Academy in the Media

• IET Letter: Downgrading the value of the existing Engineering Diploma
  24 January 2012
  IET: Open letter to the government about plan for downgrading the value of the existing Engineering Diploma

• Telegraph online: Major companies warn engineering skills 'at risk'
  24 January 2012
  Business leaders at some of Britain's biggest engineering companies have warned the Government is compounding major skills shortages in the industry and hampering efforts to rebalance the economy following plans to downgrade technical qualifications.

• Guardian online: Plumbers unprepared for move to energy-efficient homes
  13 January 2012
  In a report published on Thursday, the Royal Academy of Engineering (RAE) also warned that government plans for insulation and green energy are not adequate for the changes needed for a shift to low-carbon heating. They called for a massive switch to renewable energy such as solar water heaters and wood-burning stoves to a street by street effort to upgrade insulation in Britain's draughty homes.

• Telegraph online: Overhaul of nation's homes needed to meet carbon target
  13 January 2012
  The "cautionary tale" in a new Royal Academy of Engineering report illustrates that simply installing renewable energy kit might not be the answer to reducing our power demands.

• Government making better use of engineering advice
  22 December 2011
  John Beddington, the government’s chief scientific adviser, has told MPs that the government has become a more intelligent consumer of engineering advice. Beddington was speaking at a hearing on 14 December as part of the House of Commons Science and Technology Select Committee’s inquiry into engineering in government.

• Academy President talks to Professional Engineering magazine
  21 December 2011
  Sir John Parker made his name in shipbuilding before taking the helm at National Grid. Now he’s returning to his engineering roots by leading the profession’s

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• Times Higher Education: Course to address dearth of physics teachers
  14 December 2011
  Matthew Harrison, director of education at the Royal Academy of Engineering, said that there was “something special” about the combination of mathematics and physics. “Engineers are trained to solve physical problems using the language of mathematics.

• Increasing nuclear skills
  9 December 2011
  A new UK training programme aims to give engineering students practical experience on a nuclear construction site and increase awareness of nuclear safety culture.

• The Sunday Times: Unflappable engineer with boards in the palm of his hand
  8 December 2011

• BBC online: New tuition fee system 'may mean fewer scientists'
  8 December 2011
  Royal Academy of Engineering chief executive Philip Greenish was speaking to the Commons science committee. He said that with fees rising to £9,000 a year, universities may create more places on cheaper-to-deliver arts courses to make "a comfortable profit".

• Eureka magazine: STEM graduates out-earn their peers
  23 November 2011
  The Labour Market Value of STEM Qualifications and Occupations report, published by the Royal Academy of Engineering, found that those working in STEM occupations earn an average of 18.79% more than those working in other areas.

• The Telegraph online: Will Britain ever win the Queen Elizabeth Prize for Engineering?
  18 November 2011
  The creation of a global award for engineering excellence has been long discussed but today Britain’s Coalition government has finally helped create a £1m prize that it hopes will become as respected and coveted as a Nobel Prize for physics, literature or peace.

• Sky News: Backing for new Engineering Prize
  18 November 2011
  Inventor Trevor Baylis has told Sky News he backs a new £1m engineering award aimed at encouraging innovation in the UK. Mr Baylis, best known for creating the wind-up radio, called on Britain to stand behind engineers and inventors because they could change everyone's lives. He spoke out as the £1m Queen Elizabeth Prize for Engineering, which it is hoped will rival the Nobel Prizes, was launched at the Science Museum.

• BBC online: Queen Elizabeth Prize for Engineering launched
  17 November 2011
  A new £1m award to encourage technical innovation has been launched at the Science Museum in London. The Queen Elizabeth Prize for Engineering is open to candidates from around the world and is funded by industry. The organisers hope it will achieve the sort of prestige enjoyed by the Nobel Prize. It was launched by Lord Browne, chairman of the Queen Elizabeth Prize Foundation, and endorsed by Prime Minister David Cameron.

• The Guardian: New water future flows from engineering's past
  10 November 2011
  The Environment Agency's policy, updated as recently as July 2011, says that the "cost and environmental impact of large-scale transfers of water … mean that such proposals are unlikely to be necessary". However at a conference hosted by the Royal Academy of Engineering in late October, Trevor Bishop, the agency's head of water resources, signalled a new approach, telling the Guardian that large-scale transfers "are an inherent part of our water resources today; there's every possibility they might provide a part of our future".

• www.ft.com: Risk Management 2011
  25 October 2011

• The Independent: Nuclear blog from Battle of Ideas
  25 October 2011
  Dame Sue Ion is a fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering and a visiting professor at Imperial College London. She is speaking at the Fukushima Fallout Battle Satellite event on Monday 24 October, organised in association with the Manchester Salon, Manchester Science Festival and The John Rylands University Library, University of Manchester.

• Radio 4 Today programme: Euro GPS 'accurate to below 10cm'
  20 October 2011
  Dr Martyn Thomas of the Royal Academy of Engineering explains how the system will make sat nav much quicker and more accurate.

• Engineering plan for primary pupils
  19 October 2011
  BEP has been running events with the area’s secondary schools and colleges for the past three years, funded principally by the Royal Academy of Engineering.

• The Guardian: Government review concludes UK's nuclear industry is broadly safe
  12 October 2011
  Responding to the review, the Royal Academy of Engineering (RAE) issued a statement in favour of pursuing nuclear energy, but warned that it must be balanced against risks. "Like all forms of power generation nuclear power is not without risk. The seriousness and potential global nature of accidents in the nuclear industry bring particular challenges," the RAE said.

• BBC online: Go-ahead for UK nuclear programme
  12 October 2011
  However, Dame Sue Ion, a long-time nuclear engineer and now Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering, said the report endorsed nuclear new build, with some enhanced safety features.

• Academy Fellow talks about civil engineering with The Financial Times
  10 October 2011

• The Engineer: Improving gender balance in engineering
  6 October 2011
  Prof Julia King thinks that more work needs to be done to improve gender balance in engineering.

• The Engineer online: Facial analysis method heralds era of ultra-realistic animations
  28 September 2011
  A new method of analysing faces on 3D video could help the film industry create more realistic animations without actors having to wear distracting markers.

• Top tips for budding engineers
  28 September 2011
  

• Spreading too thin – spotlight on staff
  27 September 2011
  According to the UK Royal Academy of Engineering (RAE) in a recent statement, skills shortages represent, "a clear and present danger to the economy. "Paul Jackson, chief executive, EngineeringUK said in a statement that, "Skills shortages do exist in particular areas, notably in power engineering, petrochemicals, systems engineering and advanced manufacturing." Ian McInnes finds out more.

• UK people squeamish about recycled water
  26 September 2011
  At the first of three meetings entitled ‘Engineering the future of water’, organised by the Engineering the Future alliance, six speakers from academia, industry and agriculture looked into public attitudes to local water recycling, presenting real life examples of water use in the UK and globally.

• The Engineer online: How silicon is our valley?
  www.theengineer.co.uk: 23 September 2011
  

• BBC online: Engineering graduates 'taking unskilled jobs'
  www.bbc.co.uk: 20 September 2011
  Philip Greenish, Chief Executive of the Royal Academy of Engineering said: "Engineers are highly skilled professionals. Employers recruit them from wherever they can in a global marketplace. Only a proportion will be fresh UK graduates.

• Telegraph 1000: Britain's Brightest Businesses
  www.telegraph.co.uk: 20 September 2011
  A celebration of the 1,000 mid-sized companies which have weathered the economic storm and are set to be the foundation of the UK's recovery.

• 'Mature discourse' needed regarding UK water recycling
  www.web4water.com: 19 September 2011
  The Engineering the Future 2011 Water Series: Local water recycling event, was organised by the Institution of Civil Engineers, the IoME and the Royal Academy of Engineering on behalf of the Engineering the Future alliance, to explore the engineering skills and technologies needed to develop effective solutions to water recycling and security issues in the UK and abroad.

• Professional Engineer: The energy debate
  profeng.com: 6 September 2011
  Whether it is the development of technology or governments themselves that will take the lead in solving energy problems was the question posed by a debate organised by the Royal Academy of Engineering last night. There were convincing arguments on both sides.

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