008 08:00:00 UT</pubDate>
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      <title>Wireless specification progresses to IEC</title>
      <description>Submitting WirelessHart as an IEC PAS is billed as a landmark for the process automation industry.</description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 29 Aug 2008 08:00:00 UT</pubDate>
      <category>Hart Communication Foundation</category>
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      <title>Autonomous robots scoop military prize</title>
      <description>Team Stellar battled against ten other competitors from across the UK to successfully tackle a series of common threats.</description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 25 Aug 2008 08:00:00 UT</pubDate>
      <category>Cranfield University</category>
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      <title>Engineering degrees qualify for CEng</title>
      <description>Open University Bachelor of Engineering (BEng Hons) and Master of Engineering (MEng) degrees have received recognition from the Institution of Engineering Designers.</description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 20 Aug 2008 08:00:00 UT</pubDate>
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      <title>Courses support boat building on the Solent</title>
      <description>Courses cover a range of skills involved in the construction and maintenance of wooden and glass-fibre boats.</description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 13 Aug 2008 08:00:00 UT</pubDate>
      <category>Highbury College</category>
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      <title>Design challenge unites industry and academia</title>
      <description>Cranfield University has joined with Blue Bear Systems Research, Selex Galileo, Marshall SDG, Stellar Research Services and TRW Conekt to form Team Stellar in the MoD Grand Challenge.</description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 08 Aug 2008 08:00:00 UT</pubDate>
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      <title>Electric car race gains new support</title>
      <description>David Richards, Chairman of Prodrive and Aston Martin, has become a patron of Greenpower's electric car challenge.</description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 29 Jul 2008 08:00:00 UT</pubDate>
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      <title>Mechatronics centre boosts Croatian skills</title>
      <description>UWE has been awarded Eur 435,000 by the European Union to help set up the centre which will be hosted by the Polytechnic of Karlovac and the technical school.</description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 22 Jul 2008 08:00:00 UT</pubDate>
      <category>University of the West of England</category>
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      <title>Company celebrates 25 years at current address</title>
      <description>Alliance Learning are celebrating a landmark anniversary this October having spent an impressive 25 years on the Horwich Loco Estate.</description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 22 Jul 2008 08:00:00 UT</pubDate>
      <category>Alliance Learning</category>
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      <title>Educational programme aims for CAD/CAM advances</title>
      <description>Educational Members will have free access to ODA software libraries, and in special cases the source code can be made available.</description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 15 Jul 2008 08:00:00 UT</pubDate>
      <category>Open Design Alliance</category>
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      <title>Survey shows graduate dissatisfaction</title>
      <description>The TDA has published the results of a survey to see whether graduates with a maths or science degree feel what they studied at degree level has been relevant to their career path.</description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 10 Jul 2008 08:00:00 UT</pubDate>
      <category>Training and Development Agency for Schools (TDA)</category>
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      <title>Programme helps "green" engineers</title>
      <description>Thirty undergraduate and graduate engineers will now receive twelve months of free mentoring through the NCGE from business experts.</description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 09 Jul 2008 08:00:00 UT</pubDate>
      <category>National Council for Graduate Entrepreneurship</category>
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      <title>Proposed academy targets supply chain needs</title>
      <description>Logistics professionals assembled in the university's Technology Innovation Centre (TIC) to hear a proposal for a one-stop-shop academy to meet the skills needs of the region's logistics employers. </description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 09 Jul 2008 08:00:00 UT</pubDate>
      <category>Technology Innovation Centre</category>
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      <title>Programme trains young entrepeneurs</title>
      <description>Thirty UK undergraduate and graduate engineers will benefit from a programme to help them start their own businesses and create new environmentally sustainable businesses. </description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 30 Jun 2008 08:00:00 UT</pubDate>
      <category>National Council for Graduate Entrepreneurship</category>
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      <title>MSc course focuses on sensor design</title>
      <description>Programme is aimed at recently qualified graduates or existing engineers/technologists wanting to become sensor design engineers or technologists.</description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 23 Jun 2008 08:00:00 UT</pubDate>
      <category>University of the West of Scotland</category>
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      <title>Publications promote science careers</title>
      <description>The absence of a single point of reference and a consistent approach to STEM promotions creates confusion and frustration within the education community. </description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 27 May 2008 08:00:00 UT</pubDate>
      <category>STEM Directories</category>
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      <title>Festo chooses real-time Ethernet standard</title>
      <description>As Festo's first Sercos customer, Durr will be integrating Festo solutions into the Durr EcoRPC robot guidance system. </description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 22 May 2008 08:00:00 UT</pubDate>
      <category>Sercos North America</category>
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      <title>Electrical symbols come on CD-ROM</title>
      <description>CD-ROM contains both sets of universal symbols required for use on electrical equipment, covering the symbols and hazard warnings required.</description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 19 May 2008 08:00:00 UT</pubDate>
      <category>BSI British Standards</category>
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      <title>Website to be engineering education resource</title>
      <description>StemIT will provide both students and teachers with their own interactive web-based service, enabling them to search for science, technology engineering and maths.</description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 16 May 2008 08:00:00 UT</pubDate>
      <category>StemIT</category>
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      <title>University Chair targets welded joints</title>
      <description>The donation of  GBP 600,000 will boost the Open University's work in structural integrity assessment of welded joints.</description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 13 May 2008 08:00:00 UT</pubDate>
      <category>Open University</category>
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      <title>Juniors fly the UK engineering flag in the USA</title>
      <description>Three intrepid young British scientists and engineers are in the USA to represent their country in the Intel-sponsored International Science and Engineering Fair.</description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 13 May 2008 08:00:00 UT</pubDate>
      <category>Young Engineers</category>
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      <title>Standard recognises excellent training</title>
      <description>The Training Quality Standard was developed to give employers a simple benchmark for choosing training provision. </description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 09 May 2008 08:00:00 UT</pubDate>
      <category>Learning and Skills Council</category>
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      <title>ODVA announces annual meeting</title>
      <description>The ODVA Annual Meeting will feature technical paper presentations, developers' training, workshops and social events. </description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 08 May 2008 08:00:00 UT</pubDate>
      <category>ODVA</category>
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      <title>Networks specifications to be upgraded</title>
      <description>The latest editions of the CIP Networks specifications include new capabilities that extend device interoperability and application coverage.</description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 08 May 2008 08:00:00 UT</pubDate>
      <category>ODVA</category>
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      <title>Deal centralises CIP responsibility</title>
      <description>ODVA is now solely responsible for developing, managing and promoting the adoption of the Common Industrial Protocol (CIP) and the family of CIP Networks. </description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 06 May 2008 08:00:00 UT</pubDate>
      <category>ODVA</category>
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